As a journalist during the military dictatorship and the period thereafter, I had the rare and distinct honour, exposure and privilege to interview and interact – singly or collectively – with the four leading presidential candidates in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria. They are Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has urged his supporters to vote for human beings in the forthcoming elections. Addressing supporters who turned out in large numbers at the Tafawa Balewa Squash in Lagos on Saturday, Obi said that people had, in the past, voted for “brooms and umbrellas” but it did not work. He stressed …

The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked a poll released over the weekend which reported that the Labour Party is leading by 37 percent, with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) having 27 percent and the All Progressives Congress (APC) trailing with 24 percent. According to the recent poll by Nextier SPD, an African-based international …

Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has dismissed the chances of Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi in this month’s election. Speaking to Television Continental on Thursday, el-Rufai, a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, said Obi does not have the required support across all states to win the presidential contest. He described the Labour Party candidate as …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has said that the over three million Nigerian students who are eligible to vote in the forthcoming presidential election must be encouraged to take part in the exercise. He spoke against the backdrop of concerns being raised about the possibility of students missing out on the exercise because of the …

Fellow Nigerians, 1. 15th January, a very special and unique day in 2023 as it was 53 years ago!  40 days from today, Nigerians will be voting in an election that many regard as the most crucial and existential decision we have to make as a nation, and particularly for our children and youths, given the sad state of our …

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi said on Monday that if anybody should claim it is his turn to rule the country, that person should be him. He however said that Nigerians should not take his ambition to mean that that he supports tribalism, cautioning the voters not to consider tribe or religion in their choice …

The president candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has described the petrol subsidy regime in Nigeria as “organised crime”. Nigeria spent N6.210 trillion on petrol subsidy, otherwise known as “under-recovery shortfall”, between 2013 to 2021. The Federal Government announced late last year that it will stop spending on subsidy from June 2023. At a townhall meeting on …

When we see an old woman stop in her dance to point again and again in the same direction, we can be sure that somewhere there something happened long ago which touched the roots of her life – Chinua Achebe Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo will go to his grave in peace. His sins are forgiven for now. He still will not …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has called on all Nigerians to unite their efforts to build a new country. In his New Year message on Sunday, Obi told Nigerians that 2023 is a critical year and time in the nation urging them to take back Nigeria to resolve all the challenges facing the country as …