Peter Obi is averse to waste At the root of the poor infrastructural development all over Nigeria is criminal wastefulness, corruption and inflated contracts. Road or rail projects that can be done with N2 billion are inflated to N20 billion. The consequences of this is that projects go on forever and funds that would have been used to do 4 or 5 projects are spent on just 1 project. A very good example is the Lagos light rail project. It was conceptualized by Jakande in the early 80s but still…
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No deal between Obi and Atiku , Says Okupe
By Omocho Kalu The Director General of Obi-Datti Campaign organization, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has reacted to falsehood of a deal between the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) standard bearer, Atiku Abubakar. Okupe, who made rebuttal in a statement, described the insinuations as fallacious lies on Obi. Okupe stressed that Obi has no reason to go into any pact with Atiku or any other candidate, given that he is over and above any of them in reckoning and acceptance by Nigerians at home…
Read MoreOhiagu, A Cleaner At Lagos Airport As Drug Lord
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Sunday Ohiagu, alleged to be the leader of a drug syndicate at the international wing of the airport. A statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi said Ohiagu was nabbed last Tuesday following the arrest of an intending passenger on an Air Peace flight to Dubai, UAE, Obinna Osita who was arrested with three bags, two of which contained eight blocks of cannabis Sativa weighing…
Read MoreObi tackles Tinubu over comment
War of words has developed between the camps of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) as Obi-Datti Media Office, yesterday, flayed the comment by Mr. Dele Alake, spokesman of the former Lagos State governor that the LP candidate cannot name any legacies of his years of governing Anambra State and, therefore, cannot be compared to his APC counterpart as groundless. The Obi-Datti media team, in a statement, said: “Alake is certainly among those Lagosians who believe Nigeria begins and ends…
Read MoreVALENTINE OZIGBO CELEBRATES NIGERIA’S PRINCE OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH, PETER EBERE CARDINAL OKPALEKE
Valentine Ozigbo, Nigerian business mogul and former governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic party (PDP) in Anambra State has congratulated His Eminence, Peter Ebere Okpaleke over his latest recognition in status.In a statement he sent from the Vatican in Rome, the politician who recently joined the OBI–dient group, the Labour party rejoiced with the Catholic clergy, just as he wished him well.“” I am congratulating His Eminence, Peter Cardinal Ebere Okpaleke, who His Holiness Pope Francis created at the consistory held on Saturday, August 27, 2022, at the iconic St.…
Read MoreCourt nullifies Ebonyi council poll
The Federal High Court in Abakaliki, on Thursday, nullified the local government elections held in Ebonyi State. The election was held on July 30. 2022 with the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) winning all the 13 local government areas. However, some members of the opposition political parties in the State kicked against the election and challenged it in court. The plaintiffs, Otu Collins and four others, in a suit, alleged that the election contravened the 2022 electoral act. “We submit further that the proposed Local Government Areas election in Ebonyi…
Read More‘OUR MISSION OF TAKING BACK NIGERIA IS WELL UNDER WAY’ .SAYS VALENTINE OZIGBO
…AS PETER OBI, LABOUR PARTY NATIONAL CHAIRMAN WELCOME HIM TO PARTY By Mandy Park The ranks of the Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria received a significant boost with the formal welcome of Valentine Ozigbo, a Nigerian business mogul, into the party by National Working Committee led by Barr. Julius Abure, the Labour Party National Chairman and Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the party. At a press briefing held at Colonades Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, August 23, 2022, Mr Ozigbo expressed optimism about Nigeria’s future in light of the…
Read MoreLP will restore hope, rebuild Nigeria —Peter Obi
…laments exporting youths abroad
…As Valentine Chineto Ozigbo officially welcomed in LP
…Obi will usher in a new dawn—Ozigbo
By Mandy Park Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has vowed to rebuild Nigeria to the joy of all citizens if he becomes the President in 2023.Also he pledged the commitment of his leadership to reverse the current trend where Nigerian youths and children are sent abroad due to rising cases of lack of opportunities in the country. Obi, made the pledge at the official reception of Mr Valentine Ozigbo, the former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State into the Labour…
Read MoreNOA to partner NTCA on tobacco control
By Mandy Park The Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr Garba Abari, on Thursday, 18 August 2022, disclosed that his agency is willing and available to work with the tobacco control community to ensure that tobacco products are effectively controlled in the country. Abari made the commitment when a delegation of tobacco control advocates from the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) paid him an advocacy visit at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja. Akinbode Oluwafemi, the NTCA Board Chairman and leader of the delegation thanked the DG for…
Read MoreObi didn’t demolish mosque—Coalition of Northern groups
By Omocho Kalu The Coalition of Northern Groups in Anambra State, has debunked the allegation that Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), discriminated against Northerners in the state on tribal lines during his tenure as governor. The group also dismissed reports that the former governor demolished seven mosques in Onitsha, the commercial centre of the state and chased the Muslims away. Recall, Obi was governor of Anambra State between March 2006 and March 2014. There had been allegations that the LP candidate did not only demolish mosques…
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