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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 of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu […]
Continue ReadingIn the book titled the ‘protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism’ the German sociologist, Max Weber attributed the development of capitalism to the protestant ethic (protestantism is a form of christianity that originated with the 16th-century reformation, a movement against what its followers perceived to be errors in the Catholic Church). What then is […]
Continue ReadingLabour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has unveiled Datti Baba-Ahmed as his running mate in Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election. Obi announced Baba-Ahmed at a press conference and also on Twitter. 46-year-old Ahmed who is the founder of Baze University, Abuja, and also a former lawmaker who represented Kaduna North Senatorial district, was unveiled on Friday July […]
Continue ReadingAt this stage in his campaign, Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, should be laying out the policy ideas and ideology that will define his government and building a team of competent managers who can run with his vision. For a man who has accumulated a growing band of self-motivated and organic following in a […]
Continue ReadingHow time flies! I met Mr Peter Obi for the first time almost 19 years ago — in August 2003 to be specific. He had come to the THISDAY head office in Apapa, Lagos state, on a visit to Mr Olusegun Adeniyi, then Sunday Editor. I was the Saturday Editor. As I saw him in […]
Continue ReadingOn December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, a 42-year woman named Rosa Parks did what philosophers call against method. Paul Feyeraband, an Austrian philosopher, had in 1976 pioneered that thesis. In a racial American society of the time where blacks were inferior and were expected to leave their bus seats for whites, Parks refused to give up […]
Continue ReadingPreparatory for the 2023 general elections, the Lagos State chapter of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organization, has refuted reports that it dumped Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi and endorsed Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Chairman of the Lagos chapter, Sunday Ossai, said the misleading claim that Ohanaeze in Lagos dumped […]
Continue ReadingSpiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN) Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has tendered a public apology to the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and all his supporters over his condescending comments about the politician. Recall that while preaching in his church on Wednesday, June 16, Fr Mbaka described Mr. Obi as […]
Continue ReadingSpokesperson of National Consultative Forum, Dr. Yinusa Tanko has commented on a possible merger between Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Engr. Rabiu Kwankwaso. In an interview on Arise TV, Tanko stated that there is need for Obi and Kwankwaso who are well rooted in the Southern and […]
Continue Reading…Let Us Return Nigeria to Their Rightful Owners I thank Nigerians; especially members of the Labour Party who have gathered here since yesterday to partake in the primaries to choose the person that will fly Labour flag in the forthcoming National election to choose the President of Nigeria. History beckons. Nigerians remain hopeful for a […]
Continue ReadingThe recently decamped and a former Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria, Mr. Peter Obi, has emerged as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Sequel to Professor Pat Utomi and another aspirant, 45-year-old Joseph Faduri stepping down, Obi emerged at the Labour Party’s Convention and presidential primary held in Asaba, Delta State. Utomi announced […]
Continue ReadingFormer Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has formally joined the Labour Party days after resigning his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party. He disclosed his latest move in a statement released on social media on Friday evening. Obi said: “I thank all Nigerians, especially our youths who have joined me in the mission of taking back […]
Continue ReadingFormer Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, one of the cleared 15 PDP presidential aspirants, has stated that recent developments within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were responsible for his resignation from the opposition party and withdrawal from its presidential primary slated for end of May. But, in a statement via his letter of resignation […]
Continue ReadingFormer presidential aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe, and presidential hopeful has withdrawn from the 2023 race to support the ambition of ex-governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi. Okupe made this known on Wednesday at a press conference held at the Iwe Iroyin Press Centre in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, saying that leader of socio-political group, […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has declared his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election. Mr. Obi made the declaration in Awka while addressing the royal fathers and Presidents General of the 181 communities in the state at Government House, Awka. “I have come to inform you of my intention to contest […]
Continue ReadingThe most significant defence former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, put up on why his name featured on the Pandora Papers —another round of private financial dealings expose that confirms how the rich and powerful people worldwide take care of themselves— is that the transitional process that brought him to office was a hurried one. […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of Anambra state, Mr. Peter Obi has stated that the federal government’s budget of N400bn for Coronavirus vaccines exceeds the amount that can be used to procure vaccines for 70 percent of the country’s population if the National Vaccine Production Facility is operational. The former Governor of Anambra who appeared on an Arise […]
Continue ReadingThe vice presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, in his speech at the 8th stakeholders meeting of Anambra State chapter of the PDP titled,” Repositioning for power and good governance” held in Awka, said he was ready to lay down his life to deliver Nigerians […]
Continue ReadingThe Imo State governor, Mr. Rochas Okorocha is pictured here in a handshake with the Governor-elect, Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha. The event was where former Governor of Anambra state, Mr Peter Obi; former Governor of Imo state, Chief Achike Udenwa; & Rivers State Governor, Seriake Dickson received the incumbent Governor at the burial service held […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO) laments the stoppage of transactions on all accounts belonging to its Vice presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, wife, his family members and their businesses by agencies of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The party in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said Obi has […]
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