The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described as “laughable” a statement credited to the National Secretary, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-Cultural Association, Saleh Alhassan, linking it to the OBIdient movement.
The group rejected the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, or any president of Igbo extraction, saying Nigeria...
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has accused the APC and PDP of launching campaign of calumny against him and his party.
Obi, in series of tweets on Thursday said it had become evident that the opposition parties had adopted negative strategy of trolling and insinuating fake...
The former leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State and former governorship candidate in 2021 gubernatorial election, Mr. Valentine Chineto Ozigbo has volunteered that he and fellow “Obi-dients” will supply the funds needed to finance the electoral campaign of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Sunday, attended the Methodist Church Conference 2022, in Benue State.
The announcer at the conference, while introducing the former Governor of Anambra State, described him as a great Nigerian with integrity per excellence.
He further stated that Obi is a man of noble...
Kenyas's deputy president, William Ruto has won the race to be the president of the East African nation, on his first attempt.
According to results announced by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Monday, August 15, William Ruto who is the Country's Deputy President won Kenya's presidential vote...
Senator Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the ruling All Progressives (APC) has said that the crisis rocking the party will be resolved before 2023 general election.
Speaking in an interview with Daily Trust, Adamu maintained that some of the issues are not his making but he is taking responsibility as...
Ahead of the 2023 presidential poll, major socio-cultural and political organisations in the South-West are currently divided over which of the leading political parties and presidential candidates to support for president.
The leading presidential candidates include Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC); Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples...
The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has asked Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to call his supporters to order, warning that “falsehood and disinformation'' will not win elections.
Tinubu, in a statement by his campaign organisation, on Wednesday, August 10 urged Obi to caution...
Popular Nollywood actor, Nkem Owoh, aka Osuọfia has reportedly rejected a N10 million offer to endorse the All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 Presidential election.
According to tweeps on micro-blogging application, Twitter Monday, the Veteran Nollywood actor said N10 Million cannot buy his endorsement as 2023...
Facts have emerged on why the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate for the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, kept former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the dark concerning his defection from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The PDP presidential standard bearer had, during an interaction with Arise Television crew,...
Nigerian Catholic priest serving in Malawi, Rev. Fr. Kelvin Ugwu has said that those opposing the presidency of Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi are not being logical.In a post on Facebook, the clergy man said that the Obidient movement is not ordinary.
Citing Obi’s defection from the People’s...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why it can't extend the voter registration exercise across the country.
Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Mike Igini who spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday August 5, said extending the voter registration exercise will hamper its preparations for...
Former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2019 presidential election, Dr. SKC Ogbonnia, has disclosed his intention to dump his political party affiliation and its 2023 presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi.
Ogbonnia said that...
The camp of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has listed demands that must be met before it would back the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State.
Recall that the decision of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku...
Datti Baba Ahmed, vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has said that the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is not in support of the Indegenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its activities.
Baba-Ahmed made this known when he appeared on Trust TV’s Daily Politics on Monday.
“I sharply disagree that...
The presidential campaign of the Labour Party candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, received a boost on Tuesday in Abuja with the inauguration of the national council of the coalition known as the “Obidient Movement.”
The coalition says Obi represents as a “paradigm shift that would deliver Nigeria from the current woes...
Datti Baba Ahmed, vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has said that the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is not in support of the Indegenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its activities.
Baba-Ahmed made this known when he appeared on Trust TV’s Daily Politics on Monday.
“I sharply disagree that...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has alerted Nigerians of the existence of a fake online site urging Nigerians to enroll for "voter card pvc" registration.
This comes barely 24 hours after INEC announced the suspension of voter registration across the country.
The fake online portal claimed that the Federal Government has...
Nigeria's electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed the dates the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) would be available for collection by Nigerians.
According to the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, PVCs for persons captured in the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration...
Renowned flutist Tee Mac has garnered attention on Facebook by sharing his thought on the Presidential Candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli, a former President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), said he and Remi Tinubu are cousins and this makes her husband...
Senators from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have given President Muhammadu Buhari six weeks ultimatum to address the rising insecurity in the country or face impeachment.
