From the Editor The campaigns were intense and, for some of the candidates, very tasking. Finally, the time is near; the elections are here. The 2023 election means so many things to so many people. For some, it will determine what Nigeria means to the different nations within the country. To others, it is a…
Obaseki Did Not Endorse LP’s Peter Obi- Edo Governor’s Media Aide Clears the Air
Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media Projects, Crusoe Osagie, has refuted the news of his principal’s endorsement of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. The news of Obaseki’s touted endorsement of Obi had been supported with an old viral video in which Governor Obaseki, flanked by Obi and Doyin Okupe,…
Pandora Papers Revelations: Obi Says He’s Innocent
A former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has said that he did not breach any Nigerian law by engaging in secret businesses set up in tax havens. Premium Times, quoting Pandora Papers, had listed Obi as one of those personalities who clandestinely set up and operated businesses overseas, including in notorious tax and secrecy havens…
Insecurity in Southeast: Peter Obi Calls for Urgent Meeting of Stakeholders
Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has called for an urgent meeting of all stakeholders in the South East geopolitical zone to discuss the ‘disheartening’ spate of insecurity in the zone. Obi, according to a press release by his media aide, Val Obienyem, on Monday said major stakeholders in the zone can no longer…
Obi Donates N5m to Centre for Physically Challenged Inmates
Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has donated N5 million to Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled, Old and Tramps (RECDOT) in Ozubulu, as part of the activities to mark his 60th birthday celebration. According to a statement by his media assistant, Valentine Obienyem, Obi also provided facilities to equip the computer laboratory of RECDOT Comprehensive…
Recession: Peter Obi Predicts Long Haul for Nigeria, Warns Economy may Run Out of Control
Former vice presidential candidate in the 2019 general election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and one-time governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has predicted that the present recession that Nigeria has slipped into would be worse than what it was in 2016. Obi, a businessman and financial expert, also painted a…
Peter Obi Mourns Nabaruma, Judge Who Gave him Anambra Governorship Victory
Peter Obi, the former Governor of Anambra State, has described the late Chief Justice of Yobe State, Garba Nabaruma, as a good man who would “remain a compass for the judiciary in its search for justice, especially at this time of trial. Besides, his contributions to the development of the country’s jurisprudence would remain indelible…
Peter Obi Recommends Jail Term for Public Officers Who Compromise Privatisation Exercise
The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Peter Obi, says if he has his way, any public officer who influences a privatisation exercise, should go to jail without option of fine. Obi was responding to a question on solving the country’s power challenge at a widely-attended interactive session Thursday in Benin City, Edo…
Jonathan appoints new heads for SEC and NHIS
Barely a month to the May 29 handover to President-elect Muhhamadu Buhari, a gale of sack has hit political appointees of the federal government. First to be hit was Suleiman Abba, inspector general of police, IGP, who was relieved of his appointment on Tuesday, April 21, by President Goodluck Jonathan. While Nigerians were still at…
Martin Agbaso Returns to PDP
Acclaimed strong man of Imo politics, Martin Agbaso, on whose back the current governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha rode to power in 2011 on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has dumped the party for his former party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. Agbaso, who formally rejoined the PDP, at…
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