Politics

Jun
18
2022
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The Peter Obi Tsunami APC and PDP are Underrating By Farooq A. Kperogi

The Peter Obi Tsunami APC and PDP are Underrating By Farooq A. Kperogi

Opinion, Politics
Former Anambra State governor Peter Obi is inspiring a powerful, social media-enabled, youth-led political tidal wave that will radically change the contours of the 2023 election. But APC and PDP operatives, still inebriated with the overconfidence of the size and deep pockets of their parties, are sniggering at the suggestion that Peter Obi’s Labour Party will change the game next year. They comfort themselves with the mantra that there are no polling booths on social media where Peter Obi’s devotees form noisy cyber silos. Well, there is no opponent more dangerous than an underestimated one. People who are habituated to…
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Jun
18
2022
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Photos: Tinubu meets Uzodinma, other APC leaders from South-East

Photos: Tinubu meets Uzodinma, other APC leaders from South-East

Politics
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was yesterday evening received by Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State at the Governor’s residence in Abuja together with other top Imo APC leaders. Tinubu who emerged victoriously from the just concluded June 2022 Special Convention of the party, which was chaired by Governor Hope Uzodimma, met for a consultative forum to brainstorm in preparation for victory at the 2023 General Elections and Government formation. According to Uzodinma media office, Tinubu appreciated the democratic conduct of the 2022 APC Presidential Primaries chaired by…
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Jun
18
2022
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2023: We’re Putting Up The Biggest Political Coalition In Nigerian History – Okupe

2023: We’re Putting Up The Biggest Political Coalition In Nigerian History – Okupe

News, Politics
Director General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organization, Dr. Doyin Okupe has said that the Labour Party (LP) is putting together the “biggest” and “greatest” political coalition in Nigerian history, as a ploy to ensure victory at the 2023 polls. The former presidential spokesman who on Friday disclosed that he is the Vice Presidential Candidate of the LP, was of the opinion that the party alone cannot win the race except it works with several other parties to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and beat the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “I am not a dreamer, Labour…
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Jun
17
2022
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2023: I’m An Igbo Man From South-South Says Gov. Okowa

2023: I’m An Igbo Man From South-South Says Gov. Okowa

News, Politics
Governor of Delta State and Vice-Presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ifeanyi Okowa, has claimed that he is an Igbo man and part of the South-East. Mr Okowa said this on Friday evening on Arise TV in response to the reaction of many political pundits regarding his ethnicity, having been picked by the PDP as running mate to its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Speaking on the show, the governor said, “Being from the South-South, I’m also an Igbo man. “I fit into all the divides. My brothers in the South-East, I’m part of them. I’m also part of…
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Jun
17
2022
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2023: I’ll soon make statement on Abia politics – Orji

2023: I’ll soon make statement on Abia politics – Orji

Politics
The immediate past Governor of Abia State and Senator representing Abia Central, Senator Theodore Orji, said he would soon make a statement on Abia politics. The former governor, who disclosed this in a press statement made available to newsmen in Umuahia, said “in the days ahead, Abians would hear from me.” It is expected that the senator would bare his mind on issues that may include power rotation, the recent party primaries in the state that have sent many faithful away from the PDP in the state and others aggrieved, as well as the issue of imposition of candidates by…
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Jun
17
2022
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2023 Presidency: Tinubu Names Masari As Running Mate

2023 Presidency: Tinubu Names Masari As Running Mate

News, Politics
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), says he has submitted the name of his running mate for the 2023 Presidential election to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Tinubu stated this in a statement issued on Friday. Although the APC Presidential Candidate did not disclose the name of his running mate, he said he had submitted “duly completed nomination forms to INEC”. The forms are incomplete without the name of the running mate of a presidential candidate. THE WHISPERER gathered thatTinubu picked Alhaji Kabir Ibrahim Masari, a Katsina politician, as a placeholder for his…
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Jun
17
2022
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BREAKING: Peter Obi picks Doyin Okupe as Labour’s vice-presidential candidate for 2023

BREAKING: Peter Obi picks Doyin Okupe as Labour’s vice-presidential candidate for 2023

News, Politics
Peter Obi picks Doyin Okupe as Labour’s vice-presidential candidate for 2023 Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has picked Doyin Okupe as his running mate. Mr Okupe told Peoples Gazette on Friday evening that Mr Obi picked him because he found him worthy to serve. “Yes, I am the vice-presidential candidate of our party because I was found worthy by the candidate and the party to serve,” he said to The Gazette by telephone Friday evening.
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Jun
17
2022
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BREAKING: Fr Mbaka apologizes to Peter Obi, prays for his success

BREAKING: Fr Mbaka apologizes to Peter Obi, prays for his success

Politics, Religion
Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has apologized and prayed for the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi can never be Nigeria’s President. Mbaka made the apology after declaring that Peter Obi can never be Nigeria’s President. He had during his latest ministration at the Adoration ground said that unless God ceases to exist, Obi would never smell the seat of the President adding that it was better to have an old man as President than a ‘stingy young man’. The comment by the Catholic priest had stirred diverse reactions from Nigerians who accused him of…
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Jun
17
2022
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Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Pentecostal Fellowship Of Nigeria Asks Christians To Get Voter Cards, Await Instructions On Party To Vote In 2023

Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Pentecostal Fellowship Of Nigeria Asks Christians To Get Voter Cards, Await Instructions On Party To Vote In 2023

Politics, Religion
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has warned the ruling All Progressives Congress against going for a Muslim-Muslim ticket ahead of the 2023 presidential election. It said that if the party does not listen to the Church, it would mobilise its members against the party on Election Day. PFN National President, Wale Oke, who gave the warning in Lagos on Thursday, while declaring Sunday, June 26, 2022, as a PVC Day in all its churches nationwide, however, noted that it was not against Muslim-Muslim ticket on the grounds of religion but on the basis of fairness and equity. According to…
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Jun
16
2022
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Catholic Church disowns Fr Mbaka for attacking Peter Obi

Catholic Church disowns Fr Mbaka for attacking Peter Obi

Politics, Religion
The Catholic Diocese of Enugu has condemned and dissociated itself from inflammatory political utterances by Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the Director of Catholic Adoration Ministry Chaplaincy Enugu. Recall that Mbaka had on Wednesday described Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi as a ‘stingy man, declaring that unless God ceases to exist, Obi would never smell the seat of the president. According to him, it was better to have an old man as president than a ‘stingy young man.’ Reacting, the Bishop of Enugu, Rev Ernest Obodo, in a statement on Thursday, said Mbaka’s inflammatory political utterances were divisive and they…
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