Politics

Nigerians, irrespective of age groups, ethnic divide, religious affiliations and occupation, trooped out, and defied the morning showers in Benin City to rally behind the ambition of Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party (LP) presidential and vice-presidential candidates, respectively, for the 2023 general elections. Tagged the “Obidient movement”, the residents, including senior citizens, marched from the different routes across Edo State to converge at the Oba Ovonramwen square popularly called ring road to commemorate Nigeria’s 62nd Independence day celebration. Amid the presence of various security agencies, the demonstrators, who hindered movements within the Benin metropolis, said they decided…

Governor Nyesom Wike of River State on Friday hosted the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Wike shared photographs of his meeting with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party via his verified Facebook page after the meeting. Recall that the Obi earlier in the week, visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. It was the second time the Labour Party candidate will visit Obasanjo in his Abeokuta residence. Peter Obi and Governor Nyesom Wike In a similar vein, Obi on Tuesday also visited the Ooni of Ife,…

Fomer Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, on Friday apologised to Igbo people over his comments at the 2022 New Yam festival ceremony of the Mbaise People living in Ghana. Ihedioha in a viral video that had generated millions of comments allegedly called people who are supporting the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, saboteurs. Appearing on Channels TV Sunrise Daily programme which was monitored by our correspondent, Ihedioha said that his speech in Ghana was misconstrued and blown out of proportion. Apologising to the Igbo people, Ihedioha said that the word “saboteur” he used during his speech…

The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi on Thursday paid a visit to a chieftain of All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA, Sir Chikwe Udensi at his Abuja home. Obi a leading presidential candidate held a closed-door meeting with Sir Udensi an Interpol Systems Consultant and security expert. The outcome of the meeting was however not disclosed, ABN TV reports. Peter Obi, a former Anambra state governor had earlier in the day joined other presidential candidates to sign a peace accord as campaign starts for the 2023 general elections. More details later...

A chieftian of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State, Muazu Magaji, has claimed that Rivers State governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, lobbied members of the party’s committee constituted to advise the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on the choice of his running mate for the 2023 elections. The PDP committee had recommended the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa; Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel and Governor Wike. The committee, however, scored Wike above the other two contenders but Atiku decided to settle for Okowa, which has since unsettled Wike’s camp. Magaji, who is a former governorship aspirant of…

Some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have returned a "mysterious"  millions of naira paid into their accounts by the leadership of the party. The party officers are the Deputy National Chairman (South) Taofeek Arapaja; National Vice Chairman (South), Chief Dan Orbih. Others are National Women Leader, Prof. Stella Affah-Attoe and Olasoji Adagunodo, National Vice Chairman, South West In the letters trending on social media, Arapaja got N36 million of the said money transferred into his bank account while Orbih and Effah-Attoe got N28.8 million each. See letters below:  

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclaimed a letter purportedly written by the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, to its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. A letter allegedly written by Mr Adamu surfaced on Wednesday in which he expressed dissatisfaction with composition of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). The list of the 422-member member Council was released late Monday. In a statement by the APC spokesperson, Felix Morka, on Thursday, the party said Mr Adamu did not author the letter in circulation. “Our attention has been drawn to a “DRAFT” letter in circulation purportedly written by His Excellency, Senator Abdullahi…