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Coalition of organisations making the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has endorsed Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). The decision was announced on Thursday in a communique read by John Nwodo, the immediate past president-general of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, at the end of a meeting of the forum […]
Continue ReadingThe youth wing of the pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere and the Coalition for a Better and Brighter Nigeria group, on Wednesday intensified grassroots mobilisation to rally support for the victory of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi. President of Afenifere National Youth Council, Eniola Ojajuni, disclosed that the target of […]
Continue ReadingPresidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, was attacked alongside his campaign team members after a successful rally in Katsina state on January 23. Head of Media, Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Diran Onifade, condemned the attack on the presidential candidate. “Our candidate had met with women in a townhall and then held a […]
Continue ReadingPoliticians on a nationwide campaign for the top job in the land are condemned to a life of compulsive nomadism. They are perpetually on the go, sometimes armed with a compass they alone can read or no compass at all. Mapping their itinerary can be quite an arduous task. Worse still, matching the marketing routes […]
Continue ReadingAs Nigerians wait for February 25 for the 2023 presidential election, Chinweizu Ibekwe, internationally renowned writer, has advised Igbo keaders to make contingency plan about how to receive the election result of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, one way or the other. Chinweizu, as he’s popularly called, presented three scenerios to […]
Continue ReadingTHISDAY headquarters on Creek Road, Apapa, Lagos was not far from Mr Peter Obi’s corporate office. So, we visited each other regularly before he became Governor of Anambra State. Not only has our friendship endured, but Obi has remained the same man I first encountered more than two decades ago. Simple. Gracious. And, as I have learnt […]
Continue ReadingSeveral weeks ago, my 80-year-old paternal uncle, who is a community leader, called me to ask whom between Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu he should vote and canvass support for. That was a strange request considering that in 2019 he resisted my entreaty to him to not vote or campaign for Buhari because of the […]
Continue ReadingLabour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi has taken a swipe at his political opponents, saying that Nigerian presidency is neither a retirement home nor a place where people wait for their turn. Mr. Obi who was in Anambra, his home state, for a three-in-one town hall meeting with students, a private meeting with […]
Continue ReadingForefront leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, preparatory to the February 25 presidential election. The elder statesman made his choice known while addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja. The nonagenarian said it was fair and just […]
Continue ReadingIn an open letter released on Sunday, the former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has formally endorsed Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), as his preferred choice for president in next month’s general election. In the open letter to young Nigerians, Chief Obasanjo gave his formal endorsement of Mr. Peter […]
Continue ReadingFormer National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Olisa Metuh, has advised the famous Anambra businessman, Arthur Eze to calm down. Metuh said this in a Facebook post on Tuesday, following Arthur’s declaration to disassociate himself from the presidential ambition of the Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi to back the presidential candidate […]
Continue ReadingAnambra-born billionaire businessman, Prince Arthur Eze, has disassociated himself from Peter Obi’s 2023 presidential ambition. He made his position known recently, at the occasion of the 2022 Ofala festival of HRH Igwe (Dr.) Robert Eze, the traditional ruler of Ukpo in Dunukofia local government area of Anambra State. Eze said: “I warned Peter Obi to […]
Continue ReadingThere is a trending video of a senile Paul Biya, President of Cameroon, at the just concluded US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC. He is called to deliver his speech after President Paul Kagame of Rwanda. He comes out, sits down and starts browsing aimlessly through a pamphlet he is holding. He mutters some words […]
Continue ReadingThe editorial board of THISDAY newspaper on Monday hosted the flagbearer of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi in continuation of our presidential dialogue series. After the session, we all came out for group photograph, just as we did when we hosted the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso in […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan; Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi; and the Founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo; joined other dignitaries to grace the wedding of the first daughter of the Founder and Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), Dr. Paul Enenche, in Abuja Nigeria today, […]
Continue ReadingPeter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has promised to resuscitate the Ajaokuta Steel Company if elected Nigeria’s next president in 2023 general elections. He said he would bring prosperity to all the three senatorial districts of Kogi, with the enormous resources endowed naturally by God. Mr Obi made the promise on […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo; presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi; and the leader of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo; on Sunday paid a visit to the headquarters of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Enugu State. The trio were in the state to condole with Ohanaeze Ndigbo over the death of a former […]
Continue ReadingThe London-based policy institute and think-tank forum, Chatham House, has invited the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, to present his plans for Nigeria and Nigerians if elected in the country’s February 25, 2023 presidential election. The invitation to Obi, a former two-term Governor of Anambra State, Nigeria, was made public […]
Continue ReadingPresidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, and his running mate, Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed have in conjunction with the party, released a 72-paged manifesto titled “Pact with Nigeria” in which they outlined 7 priority areas if elected into office come 2023. The document was made public by the LP leadership late […]
Continue ReadingNigerian singer, songwriter, television presenter, publisher, producer and activist, Charles Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy the Areafada1 took to his Twitter handle to show case American celebrities who are campaigning for the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Mr. Peter Obi He wrote: “Impressive. Peter Obi’s campaign has taken on a global outlook with leading American […]
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