By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has vowed that his ruling party would win the 2023 presidential election by defeating other parties convincingly. Tinubu spoke on Tuesday during a one day Town Hall meeting with party’s stakeholders in Calabar, the...
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A political group known as the Igbo Political Voice (IPV) on Saturday said that only credible candidates would earn its support in the 2023 general elections. The Convener of the group, known for its grassroots voter mobilisation, Mr Earnest Okoye, stressed the position of the body at a political...
SBM Intelligence, a research firm that analyses West African geopolitical and economic situation, has released its projection of the forthcoming 2023 presidential election in Nigeria. The firm predicts the states that will be won by the top three candidates in the election, namely: 2023 presidential election set to be the tightest,...
Gunmen suspected to be assassins have killed Labour Party candidate for Onuimo Local Government Area in the Imo State House of Assembly, Christopher Elehu. He was killed on Friday, by suspected assassins, who also set his country home ablaze and destroyed his property including a motorcycle. The suspects struck in...
The Labour Party (LP), in Kano State, on Saturday held a town hall meeting to fine tune strategies towards achieving landslide electoral victory in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The Chairman of the party, Alhaji Muhammad Raji, while addressing party members and support groups, said the meeting was organized...
The Labour Party on Friday relieved the acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr Abayomi Arabambi of his duty while the Ogun chapter executives were also sacked for alleged anti-party activities. Mr Umar Farouk, National Secretary of the party, while addressing newsmen in Abuja said the decision was reached at the...
Nothing can be so mockingly debasing than going out for a political campaign only to be welcomed by a scanty crowd in a metropolitan city like Lagos. The PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was in Lagos this week and what he saw was not only palpably discomforting, it also revealed...
A constitutional lawyer and public affairs analyst who is a Calabar-based legal practitioner, CHIEF BARR. FIDELIS ONYEBUEKE spoke with our reporter, PATRICK ABANG over the week on why a structureless presidential contender, Peter Obi and his labour Party, LP are pulling weight in terms of millions of supporters that...
World-leading policy institute and think-tank forum, Chatham House has invited the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi to discuss his plans for Nigerians ahead of the February 25, 2023 presidential elections. Obi, former governor of Anambra State, is expected to attend the event slated for January...
The Labour Party says it would implement a minimum wage of N80,000-N100,000 if the party wins next year’s presidential election. A few days ago, the Labour Party unveiled its manifesto after a long wait with its presidential candidate Peter Obi touting the payment of hourly wages as against the...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – Peter Obi, The Labour Party Presidential candidate has commended the leadership style of Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, describing him as a good man. Mr. Obi gave the commendation on Tuesday when he met Uzodimma at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport while visiting...
The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Datti Baba-Ahmed says the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are as good as gone as political parties. “APC is as good as gone. PDP’s votes do not exist. There is only one political party genuinely standing:...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Labour Party (LP), has inaugurated Obedient Support groups and assured that the presidential candidate of the party, Mr Peter Obi is the candidate to beat, as the party provide alternative to the depressed Nigerians in 2023. The Borno State Chairman of...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) are the two most dominant political parties that do not need introduction in Nigeria. The two parties have woefully piloted the affairs of the supposedly giant of Africa since 1999 to a state of regrettable moribund it is today as a...
The Labour Party (LP) has released its manifesto tagged “It’s POssible” which will be formally unveiled to Nigerians on Sunday, December 4th, 2022. The Head of Media of the Presidential Campaign Council of the party, Diran Onifade, told Channels Television that the candidate, Peter Obi, was part of those...
The Labour Party says the purported suspension of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Director-General, Doyin Okupe is null and void. Mr Umar-Farouk Ibrahim, the National Secretary of the party said this when he addressed newsmen in Abuja on Friday. Ibrahim said that the National Leadership of the party was...
The Labour Party in Ogun State has expelled the party’s Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe, for failure to perform his financial membership status in the past six months contrary to the dictate of the party’s constitution. Okupe was dismissed alongside Abayomi Collins, Abel Olaleye,...
As far back as 1905, the Spanish philosopher George Santayana in his work, The Life of Reason, made the eternal aphorism: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This simply means that people who do not learn from the mistakes of the past are going...
The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation has expressed delight that the G5 group of governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are still in the party, in spite of their demand regarding the party’s leadership. The Director of Strategic Communications of the organisation, Dele Momodu, said while addressing newsmen in...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Thursday pledged to provide “logistics support” for the campaigns of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi within the state. Wike also said Obi, a former Anambra State governor, has all the characteristic to lead Nigeria. The Rivers governor made this known...