Senator Dave Umahi, Nigeria’s Minister of Works, has been crowned 2024 Igbo Man of the Year by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo. In a year marked by intense scrutiny and competition among Southeastern leaders, Umahi emerged as the standout figure, surpassing prominent names like former presidential candidate Peter Obi, Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, and Deputy Speaker…
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele on Friday released a 94-page compilation of prophecies for the year 2025. Ayodele’s prophecies touched on issues around Nigeria’s political scene in the incoming year. He said President Bola Tinubu will make moves to impeach the Speaker of the House of Representatives. In the compilation…
Detained human rights lawyer and activist, Mr Dele Farotimi, has stated that he did not send anyone to plead with elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, who took him to court for defamation. This came as some associates of the detained human rights lawyer, yesterday, called for his release, saying his rights had been violated….
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi on Monday evening reportedly visited the renowned legal icon and founder of Afe Babalola University, Chief Afe Babalola in his office in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state capital. Obi was warmly received by the top aide of Babalola who subsequently ushered him in for a closed-door…
The 2023 presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his counterpart from the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, have downplayed speculations about their plans for the 2027 presidential election. The clarification comes after a breakfast meeting between the two in Yola, Adamawa State capital led to speculations. According to Atiku’s spokesman,…
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has appealed to the party’s 2023 presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi, Abia State Governor, Alex Otti and other aggrieved bigwigs to return to the party. Abure made the plea in an exclusive interview with Saturday PUNCH. The embattled chairman had been at loggerheads with chieftains and…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar recently hosted the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, at his residence in Adamawa State. Atiku disclosed this in a video shared on X.com on Saturday. His caption read, “It is breakfast time with my friend, #PeterObi, in the ‘land of beauty.” Atiku hosts Peter Obi in Adamawa Atiku…
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has stated that Nigeria would have been better off if the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, had won the 2023 presidential election. Abaribe, who represents Abia South in the Senate, made this assertion on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. According to him, nepotism, which he claims thrives under President Bola Tinubu’s…
A former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign, Dr Doyin Okupe, has said the 2023 presidential election was not rigged by the ruling All Progressives Congress. Okupe, a former spokesman for President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Okupe stated, “If Peter Obi (2023 LP…
The National Coordinator of the ‘Obidient Movement’, Yunusa Tanko, has affirmed the possibility of the Labour Party’s 2023 candidate, Peter Obi, becoming Nigeria’s president in 2027. Tanko also noted that electoral malpractice in the 2023 election denied Obi victory, adding that a “new Nigeria” is possible if the people elect the right leaders. He made…