The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, has criticised the present administration, saying there are more “Yahoo people” in government than those outside. Obi said this in his keynote address as guest speaker at the 4th graduation ceremony of Nexford University. At the event themed: “Lead the change; ignite your future”, Obi stressed that the country is …

The Molokwu family of Onitsha, Anambra State has announced the death of Mrs Benedicta Bamidele Molokwu. Her husband, Col. Akunnia Ikem Molokwu (rtd.) was Special Adviser on Security to former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi. A Deaconess of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Onitsha, Mrs Molokwu passed away at 70 last 13 December. She is survive by …

The leadership crisis within the Labour Party (LP) took a new turn on Saturday as the 29-member caretaker committee, established by Abia State Governor Alex Otti and the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi, warned Julius Abure to stop presenting himself as the party’s national chairman. In a statement in Abuja, the committee, led by Senator Nenadi Usman, declared …

In my article of 3 November 2023 on, How Democracy Dies in Nigeria, I made extrapolations from the 2018 publication on comparative politics by Harvard University political scientists, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, titled; ‘How Democracies Die’. The book alerts on how leaders can subvert the democratic process to increase their power. It warns; “Democracies may die at the hands …

Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has denied being arrested. Obi made the clarification in a tweet posted on his official X account with the theme ‘The Recurring Fake News On Me’ on Wednesday. He was reacting to the growing speculation of his alleged arrest which has been trending on social media since Tuesday. But the …

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday threw his weight behind the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka. Ganduje also described claims attributed to the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, as misleading, an act he said incited his online supporters to troll Morka. He …

The APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, alleged he and his family have received death threats over his remarks about Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi. Morka stated that the threats were triggered by Obi’s accusation that his remarks during a Sunday interview on Arise Television constituted a threat to the LP candidate’s life. During another appearance on Arise News …

The spokesperson of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Barrister Felix Morka has called on the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi to withdraw the allegation that he threatened the latter’s life. Morka said that he did not threaten Obi or his family or those around him or anyone. “Morka has absolutely no reason to, …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Mr. Peter Obi has said that his New Year message on the state of the nation under the Bola Tinubu government has led to threats against his life and family. Obi said this on Monday in a series of tweets on his X handle. The former Anambra State governor …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned that no alliance of the opposition leaders, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra Governor Peter Obi, will be potent enough to stop President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The warning was given by the National Publicity Director of APC, Bala Ibrahim, in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on …