Tag: 2023 general election

At ChannelsTV Town Hall Meeting, Obi-Datti promise to birth a new Nigeria

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By Omocho Kalu The Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmad have promised to birth a new Nigeria if elected by February 25, 2023. They assured that the country will witness  what they have never seen in leadership and governance delivery in Nigeria. Speaking at a special Town Hall meeting organized by ChannelsTV and their partners yesterday in Abuja, Obi and his Vice said they truly deserve the votes of Nigerians because of the sincerity with which they intend to approach governance…

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Obi’s endorsement: I wasn’t mocking Atiku – Wike

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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has denied mocking the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar over Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Wike said his comments about Obi’s endorsement by Obasanjo instead of Atiku were borne out of concern. The governor made the comments while flagging off a new road project in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Tuesday. Wike said he had initially “prayed” that Obasanjo remains quiet because anything contrary will affect the PDP.…

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Tinubu will not betray Northerners, he is fit to rule – Gov Badaru

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The Jigawa State Governor, Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar, has debunked allegations that the APC Presidential candidate, Ahmad Bola Tinubu would be a Southern President if he wins the elections. He claimed that the presidential candidate’s past indicate he is not a betrayer. Abubakar who spoke in Kano during an APC Presidential Candidate meeting with the Muslim Ullama’s from Northwestern Nigeria, on Tuesday said, all Bola antecedents, clearly vindicate him as a non-ethnic and religious bigot”. The Jigawa State Governor added that everything Bola Tinubu has done in his presidential aspiration, he…

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661,783 PVCs remain uncollected in Edo

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It is about 53 days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo State said 661,783 old and new Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were yet to be collected in the state as at 32 December 2022. The Head, Voter Education and Publicity of INEC in Edo State, Timidi Wariowie, made this known in its PVC daily report analysis made available to reporters on Monday in Benin. Mr Wariowei said that of the figure, 409,832 were old uncollected PVCs while 251,951 were new…

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2023: I’m ready to fully campaign for Tinubu, others, says Buhari

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… promises party will win all the elections fairly and squarely. By Mandy Park President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidates of his readiness to aggressively campaign for the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Buhari said he’s fully ready to campaign for Tinubu with his “full energy and conviction.” The President made the promise while dispelling concerns that he has not been fully involved in campaigns since the national launch in Jos, Plateau State. Buhari stressed that while he remained committed to party politics,…

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Labour Party, disowns  embattled Spokesperson, Abayomi Arabambi 

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…Reaffirms confidence in the Leadership of Abure’,  National Chairman By Mandy Park Labour Party (LP), has disowned the party’s national publicity secretary,  Abayomi Arabambi, citing anti-party activities. This is as the party passed a vote of confidence on Barrister, Julius Abure’ the national chairman and his team. In a statement made available to journalists in Lagos, signed by Chief Sam OKPALA Secretary,  Labour Party, Lagos State , the party frowned at what it described as “malicious pronouncements” from Arabambi against the party, warning him that “enough is enough of his…

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Obi won’t participate in debates with Atiku, Tinubu absent–Campaign Council

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By Mandy Park Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi, has said he would not participate in ‘mixed’ debates where other presidential candidates, particularly Atiku and Tinubu are absent or send in representatives. Director General of the Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe, gave this hint at a press conference in Abuja, yesterday, against the backdrop of the town hall in Abuja on Sunday where the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar were absent.Delta State governor, Ifeanyi…

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Obi hits back at Tinubu, says he is a parasite to Lagos

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By Mandy Park The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi has hit back at the All Progressives Party, APC, candidate, Bola Tinubu, describing him as a parasite to Lagos State.. Obi’s response was fired through his Media Aide, Valentine Obienyem following an outburst by the Campaign Spokesperson of the APC, Festus Keyamo. ‘Bola Tinubu is a parasite to Lagos, a stste he governed for 8 years but still sucking the state’s blood like a leech’ A statement by Obienyem noted. Recall that Keyamo, challenged Obi, to…

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Tinubu Campaign Organization, mischievous, full of lies

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By Chris Moustapha Nwaokobia Jnr The Press Statement authored by Mr Bayo Onanuga Director, Media And Communication of the Tinubu Campaign Organization calling on “Mr Peter Obi to call his supporters to order that falsehood and disinformation will not win election”, smacks of mischief and manifest desperation as there is no shred of doubt that the Peter Obi Team is profoundly issues based, manifestly factual, unequivocally civil and completely decorous. To attempt to tie all the lies swimming in the social media to the Peter Obi Campaign is not only…

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Obi is not one of us, IPOB cautions Kwankwaso, others

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By Omocho Kalu The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has cautioned former Governor of Kano State and presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, and other platforms against linking them with the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi. IPOB said they are freedom fighters and not concerned with politics and not be linked to it. IPOB Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, said in a statement on Tuesday that they have no connection with Obi and his presidential ambition as mischievously bandied in some quarters.…

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