Politics

THE AFTERMATH: Buni displaced as APC chairman — can Jonathan’s ‘salesman’ recover from the blow? Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe state, was compelled to step aside as the national chairman the All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker committee even as he had fiercely held on to the position. If his ouster is described as a “palace coup”, it will not be far from the truth. With heavy security surrounding APC headquarters in Abuja on Monday, a leadership change was forced with Buni many miles away on medical leave in Dubai. Before the axe fell on the caretaker chairman, John Akpanudoedehe,…

The immediate-past Governor of Abia State and Senator representing Abia Central, Chief Theodore Orj, has declared his total support for power shift to Abia North come 2023. This has put paid to the growing tension across the state over which zone will produce the next governor as some individuals, groups and various political blocs are making case for the number one seat. According to Vanguard, Senator Orji invited some key political stakeholders from the 17 Local Government Areas in the state to his Umuahia-country home on Sunday “where he told them in a plain language” that power has to rotate…

The Governor of Yobe State and embattled Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mai Mala Buni, deliberately planned to disrupt the party's national convention scheduled for March 26, TheCable has learnt. The ruling party had been engulfed in crisis since last year crisis over who emerges its national chairman and convention date. Buni has been intentionally foot-dragging on preparations and issues for the convention to remain as the national leader of the party. It was revealed that the governor and John Akpanudoedehe, national secretary of the APC caretaker committee, used a third party to obtain a court order temporarily restraining…

After the sack of the Chairman of Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Mai Mala Buni, by President Muhammadu Buhari, his Niger state counterpart, Abubakar Sani-Bello, has taken over the affairs of the party. APC governors appeared to have left Buni in the cold as Babagana Zulum of Borno, Babjide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Yahaya Bello of Kogi, Hope Uzondinma of Imo, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe, and AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara state stormed the national secretariat of the party to show support for Bello. In his first official assignment as the acting…

Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has warned against harassment of it's members over the burnt house of parents of the former member who represented Bende Federal Constituency in the lower legislative chamber of the National Assembly, Hon Nnenna Ukeje. Part of the country home of the parents of the former lawmaker at Alayi in Bende Local Government Area was set ablaze last week by hoodlums. It was alleged that some supporters of the APC in the area were arrested by security agents over the incident at the behest of some People Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains. In…

CHIEF EMEKA KALU ON THE EAGLE WINGS CANVASSING FOR A PRESIDENT OF IGBO EXTRACTION, 2023. In any political setting, Equity is a seedling of necessity, when properly sown on a rich soil, it is bound to sprout a nipple of hope and then germinates the seed of excellence, fairplay, balanced democracy and inclusive government. On this drive has this USA based Nigeria prominent political leader spot his advocacy and campaigns for equity and rotational Presidential power .He is vehemently building capacities on changes in the system , creating an enabling environment for democratic efficency in the land .   This…

Facts regarding recent events within the ruling All Progressives Congress have revealed why the erstwhile caretaker Committee Chairman Mai Mala Buni was removed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Impeccable sources within the ruling party and the Nigerian Presidency told PBA that the Yobe State Governor was removed because the highest echelon of the party found some ”uncomfortable malfeasance and tendencies in his style of administration. ”Buni did not actually want to leave as chairman and was doing everything to perpetuate himself by obstructing plans to ensure that the March 26 National Convention of our great party did not hold. There have…

Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello, has resumed duty as the Chairman of the Party's CECPC. His resumption now signals the end of the leadership of Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, as the Chairman of the Committee. The Governor while confirming his resumption on Monday afternoon through his official twitter handle sighted by THE WHISPERER tweeted: "I am currently presiding over the Caretaker/Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee of the APC at the National Secretariat of the Party."

Niger Governor, Sanni-Bello, arrives APC National Secretariat, to take over as APC CECPC Chairman from Governor Buni Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sanni-Bello, has arrived the National Headquarters of the APC to take over as the Chairman of the Party's CECPC. His arrival now signals the end of the leadership of Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, as the Chairman of the Committee. The APC through its CECPC Secretary, Senator James Akpan Udohedehe, had earlier dismissed the removal of Governor Buni as fake news. This removal is coming a few weeks to the planned National Convention of the party. Watch arrival…

The chips are down, more clouds are gathering, and soon the bubble will burst. Barely 11 months to the 2023 general elections, there is a central thread of discourse in the nation on the possibility of a president of Igbo extraction. The hypothesis is hinged on history and contemporaneous power shift in Nigeria. Proponents of the quest for a Nigerian leader from the Igbo dominated South east axis premise it on six standpoints: Tripod nature of the nation, equity, justice, unity, peace and fair play. Hard- headed as the clamour has assumed, many champions of the clamour have fallen by…