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Those whose understanding of Saturday’s presidential election is that the Labour Party played the “spoiler” for the Peoples Democratic Party miss the significance of the moment. As of now, the PDP is effectively dead and the LP is the new opposition party. The PDP presidential candidate might have won many votes, but they lost on […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has floored the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State. This was based on the collation of results at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Lagos State collation centre in Yaba. Obi polled 582,454 votes to trounce the former Lagos State […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, and his wife, Margaret, cast their vote at his polling unit in Agulu ward 2, Anaocha LGA of Anambra state this morning. Mr. Obi, who is one of the leading presidential candidates in the elections, cast his vote around 11:43 am amid cheers from his […]
Continue ReadingThe pretty and Nigerian star actress, singer and songwriter, Tonto Dikeh has declared her support for Peter Obi and Labour Party for president. Tonto posted this message on her Instagram page. She wrote: “The upcoming presidential election is one of the most important events in our country’s history. It will determine the future of our nation, and […]
Continue ReadingNational Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), led by former Defence Minister, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), and other elder statesmen, on Tuesday, endorsed Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, ahead of Saturday’s poll. The NCEF said this year’s presidential poll must produce a leader that will ensure national reconciliation and unity, which will in turn lead to […]
Continue ReadingOne of the contesting political parties for the 2023 elections in Nigeria, the African Democratic Congress has endorsed the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, for the February 25 presidential election According to the post on the official Twitter page of the political party, the endorsement follows the […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has given his reasons why he’s supporting the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi to emerge President of Nigeria. Ortom is one of the five governors of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, popularly known as G-5 who have refused to support the presidential candidate of their party, Atiku […]
Continue ReadingCandidate of Labour Party (LP) and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has again emerged as the preferred choice to become the Nigeria’s next president, according to an opinion poll, the third in the past week showing the Labour Party candidate is the top candidate. In the survey commissioned by ANAP Foundation and conducted […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star actress, film director and producer, Alice Iyabo Ojo simply called Iyabo Ojo has endorsed the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate for the coming general election. Iyabo Ojo endorsed Peter Obi on her Instagram page some days ago and she wrote: “My choice is @peterobigregory we need a breath of fresh air & i […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi and his vice presidential candidate, Mr. Datti Baba-Ahmed, their wives and members of their campaign council were in Lagos on Saturday to hold the party’s rally for the coming general election. Mr. Obi’s supporters blocked his vehicle on his way to Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), […]
Continue ReadingThe National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has named Joe Ajaero as its new president. Ajaero, who was deputy president of the congress, emerged through a consensus. Presidential candidate of the Labour party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed his intention to work with the newly elected National President of Nigeria Labour […]
Continue ReadingCoalition 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 […]
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