Politics

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has described as unfortunate, allegations against him by the former director general of the Progressives Governors Forum.Dr. Salihu Lukman. The erstwhile PGF scribe had in a statement credited to him, alleged that Kalu and some party leaders were working with the Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Mai Mala Buni to undermine the March 26 national convention of the party. The former governor of Abia State, however, in a statement personally signed by him in Abuja, on Saturday, said Lukman’s accusations against him was far from the truth.…

By Reuben Onyishi(Ugoachataberu) The chicken has come to roost now that Senator Ike Ekweremadu has today, 11th March, 2022 declared for the Enugu Gubernatorial race. Senator Ekweremadu had last year begun to heat up the Enugu polity when he declared his Ike Is Coming fad. It was a term he put in the mouth of his acolytes and media handlers who swooped on social media platforms with it. Ekweremadu's aspiration was received with cold feet in Enugu State for two reasons. First, the expectation was that he would go for the presidency since the call for the president of Igbo…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has called for unity of all caucuses in the All Progressives Congress for the overall interest of all. The former governor of Abia State said this amid the leadership crisis rocking the Caretaker/Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee of the party. The Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello, had on Monday declared himself as the Chairman of the APC-CECPC in acting capacity. However, a letter he wrote to the Independent National Electoral Commission concerning the APC’s national convention was rejected by the electoral body on the grounds that it was not…

The Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says Governor Mai Mala Buni is still in charge of the party. Some APC governors had expressed support for Governor Sani Bello who took charge of the party on Monday. Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State had said Buni, who is on a medical trip in Dubai, had been removed at the instance of President Buhari. He blamed Buni for the widening crisis in the party and said that the Yobe governor had been removed for good and that Sani Bello was fully in charge with the support…

Abam Onyerubi youths under the aegis of Abam Peace & Progressive Initiative (APPI), yesterday endorsed an illustrious son of Ohafia and renowned Economist of international repute, Dr. Ibe Okwara Osonwa, for House of Representatives seat to represent Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general election. The group in a statement signed by its Deputy Director General, Hon. Austin Kalu Akuma, explained that the call became necessary based on the track record of Ibe Okwara Osonwa, whom they described as a man that has the interest of the people at heart. They…

Enugu guber: Ekweremadu makes public declaration, names campaign coordinator This has laid to rest several months of speculations on whether the Senator has an interest in the number one position in the State. Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Friday, formally announced his entrance into the Enugu 2023 guber race. This has laid to rest several months of speculations on whether the Senator has an interest in the number one position in the State. There have been debates on the zoning of the governorship position in Enugu State, with the proponents insisting that it is the turn of…

The All Progressive Congress is facing another setback as the Independent National Electoral Commission rejected Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger as the acting chairman of APC’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee. INEC rejected a letter inviting it to an emergency meeting APC’s national executive committee. The letter, dated March 9 and signed by the commision’s secretary, Rose Oriaran Anthony, noted that the party’s failure to sign the letter of invitation contravened its Regulations and Guidelines for Political Party Operations (2018). “The commission draws your attention to the fact that the notice for the meeting was not signed by the National Chairman…

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has described his counterparts who are on the side of Governor Mai Mala Buni as “Yahoo, Yahoo Governors”. There has been a crack in the rank of APC governors since Abubakar Bello of Niger took over as Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). On Wednesday, Governors Nasi El–Rufai of Kaduna and David Umahi of Ebonyi took different positions on Buni. While Umahi said Buni was still in charge of the party, El-Rufai said he can never return as the party chairman. In a statement titled “Buni, Pocket-filling Black…