A Chieftain of the Labour Party, Barr. Ifeanyi Mbanusi, has commended the Anambra State chapter of the ‘Obi-Datti Movement’ for, in his words, “their strong and loud statement on February 25th”. It would be recalled that on February 25th, Anambra State gave the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi the highest votes he garnered in the Southeast. Despite the state having the formidable presence of APGA as the ruling party in the state for...

Three years after the nationwide #EndSARS protest, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has spoken up about the shootings at the Lekki Tollgate that led to the death and hospitalisation of scores of unarmed protesters. In an interview with ARISE TV on Wednesday, Sanwo-Olu spoke about the role he played during the #EndSARS protest and who ordered the military to disperse the protesters gathered at the Lekki Tollgate on October 20, 2022, with gunshots which...

On Friday, March 3, 2023, the Supreme Court annulled the naira redesign policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) late last year with the backing of the federal government. The court ruled that the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes will remain legal tender until December 31 and compelled the CBN to issue the old notes to Nigerians. The Supreme Court’s judgment came three weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari, in a national broadcast,...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Eti-Osa federal constituency seat in the House of Representatives, Olubankole Wellington, has broken his silence since losing the election. Banky W, as he is popularly known, lost the seat, contested on February 25, to Thaddeus Attah of the Labour Party (LP). Attah polled 24,075 votes to beat Banky W who had 18,666 votes. In a video that he shared of himself speaking during a church service on...

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has urged his supporters against protesting on court premises when the presidential election tribunal commences. The Appeal Court will today hear the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) application seeking to set aside earlier order granted to both Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to inspect the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines. Obi and Atiku had obtained the order of the...