An obituary is for the dead, not for the living. So, no matter how one looks at Sam Omatseye’s ‘Obi-tuary’ on Peter Obi and the movement Obi’s entry into the 2023 presidential race has become, it is all about a death wish. It rhymes with nothing else. Yes, death...
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Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole who has been tipped to play a prominent role in the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-Kashim Shettima presidential campaign says religion should not have any role in politics. “I think the issues before us and which we have to spend time discussing is what...
Similar to the Famous novelist, poet and critic, Chinua Achebe (1930 – 2013) who in his widely circulated book, ‘The trouble with Nigeria’, among other things stated as follows: “The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land...
Mrs Beatrice Itubo, Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Rivers, has called on Nigerians to vote for their conscience in the 2023 general elections. Itubo made the call during the launch of ObiStructure organised by the Peter Obi Volunteer Network in Port Harcourt on Sunday. She further urged...
Labour Party’s Vice Presidential candidate, Senator Yusuf Datti Ahmed, has urged the party’s supporters to remain focused in their campaign. Datti charged all their supporters known as Obidients not to be distracted with the TV reality show, Big Brother Naija season seven. Peter Obi and his party are enjoying...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the presidential candidate of the NNPP, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and flagbearer of Labour Party, Peter Obi to declare their assets publicly. SERAP made the call in a series of messages via its Twitter handle. It...
Google on Thursday highlighted the top trending personalities, music, movies, high-profile deaths as well as sports that trended in the first half of 2022. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Communications and Public Relations Manager, Google West Africa, said in a statement that the first half of 2020 had been eventful with high-profile...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has challenged Presidential Candidates of the various political parties for next year’s general election to put Nigeria first above personal interests. Governor Ortom gave the challenge on Wednesday, when he received at his private residence in Abuja the Presidential...
By VALENTINE OBIENYEM – The newest phenomenon in town, Mr. Peter Obi turns 61 today. Contrary to the customary use of the day to see him through biographical prisms, we shall view him through the mass movement that has all the attributes of a revolution in which he is...
This piece stemmed from two uniquely similar but different sources. First is a Whatsapp picture of Peter Obi, Labor Party Presidential Flag bearer, and his running mate Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, which I recently stumbled upon in a group platform. The referenced portrait was laced with the following inscriptions;...
When it comes to politics, it is difficult to find any ethnic group that is usually as divided against itself like the Igbo of South east Nigeria. This unfortunate fact has proven true since the time of the great Zik all through the five Senate Presidents (need we name...
Pa Ayo Adebanjo, leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has endorsed presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi. Speaking on Yoruba Gbode, an online radio programme, Adebanjo said only Peter Obi can rule independently among the current crop of presidential candidates. The Afenifere leader also accused Presidential candidate...
A purported rebuke of one Reno Omokri by Mr. Peter Obi during their meeting in London is being circulated. The statement claimed that the said Reno demanded money to support Obi and that Obi refused. Beyond predicting correctly what would have been Obi’s attitude towards such a demand, let...
The Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Friday presented Dr Yusuf Baba-Ahmed as his running mate for the 2023 General Elections. Obi made the announcement at a news conference with the theme “Journey to Nigeria’s Rebirth Begins Today” in Abuja . According to him, the party is...
Labour Party flagbearer, Peter Obi has said the 2023 Presidential elections will be based on saving the country and not on one’s turn, ethnicity, or religion. Speaking while fielding questions on Arise Tv Morning Show on Thursday, the presidential candidate of Labour Party said it would be based on...
Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has explained why he cannot be a running mate to a former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, in the forthcoming presidential election. Both men are in the race to become the next president when President Muhammadu Buhari completes his second term in...
Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has ruled out the possibility of the Labour Party winning the presidential election in 2023. Kwankwaso, who is contesting the election on the platform of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), made the comment during his appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. Rather,...
Pastor Adewale Giwa of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry has said that Nigerians are confused about the candidate to vote for in the 2023 Presidency elections due to hunger caused by politicians. According to Giwa, starvation had been weaponised among Nigerians by politicians in order to have...
A Political support group, under the aegis of Obi Campaign Mobilisation Team, on Sunday drummed support for Peter Obi, Labour Party’s Presidential candidate ahead of 2023 general elections. The group also called on eligible voters to take advantage of the ongoing voters registration to get registered to enable them...