Labour Party leader, Prof. Pat Utomi has said that the manifesto of the party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi for the 2023 elections will be released before campaign starts next week. Campaign for presidential and national elections officially kicks off next Wednesday. While receiving the leadership of Progressive Movement for Better Nigeria (PM4BN) in Abuja, Utomi said the document is …

The Labour Party (LP) has called on security agencies to place the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Festus Keyamo on security watch list. Responding to Keyamo’s allegation that LP’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi was planning to fake an assassination attempt by hiring hoodlums donning APC caps and T-shirts to attack his party offices, …

The interview with Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi on Cable News Network (CNN) has been rescheduled from Saturday, 3 September to next Tuesday, 6 September. Obi himself announced the change in a tweet on @PeterObi late Friday. “My CNN interview initially scheduled for 3rd September with Zane Asher has been rescheduled to 6th September, 2022. -PO”. Anchor of …

Nigerians in Canada under the Umbrella of Peter Obi Nigerian-Canadian Interest Group will be hosting a Townhall meeting with the Presidential standard bearer of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi in Toronto, Ontario on Sunday, 28 August as part of the Good Governance Series identifying the role of Nigeria’s Diaspora in Nigeria’s development. Towards the build-up for the 2023 …

There seems to be the tendency by other political parties, and their presidential candidates, of leaving the burning issues in the land and focusing on Peter Obi, the standard bearer of the Labour Party (LP). This is usually the case when these other candidates or their supporters grant television or newspaper interviews. As if these are not enough, they have …

The Labour Party (LP) has rejected the appointment of Mr Charles Odibo as Director of Media and Communications for its presidential campaign. At a media briefing on Thursday, the leader of the National Consultative Front (NCF), Prof. Pat Utomi had announced Odibo as leader of the communication team for the LP campaign. Utomi said Odibo would lead a communications team …

The presidential campaign of the Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi received a boost on Monday in Abuja with the inauguration of the national council of the coalition known as the “Obidient Movement”. The coalition said Obi represents as a “paradigm shift that would deliver Nigeria from the current woes in the country”. The group told newsmen in Abuja that …

Shortly after his announcement on Friday as the running mate to Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has said that he accepted the position because of his belief in Obi’s capacity to make Nigeria live up to its billing. He said he was convinced that Obi would not mismanage the nation’s wealth, adding that …

The much-anticipated realignment of political forces has begun in earnest. That which was predicted would follow the outcome of the presidential primaries of the two leading political parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – is already upon us! We have seen a gale of defections and carpet-crossing from APC to PDP and vice-versa, …

The other day, I received a call from Ehigie Edobor Uzamere, who represented Edo South in the eighth and ninth sessions of the Senate. We had chatted a few days earlier, our subject of engagement typically revolving around Nigerian politics. I asked him if he was in Benin City, capital of his state, or Abuja, where he lives. “I dey …