The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi has explained the meaning of the word Obidient which was coined by his supporters taken from his surname Obi. The Labour Party (LP) flag bearer in a Twitter post on Saturday said the Obidient means. “O – Organized; B – broad-based; I – Inclusive; D – democratic; I – international; E – excellence-driven; N – Nigerians from every ethnic group; T – Transparency in governance”, he...

Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) says Peter Obi’s eight years as governor is an abysmal failure. Obi, Sowore’s counterpart in the presidential race under the umbrella of Labour Party (LP), was governor of Anambra State between 2006 and 2014. Sowore, the publisher of SaharaReporters, an online media platform, aired his opinion on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday. He said the former governor who has a history of switching political parties was...

The purported agreement between Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate Peter Obi and his counterpart of PDP Atiku Abubakar has been described as wishful thinking. Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Doyin Okupe in a statement on Wednesday said the speculation about a deal involving the LP and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates was false without any iota of truth. He advised the public to ignore the “cheap, self-serving and distracting propaganda, which we believe is not coming...

Singer Olawale Oloforo, better known as Brymo, says the ‘Obidient’ movement spells doom. The musician stated this on Twitter while taking a swipe at people criticising him for supporting Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead of the 2023 election. Brymo had openly declared his support for Tinubu in May, arguing that only the former Lagos governor whom he described as ‘city boy’ is the one with a plan for the...

Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said he intends to do what is right for Nigerians. He said this in a tweet on Monday. The former Lagos governor said he is in the race to answer a higher calling which is his love for Nigeria. “We are not here to do what is comfortable. We are here to do what is right for our people and our country,” the tweet...

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter)   Supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi on Sunday held a rally in the commercial city of Onitsha in Anambra State, shutting down most streets in the city. Young men and women donning white polo shirts with Obi’s picture and inscription of his party started gathering at Zik’s Avenue at around 11:30 am, from where they moved to other parts of the town....

Former Nigeria President, Olufemi Obasanjo has disclosed that he would unveil his agenda for the 2023 elections soon. He indicated this after he visited Abdulsalami Abubakar, the former head of state, in Minna, Niger state capital, on Sunday. Obasanjo said he was in Minna to meet with Abubakar who has been indisposed. Obasanjo reportedly arrived at Abdulsalami’s residence at about 12:30 pm. The former president also said he has no preferred candidate for the 2023...

ENUGU — The coal city is not left out in the support match witnessed in other parts of the country as supporters of Peter Obi, the 2023 Presidential candidate under Labour Party held a 1 million match road show on Saturday. The 1 million match took off from the famous Okpara Square near the Enugu State Government House, matched through major roads and ended with a Conference at the Kobb Invent Hall at Polo Park...

Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo on Tuesday officially joined the Labour Party. Okonkwo’s defection is coming over a month after he dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC). The West African Pilot reports that the actor cum politician resigned his membership of the APC on 11 July 2022, citing the decision of the party to field a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket for the 2023 elections as the reason for his resignation. “I just resigned my membership of the All Progressives...

President Muhammadu Buhari says he will campaign only for members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) contesting in the 2023 general elections. The President, who said supporting candidates other than those of the APC is betraying the party, disclosed this in a press release on Wednesday by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu. He also made it clear that he will neither recognise former members of the party nor politicians who have court cases against the APC....