Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential flagbearer has said that if elected in 2023, his government would overhaul the country’s security architecture. Obi said that he would also revive trust between the government and the people in order to set the path for a new economic order. The LP presidential candidate was speaking at Read More…
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Rain struggles to dampen “2 Million March for Peter Obi” in Port Harcourt
Despite an early morning rain on Saturday, enthusiasm remained high for numerous young Nigerians who partook in a scheduled solidarity march for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi in Port Harcourt Rivers State. The march was a show of support for Obi, a former presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party Read More…
Meet the man rallying “Obi-dients” to shake up Nigeria’s election
Peter Obi is hardly a political outsider, but the bespectacled former governor says he is looking to harness Nigerians’ anger with the status quo to power his third-party presidential bid. Obi, 61, has generated substantial buzz among younger voters in Africa’s most populous democracy, where the average age is 18, but the president – and Read More…
BAT Notably Absent as Peter Obi, Akitu attend 62nd NBA Conference
Bola Asiwaju Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was notably absent at the 62nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) which has kicked off at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The theme of this year’s NBA AGM tagged “BOLD Transitions” and its General Read More…
Former World Bank VP Arunma Oteh defends endorsement of Peter Obi
Former World Bank vice president, Arunma Oteh has given reasons why she has decided to support Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. In a flurry of tweets on Sunday Oteh said she could not remain apolitical due to Nigeria’s economic situation. She stated further that she has worked with Obi and could categorically state that Read More…
Atiku, Obi to speak at 2022 NBA Annual General Conference
If all goes as planned the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his counterpart, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, will be speaking at the forthcoming Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Lagos this month. The 2022 NBA Annual General Conference, with Read More…
Peter Obi, Putin, Bianca top Google searches
The top three trending people in Nigeria in the first half of the year are Peter Obi, Vladimir Putin and Bianca Ojukwu, according to Google Nigeria. The online search engine giant disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Google processes more than 40 000 search queries every second. It translates to more than a billion Read More…
Lai Mohammed in spotlight over comment linking Peter Obi with #EndSARS
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji. Lai Mohammed, has been criticised over a statement claiming that the October, 2020 EndSARS protest, was allegedly sponsored by the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi. Some online reports, yet to be denied by the minister, alleged that he said most of the young men Read More…
El-Rufai bars pro-Peter Obi group from using Arewa House, supporters allege
Peter Obi Support Network (PSON) Monday accused Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-rufai, of preventing a Northern meeting in support of Peter Obi. The followers of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate planned to use the popular Arewa House on Rabah Road. But, in a statement on Monday, their spokesman, Sani Saeed Altukry said the venue’s Read More…