Senate Minority Leader, Philip Aduda, stated this while addressing reporters after the opposition lawmakers stormed out of the Senate plenary angrily, chanting “Buhari must...
Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has stated that some of the delegates, who voted at the special convention of the APC were now regretting their decisions.
Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State, said some of the voters at...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the July 31 deadline for Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) won't be extended.
INEC's Resident Electoral Commissioner for FCT, Alhaji Yahaya Bello who spoke at a news conference on the commission’s state of preparedness for the 2023 general elections, also revealed that those who register more...
Fifteen chieftains of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State have dumped the ruling party.
The chieftains who cited lack of internal democracy as their reason for leaving the ruling party include; Mallam Audu Bode, Alh. Shuabu Ahmed, Hon. Habila Latu, Boniface Ubandoma, Mr. Yakubu Simon, Jashua Peter, Camio Bitrus, Patrick Paul...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, has given reasons his party lost the Saturday, July 16 Osun State governorship election.
In an interview with BBC Hausa, Adamu said the crisis within the APC caused the party's defeat at the polls and not that the party was not capable...
The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has said he is not underestimating the ‘ability of Peter Obi to lead his party to victory’ in the 2023 presidential election.
Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party and...
Prophet Godfrey Gbujie of the Ministerial Leader of World Zionist Union has said that the presidential bid of the candidate of the Labour Party ( LP), Mr. Peter Obi was not ordinary, stating that there were strong spiritual forces backing him in the race.
Speaking in Awka yesterday, Gbujie said...
The Peoples Democratic Party has instituted a lawsuit compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission to prevent All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu; and Labour Party standard bearer, Peter Obi, from replacing their running mates with Senator Kashim Shettima and Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively.
The PDP is also asking the...
Some supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party of Nigeria, Mr Peter Obi have advanced 21 reasons why he should be elected as the next president of Nigeria.
However, below are the 21 reasons.
1. Nigeria is tired of gerentocracy. Youths need young and open minds in governance.
2. Obi...
Peter Obi, Labour Party’s presidential candidate has opened up on choice of Senator Yusuf Datti Baba Ahmed as his running mate in the 2023 presidential election.
Speaking in an interview on Arise TV, Obi disclosed they've been talking to a lot of people.
The presidential candidate who neither confirmed or denied that...
Apparently rattled by the growing influence of Nigerian youths, particularly on social media, declaring support for Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), the rulling All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted a special national taskforce to mobilise youths to counter the popularity and ensure victory for the party’s candidiate,...
The Peoples Democratic Party has reportedly setup a panel to beg Governor Nyesom Wike weeks after the Presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, chose Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state over him as his running mate.
Punch reported that on Sunday July 3, the opposition party raised another panel...
Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has explained why Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party should be his running mate in the 2023 presidential election.
Kwankwaso further stated that if he decides to become the Vice Presidential candidate of any politician, his...
The news that the Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike visited the Presidential flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in France has sent a wave of shock within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Yesterday, the Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Drainage...
President Muhammadu Buhari’s former Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, has expressed fear over the growing popularity of the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi in some Northern States.
Ahmad said Obi’s name has metamorphosed into a movement in Kano and Katsina States.
He warned other presidential candidates...
Ferdinand "BongBong" Marcos Jr has been sworn in as the new president of Philippines succeeding outgoing president Rodrigo Duterte .
Marcos Jr - nicknamed Bong Bong - Bong won the election landslide last month. Sara Duterte, the daughter of the outgoing president, is being sworn in as vice-president.
Marcos Jr took his oath...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have pledged to support campaign to ensure that the Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi emerges winner In the 2023 presidential election.
The leadership of the NLC and TUC made the pledge in separate addresses on Tuesday...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given former President Olusegun Obasanjo 48 hours to clarify his recent comments on regretting picking Atiku Abubakar as vice-presidential candidate in 1999.
Obasanjo had over the weekend said he made a mistake in the choice of his running mate ahead of the 1999 presidential election.
Adressing a...
