Prominent Nigerians, including President Bola Tinubu, former presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Olusegun Obasanjo, and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, have mourned the demise of a leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Ayodele Adebanjo. Adebanjo, an advocate of true federalism and restructuring, died at the age of 96 at his Lekki, Lagos State residence. …

Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra, says he is not desperate to become president of Nigeria. Obi spoke at the fourth convocation ceremony of Nexford University, the US-based online school. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election decried the state of leadership in the country, describing it as “an imposition on the people”. Obi …

Some chieftains of the Labour Party (LP) loyal to the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, have raised a motion for the LP presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, to be sanctioned over the role he played in the internal strife of the party. They warned that Obi might face his worst electoral defeat in the 2027 …

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 …