Stop apologising for OBIdients ―Shehu Sani advises Peter Obi

Former Nigerian Senator who represented Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, comrade Shehu Sani has taken to his Twitter handle to advise the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi to stop apologising for whatever his followers, the OBIdients say or do in reaction to any of the Nigerian public figures’ actions. […]

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“OBIdients,” Soyinka, Chimamanda and The Climate of Fear, By Reuben Abati

The “Obidients” – supporters of the mission and vision of Mr. Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party in Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential election had it coming. And now they are getting their “comeuppance” served in flagellating doses, from Professor Wole Soyinka, grandmaster in the art of dissent, debate and reasoning who has all it takes […]

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Kukah sends tough message to Buhari, Tinubu, Obidients, Supreme court in Easter

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Nigeria, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has issued a powerful message to Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the world celebrates Easter Sunday. The fiery cleric said, Nigeria’s most pressing need is not infrastructure, but rather, ensuring the safety and well-being of Nigerians. Bishop Kukah’s Easter message also extended to the […]

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Prof. Kila disagrees with Soyinka’s assertion over Datti and Obidients

Prof Anthony Kila, founder, Centre for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS), Lagos, has expressed disagreement with Prof Soyinka over his remark that Obidients are “most repulsive, off-putting concoctions” in the political arena. Prof Kila, in a statement made available to Sundiata Post on Saturday, said Soyinka was wrong to have described Obidients in such a way, […]

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Obidients drag Soyinka for criticising Datti Baba-Ahmed on TV

Playwright and Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has been dragged on social media after expressing displeasure at a statement made by the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. Datti Baba-Ahmed, whose ticket with his principal, Peter Obi, emerged third in the February 25 presidential election, had spoken about the Supreme Court […]

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Obidients, Buhari And October 1st, By Lasisi Olagunju

I learnt yesterday that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will be visiting Nigeria today. The question I asked the bearer of the great tidings was: When is he going back to his rest in London? He will be arriving Nigeria two days after our urban psychedelic ‘children’ […]

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If Peter Obi wins and changes the country, better for all of us ―Femi Kuti denies calling ‘Obidients’ zombies

Nigerian afrobeats music star, Femi Kuti has denied calling “Obidients”, who are simply those campaigning for Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, zombies. “You know what obedience means? Stand up, sit down, sit there — zombie,” Mr Kuti said during a performance at the Shrine Thursday night in Lagos, wondering why Mr Obi’s popularity […]

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