Labour Party presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, has said that prioritising investment in agriculture is a sure way of tackling hunger and insecurity in Africa. The former Governor of Anambra was speaking as a panellist at an international conference on food security in Kigali,...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Former Anambra governor and Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has called on the Federal Government to come clean on the operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) amidst the lingering fuel scarcity crisis in the country. Obi, in a statement on his...
Legendary music icon, Onyeka Onwenu, has been laid to rest in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Onwenu, popularly know as the “Elegant Stallion”, died on July 30, after collapsing at an event. The funeral service held on Friday at the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju,...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has visited Nigerian singer, Paul Okoye, and his elder brother, Jude. Paul, popularly known as Rudeboy, revealed the visit by Obi in a post on his Instagram page amid their family feud. The post by...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 polls, Peter Obip, has called for the arrest and prosecution of promoters of genocidal threats against Igbos in Lagos. Social media has been awash with a hashtag, asking the Igbos to vacate Lagos and the other South-West...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Senator Ireti Kingibe, the lawmaker representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the National Assembly, has vehemently denied allegations that she is sponsoring the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests in Abuja. A viral video had suggested that she was behind the protests, but Senator Kingibe...
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said that the sudden death of Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah was “shocking and devastating”. The former governor of Anambra expressed his sadness over the demise of the Senator Representing Anambra South Senatorial district on his X...
A presidential aide, Mr Bayo Onanuga, has accused supporters of Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s candidate in the 2023 presidential election, of planning protests across the country. Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, who was emphatic that Obi’s supporters were planning to stage...
The Collective Movement (TCM), a socio-political group, salutes Peter Obi, a former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, on his birthday anniversary. The Founder of TCM, High Chief Franklin Ekechukwu, in a statement on Thursday, described Obi, who will turn 63 years old on July 19, as a...
The Ebonyi Labour Party (LP) on Sunday adopted Mr Peter Obi, its Presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections as the national leader of the party. The party stakeholders also adopted Chief Fidelis Nwankwo as the leader of the party in the state. The endorsement was part of...
The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has called for more investment in healthcare to prevent disease outbreaks and improve life expectancy. Obi made the call at the 6th Public Lecture of the Board of Fellows, Pharmaceuticals Society of Nigeria (PSN)...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi has proposed solutions to stem the tide of multinational companies leaving Nigeria. Mr. Obi, a former Anambra State governor took to his social media handle (X) on Monday to share his ideas....
Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, the State Commissioner for Culture, Tourism and Entertainment, Mr Dom Onyenji, among others were present to mourn the late Nollywood icon, Mr Amaechi Monagu. Muonagor was on Friday buried in his Obosi country home in Idemili South Local Government Area...
Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, has urged Muslims to draw strength from the teachings of Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH). This is contained in a statement by his spokesperson, Dr Yunusa Tanko, on Saturday in Onitsha. Obi in a message of felicitation to Muslims on the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Reno Omokri, a political activist and former presidential aide, has citizens the 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi for allegedly de-marketing Nigeria. Omokri accused Obi of spreading falsehoods about the country’s electrical infrastructure and election process, praising other African nations instead....
Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has said that the Obidient Movement is not domiciled in one political party. Obi said this in a statement by his spokesperson, Dr Yunusa Tanko, on Thursday in Awka. He said that membership of the movement cut...
A former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Deputy Chairman, Chief Bode George, has said the party must stick to its power rotation grundnorm between the North and South to win in 2027. George said this while fielding questions from newsmen during his address to the nation, titled “My...
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has endorsed the newly elected National Working Committee (NWC) of the Party. Obi said this on Tuesday when he paid a solidarity visit to the party leadership at the National Headquarters in...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticized the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi over recently rumoured plans by the duo to form alliance in order to wrestle power from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027. The...
The Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate in the 2023 General Election, Mr Peter Obi, said he was the highest beneficiary of Judiciary in the country when there were incorruptible judges. Obi stated this during the Justice Anthony Aniagolu’s Memorial Lecture organised by the family and hosted by the...