Ukraine's long-term goal of joining the European Union has received its latest shot in the arm, after the bloc's 27 member states agreed Thursday that the country should be given candidate status — a significant step on the path to full membership for the war torn country.
"Today marks a...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has agreed to extend the ongoing Continuous Voters' Registration (CVR) exercise by 60 days.
Registration was initially slated to end in June 30, 2022, but calls to extend the CVR exercise came from Nigerians who are yet to register.
On Wednesday, June 15, the House...
The European Union has urged Nigerians to get their Permanent Voter Cards, register and vote during the 2023 general elections.
The EU pledged to support the mobilisation of voters to fully participate in the polls.
The EU delegation said it will embark on the “Youth Vote Count Campaign 2.0, organised in...
In order to fill up the space created by ministers who resigned last month from his cabinet to pursue their political ambitions, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday nominated seven persons for appointment as ministers.
This is contained in a letter by President Muhammadu Buhari, read on the floor of the...
Former governor of Kano state and Presidential candidate of New Nigerian Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso has said his party is closed to reach alliance with Labour Party (LP) ahead of 2023 general election.
Peter Obi is the Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Speaking with Hausa BBC Kwankwaso said, “We...
Yanusa Tanko, the spokesman of National Consultative Forum, on Monday disclosed that there is an ongoing plan to merge the interests of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi and that of his counterpart in the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Tanko, who made the disclosure in an...
Barring any last-minute changes, APC Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, will on Wednesday, June 15, and Tuesday, June 14, unveil their running mates for the 2023 Presidential election.
According to reports, Tinubu will conclude his consultations with APC Governors on Tuesday, June 14, and will...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it only recognizes the Labour Party faction that produced Peter Obi as its presidential candidate.
This was contained in a statement issued by the National President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba.
“The leadership of the NLC and TUC recognize the leadership of the Labour Party...
Bola Tinubu has won the APC Presidential ticket. The 70-year-old former Lagos state governor defeated 14 aspirants to clinch the party's ticket for the 2023 Presidential election.
According to the results collated, Tinubu polled a total of 1271 votes.
Other aspirants such as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo polled a total of 235, Governor Dave...
David de Gea has reportedly emerged as the favourite candidate to become Manchester United's next captain.
Current skipper Harry Maguire came under pressure and was repeatedly dragged last season after a series of poor displays, with many questioning his ability to continue in the role.
According to the UK Sun, incoming...
President Muhammadu Buhari is backing the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as his preferred aspirant ahead of the National Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) billed to hold this weekend in Abuja.
A senior presidential aide who disclosed this to our correspondent yesterday said Buhari strongly believed that having...
Ahead of its National onvention where the presidential candidate will be chosen, President Buhari has called on members of the All Progressives Congress to present a candidate who would give the party a sense of victory and confidence in the 2023 Presidential election.
The President gave the charge when he met...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential screening committee has been asked to disqualify the party's national leader, Bola Tinubu, over “questionable educational qualifications”.
In a letter dated May 17th, 2022, one Sagir Mai Iyali, who identified himself as an APC member from Kano state, asked the party to disqualify Tinubu...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary election that held on Saturday, May 28.
The 75-year-old politician defeated 12 other aspirants in the election held at the velodrome complex of the Moshood Kashimawo Abiola Stadium, Abuja.
He polled a total of 371...
Former 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 this evening. Read below...
“I thank all Nigerians, especially our youths who have joined me in the mission...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has reportedly offered former Anambra State governor Peter Obi the ticket of running mate to the National Leader of the party, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
A source told The Nation that while the party is willing to give him the position of vice president, his followers...
…’Amaechi funded CPC convention as PDP governor’
A presidential aspirant, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday visited Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and delegates in the state to canvass for support.
There was confusion among the delegates yesterday, as the governor described Amaechi as President Muhammadu Buhari’s loyalist and confidant.
Amaechi said he is...
A looming political upheaval is set for unfold in Anambra State which may see Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo lose his seat as the state’s executive governor.
The showdown started with the recognition of Chief Edozie Njoku as the authentic chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APGA) by the Supreme Court...
