a. From Obituary to Omatseuary Nothing in his entire being could have convinced him that the backlash would be so ferocious. Like his employer Ahmed Bola Tinubu and his Mu-Mu ticket misadventure, no babalawo would have dissuaded Sam Omatseye, renowned columnist and brilliant journalist, from penning and publishing that...
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There is nothing like an idea which time has come, so goes a wise saying. From the unravelling scenario in Nigeria’s political landscape, it appears as if it has come time for the nation to achieve the long sought after paradigm shift in its political affairs.It is a truism...
Dino Melaye, the spokesman of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, has dismissed the social media frenzy generated by Peter Obi, saying the Labour Party presidential candidate does not stand a chance of winning next year’s poll. Senator Melaye who spoke as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, maintained that...
Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, said on Thursday in Abuja that the party would transform Nigeria’s economy from that of consumption to production. Obi made the declaration at the Labour Party and the Coalition for Peter Obi Leadership Summit. The summit had “Youths, Governance and a New...
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, on Thursday said Nigeria must end petrol subsidy. “Going forward, we must look for ways to move Nigeria beyond oil,” Mr Obi said in a series of tweets. “We must end this criminality called ‘oil subsidy’.” He...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has debunked a Facebook post claiming that he advised Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to give Labour Party flag bearer, Peter Obi a chance ahead of the 2023 election. The Facebook post making the rounds...
An obituary is for the dead, not for the living. So, no matter how one looks at Sam Omatseye’s ‘Obi-tuary’ on Peter Obi and the movement Obi’s entry into the 2023 presidential race has become, it is all about a death wish. It rhymes with nothing else. Yes, death...
Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole who has been tipped to play a prominent role in the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-Kashim Shettima presidential campaign says religion should not have any role in politics. “I think the issues before us and which we have to spend time discussing is what...
Similar to the Famous novelist, poet and critic, Chinua Achebe (1930 – 2013) who in his widely circulated book, ‘The trouble with Nigeria’, among other things stated as follows: “The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land...
Mrs Beatrice Itubo, Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Rivers, has called on Nigerians to vote for their conscience in the 2023 general elections. Itubo made the call during the launch of ObiStructure organised by the Peter Obi Volunteer Network in Port Harcourt on Sunday. She further urged...
Labour Party’s Vice Presidential candidate, Senator Yusuf Datti Ahmed, has urged the party’s supporters to remain focused in their campaign. Datti charged all their supporters known as Obidients not to be distracted with the TV reality show, Big Brother Naija season seven. Peter Obi and his party are enjoying...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the presidential candidate of the NNPP, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and flagbearer of Labour Party, Peter Obi to declare their assets publicly. SERAP made the call in a series of messages via its Twitter handle. It...
Google on Thursday highlighted the top trending personalities, music, movies, high-profile deaths as well as sports that trended in the first half of 2022. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Communications and Public Relations Manager, Google West Africa, said in a statement that the first half of 2020 had been eventful with high-profile...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has challenged Presidential Candidates of the various political parties for next year’s general election to put Nigeria first above personal interests. Governor Ortom gave the challenge on Wednesday, when he received at his private residence in Abuja the Presidential...
By VALENTINE OBIENYEM – The newest phenomenon in town, Mr. Peter Obi turns 61 today. Contrary to the customary use of the day to see him through biographical prisms, we shall view him through the mass movement that has all the attributes of a revolution in which he is...
This piece stemmed from two uniquely similar but different sources. First is a Whatsapp picture of Peter Obi, Labor Party Presidential Flag bearer, and his running mate Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, which I recently stumbled upon in a group platform. The referenced portrait was laced with the following inscriptions;...
When it comes to politics, it is difficult to find any ethnic group that is usually as divided against itself like the Igbo of South east Nigeria. This unfortunate fact has proven true since the time of the great Zik all through the five Senate Presidents (need we name...
Pa Ayo Adebanjo, leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has endorsed presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi. Speaking on Yoruba Gbode, an online radio programme, Adebanjo said only Peter Obi can rule independently among the current crop of presidential candidates. The Afenifere leader also accused Presidential candidate...
A purported rebuke of one Reno Omokri by Mr. Peter Obi during their meeting in London is being circulated. The statement claimed that the said Reno demanded money to support Obi and that Obi refused. Beyond predicting correctly what would have been Obi’s attitude towards such a demand, let...