Politics

APC Convention: Modu Sheriff steps down from race. In a brief chat Sunday in Abuja, Sheriff said he was stepping aside due to the zoning arrangement in the party which has ceded the office to North Central. Former Governor of Borno state, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has stepped down from the national chairmanship race ahead of Saturday’s national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC. In a brief chat Sunday in Abuja, Sheriff said he was stepping aside due to the zoning arrangement in the party which has ceded the office to North Central. Sheriff who is from the…

A frontline governorship aspirant for Abia State 2023 gubernatorial election, Chief Kalu Idika Okwara, has been endorsed by a group of New Media Influencers in the People's Democratic Party, PDP. The group announced the endorsement on Friday, in Abuja after a closed door meeting with the oil and gas expert at Wadata Plaza. According to a release by Chief Obadiah Mbila, the group promised to support the aspiration of Idika Okwara in succeeding Governor Okezie Ikpeazu in 2023. He said, "Ohafia born Chief Kalu Idika Okwara, Udomba 1 of Amibe, and a frontline PDP Abia State Gubernatorial Aspirant has been…

Omisore to contest APC National Secretary, submits nomination form. Omisore added that he is ready for the next level of prosperity, delivering democracy to Nigeria and Nigerians within a peaceful context. A former Senator and Osun State Deputy Governor, Iyiola Omisore, has submitted his nomination form to contest as National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to a personally signed press release obtained by THE WHISPERER Friday evening, Omisore revealed that he is looking forward to a perfectionist, efficient and effective management of the national secretariat of the APC. Omisore added that he is ready for the next…

The battle over who will succeed Engr. Chinedum Orji, in the Abia State House of Assembly, to represent Umuahia Central State constituency is currently raging silently. It is a contest that is attracting strong permutations, especially, considering the general belief that the current Abia State Speaker raised the bar of representation at that level through his policies and programmes that reverberated beyond the boundaries of Abia State, across to Nigerians. He was christened "the speaking speaker", to sum it up. To make the race more competitive, Rt. Hon Chinedum Orji had at a recent meeting with his constituency’s stakeholders declared…

Members of the Abia Progressive Initiative, have insisted that Chief Kalu Idika Okwara is in good stead to succeed Governor Okezie Ikpeazu at the expiration of the latter’s tenure in May 2023. The group position was made known in Aba during the inauguration of Ward Coordinators across Obingwa and Osisioma local government areas by its Director General, Prince Solomon Nze. According to Nze, the governorship position might elude Ohafia in 2023 if any wrong move, such as failure to seriously consider total backing for Kalu Idika Okwara occurs. "Ohafia clan must unite now and act fast because this is the…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abia State, Hon. Ukiwe Okwara has given reasons why Ibe Okwara Osonwa, a house of representatives aspirant for Arochukwu Ohafia Federal Constituency, should be elected in 2023. Mr Okwara disclosed that if elected, Mr Osonwa would “restore” the dignity of the Constituency through effective and quality representation. He stated this while addressing the supporters of Ibe Okwara Osonwa on Thursday evening at Ebem Ohafia. He encouraged eligible voters to get their Permanent Voters Card (PVC), avoid vote-buying and violence before, during, and after the 2023 general elections. He advised the people…

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) including the immediate past Governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has visited his predecessor, Senator Danjuma Goje at his Abuja residence to woo him back to the party. Dankwambo was accompanied by the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike; Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Philip Aduda; former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, and former member of the House of Representatives, JC to the Asokoro House of Goje. It was gathered that the meeting which was held closed-door, was to lobby Goje to return to the PDP. Goje,…

The Genesis Of The Quarrel Between Mrs Obiano and Bianca Ojukwu Dates Back To 2019 General Elections. Bianca, who was dumped at the 11th hour got angry. She turned down overtures to forgive the former governor’s wife. At yesterday’s inauguration, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu was among those who arrived early at the venue. The ceremony was underway when Mrs Ebele Obiano came in and went straight to where Mrs Ojuwku sat – about four seats away from the seat reserved for her. She began to nudge Bianca’s shoulder violently. Bianca got up and hit her, headgear removed. The audience was shocked.…