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The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Tuesday, returned to his home state of Anambra where he and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, received a hero’s welcome from supporters. Accompanied by the leadership of the party, the presidential hopeful held a rally at the All Saints Cathedral Church field, Onitsha, during which he vowed to fix Nigeria and bring it to an envious height to the extent that no one would wish to leave for another country. Greeted by a crowd that occupied the field to maximum capacity and stretched further to nearby neighbourhoods, the former Anambra governor…

As a way of preparing adequately ahead of the 2023 general elections, National Assembly candidates of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), on Tuesday met behind closed doors in Abuja. The meeting which lasted for hours was presided by the party's House of Representatives candidate for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency seat, Dr. Stephen Ukpai Ukwa (KSJI). Some of the candidates who attended the meeting include: Hon. Jatto Mohammed Salihu, North Central (Kogi State), Hon Paul Soma, North East (Adawama State ), Hon. Abubakar Sadeeq Bello, North West (Sokoto State). Others are Hon Folarin Opeyemi Joseph, South West ( Lagos State ), Hon…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu says he will stand as surety for the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu if granted bail again. “I will stand surety for him (Kanu) if the Federal Government wants to release him to me,” Kalu said on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm programme aired on Tuesday. Kalu, a former governor of Abia State, also believed the Federal Government will respect the next court judgement on the bail of the embattled IPOB leader. The federal lawmaker said he is close to the family of Kanu in the…

It was praises galore as Bishop Emeka Nwankpa Foundation held its 17th edition of the 'Widows Must Smile' ceremony where over 4000 widows, the underprivileged and the physically challenged were empowered with various life-transforming items. Speaking at the event, which was held at his Umukalu Ntigha country home of Isiala Ngwa North, the revered cleric and philanthropist who is also the Accord Party governorship candidate in Abia State, said that the annual event, which he has held for 17 years, was in fulfillment of his covenant with God, and promised better packages in the years to come. Reminiscing about the…

One of the pillars of the entertainment industry in Nigeria and the Founder of the prestigious AMAA Awards, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe is dead. She reportedly gave up the ghost at St. Nicolas Hospital, Lagos after being in a coma since Saturday. While colleagues and close friends, some of whom went to see her at hospital wouldn’t believe news of her demise, maintaining that she was merely in the ICU, notable movie maker, Zik Zulu broke the news. “Our President, Peace, has passed. As at Saturday, she was reported to be in coma at Saint Nicholas. But now her family has confirmed…

Youths in Adamawa State on Monday took to the streets to wash off what they considered as President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu's “stains” during their visit to the state. Buhari had led the APC campaign train to Adamawa, the home state of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to canvass support for the APC candidate. However, shortly thereafter, youths trooped to the street with buckets of water, washing off what they considered as stain of the APC leaders and also set brooms (APC symbols) on fire. Earlier at the…

The Labour Party (LP) on Monday released a list of nominated Zonal Coordinators for contacts, mobilisation and grassroots engagement for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council. The party’s National Chief Mobiliser, Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council (LPPCC), Olawale Okunniyi, made this known in Lagos. Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, and Yusuf Datti, a Kaduna-based politician, are the presidential and vice presidential candidates of the LP in the 25 February election. Mr Okunniyi said the appointment was in continuation of strengthening its campaign machinery for the 2023 General Elections. He said the party appointed three zonal coordinators for Grassroots Mobilisation,…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned that this year’s general election, which is months away faces serious threat of cancellation if the waves of insecurity in parts of the country fails to improve. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, represented by the Chairman Board of Electoral Institute (BEI), Prof. Abdullahi Abdu Zuru, gave the warning on Monday in Abuja at the Validation of Election Security Training Resources, Daily Trust reports. “We all appreciate the fact that Election Security is vital to democratic consolidation through provision of enabling environment for the conduct of free, fair, credible and inclusive elections…