Sen. Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate, All Progressives Congress (APC), says women’s matter will be prioritised if elected the president in the 2023 general elections Tinubu spoke, on Tuesday, at the Voice of Women (VOW) 2022 Conference and Awards organised by Women Radio 91.7FM supported by MacArthur Foundation in Abuja....
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Nigeria’s problems are essentially civilizational. Contrary to permutations that the 2023 presidential election will be significantly different from the past ones, it is still niche-carving, cult-following, and primordial sentiments that will produce Nigeria’s next president. The 2023 Presidential Election is upon us and surely it will be peculiar in...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bode George has asked political parties to halt campaigns following the floods affecting several parts of Nigeria. He said this on Sunday after calls from Nigerians, notably the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, that parties should suspend campaigns following the...
Chief Joemartins Uzodike, Coordinator, Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Presidential Campaign Council in Anambra, on Sunday called on all the support groups to begin door-to-door and market campaign for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Uzodike made the call when he received members of Associates of...
The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on his counterparts in other parties to suspend their campaigns and join him to help victims of floods across states of the federation. Obi made the call while addressing journalists after his visit to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue...
Nigerians have lashed out at Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, and his running mate, Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed, after they visited renowned Islamic cleric, Ahmad Abubakar Gumi at his residence in Kaduna State. Peter Obi shared photos from the visit on his Twitter handle on Monday, 17...
Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, has said that adequate investment in agriculture can help to address food inflation and insecurity in the country. Obi said this in his message on the occasion of 2022 World Food Day 2022 which is celebrated on Oct. 16...
Labour Party (LP) says it is set to release a supplementary list for its Campaign Council, saying that Ayuba Wabba and Festus Osifo were erroneously included. The party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, made this known in a communique he read at the end of the Expanded National Working Committee...
The Labour Party (LP) is set to officially begin its presidential campaign in Nasarawa State, on October 18. Mr Alexander Emmanuel, State Chairman of the party told newsmen at a press conference on Thursday in Lafia that arrangements had been concluded for the exercise. According to him, the party...
Labour Party (LP) has unveiled a 1,234,member Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja on Wednesday saying the party would secure at least 15 million votes at the 2023 presidential election. Unveiling the team, the Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe said retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr...
Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour party, says he will be committed to high gender balance and broad inclusion of women and youths if elected. Obi, in a tweet on Tuesday, also congratulated former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Mrs Amina Mohammed for bagging national honours....
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi’s emergence as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party has been described as a rare chance for Nigeria. In an article published on Monday, The Economist recalled that some polls had tipped Obi as ahead of the candidates representing the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Labour Party (LP) has described as fake a campaign rally timetable being circulated in the media. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Arabambi Abayomi, who said this in a statement in Abuja, noted that the timetable was neither authorised by the LP leadership...
By SUCCESS SOLOMON, Jos – Chairman, political campaign council of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Plateau State, Comrade Yohana Badung has said the union would soon embark on unit to unit campaign for all Labour Party Presidential candidates, Peter Obi ahead of the 2023 election. Comrade Badung, who...
The President of Nigerian Community in Russia, Dr Maurice Okoli has urged supporters of Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi to have effective structure if they must succeed in 2023 general elections. Okoli stated this in a statement on Sunday, noting that the OBIdient Movement being backed...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has condoled with victims and communities affected by flood in Nigeria. Mr. Obi, whose condolence message was contained in tweet on Sunday, said that he received the reports with sadness. He said: “Earlier,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and 36 state governors to “publicly instruct the Nigeria police and state security outfits to respect, protect, and facilitate the rights of everyone to freedom of expression, assembly, association, and equal participation during...
The crowds of power wear amorphous but identical faces. It does not matter whether they are the Roman plebeians, renegade factions of the Athenian metropole, or the rough racist hounds that accompanied Donald Trump to defile the US Capitol on 6th January 2021. They are all roughly the same....
A group, Asiwaju Progressive Movement (APM), has urged the presidential candidates of major opposition parties to base their campaigns on issues with facts and should not engage in telling the electorate lies. Its Spokesperson, Joshua Owoyomi, made the plea in a statement, while reacting to the oppositions’ recent comments...
The presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and his running mate Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed have released their official campaign website. This was made public on Friday morning via a tweet from Obi’s Twitter handle. “I invite every member of the OBIdient Family, and every supporter of...