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The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said about 18 state governors across party lines are currently working behind the scene for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. It, however, did not name the state governors. The group’s Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. He said, “As we speak, about 18 governors from the North and South, cutting across party lines, are behind the scenes putting up structures for Obi to be the winner of the 2023 presidential election. In addition, some former Presidents and elder statesmen are in support of Obi’s candidature. “They are all convinced that Obi has something different from all the other candidates. “We are glad that for the first time in the recent past, Nigerians are united in the dethronement of misgovernance in Aso Rock. They are determined to make a political change through the ballot box with a third force presidency. “This is the first time we are s...

Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi has promised to end insecurity,  poverty and unemployment in Nigeria if elected in 2023. Obi made the promise at a rally organised by the Middle  Belt Forum on Thursday in Jos. The LP candidate, who also promised to address hunger, unemployment and corruption, said that he would promote quality of education at all levels and improve power supply. ”If you elect me as your president,  I will end provide security at all levels so that our people can go to farm and by so doing, the issue of food insecurity and hunger will be a thing of the past. ”We will create jobs for our teeming unemployed youth and end poverty. We will make our educational system functional and improve electricity supply. ”We will block all leakages and end corruption at all levels; our government will be a responsible one. We will not fail Nigerians. ”We want a new Nigeria and we are determined to make Nigerians happy again,” he said. Obi, however, ad...

The Northern Elders Forum on Sunday night says it will subject candidates of various political parties seeking the votes of the north to a rigorous interrogation exercise until they are convinced about who has the capacity to fix the country. This clarification was made by NEF Spokesman, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, when he appeared on ‘Politics Today,’ a popular programme on Channels Television. Baba-Ahmed stated that the northern elders made a terrible mistake in 2015 when they charged the people to cede their bloc votes to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) without requesting his blueprint. He said, “We will subject all candidates including Atiku, Tinubu, Obi through a rigorous process and they had better be willing because, believe me, we carry the responsibility on our shoulders to advise people in the north where to go. I am not saying this to impress anybody. We will exercise that responsibility seriously. “What we promise not to do this time around was not to repeat...

Thousands of supporters of Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, staged a peaceful rally in Abuja on Saturday. The pro-Obi supporters marched from the Unity Fountain to the Moshood Abiola National Stadium amid heavy security. At the rally alongside the pro-Obi supporters are officers of the Nigeria Police Force and the Federal Road Safety Corps. Demonstrators had last week staged a peaceful rally in Ebonyi State, in Nigeria’s South-East, as well as other states across the Federation. 61-year-old Obi is a former governor of Anambra State contesting the 2023 presidential election alongside top contenders like Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party. More details to follow…

The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, is his elder brother, who he respects. He disclosed this in an interview on #WithChude, which the host, Chude Jideonwo, shared on Monday on his Instagram page. When asked about the recent video that went viral in which he reportedly labeled Tinubu as unfit to rule Nigeria, Peter Obi stated that Tinubu is his elder brother and that he respects him for his contributions to Nigeria. Obi said, “Tinubu is an elder brother of mine and I respect him for who he is. They have contributed one way or the other in the past and they have to be respected and recognised in due time, but I just tried to explain that because they contributed in the past and everything doesn’t necessarily mean that they have to stay forever and ever.  They move on and things move on. “It’s like Brazil today, they recognise that sometimes, Pele was a star, a fantastic football...

The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, through his Special Assistant on Media and Strategy, Chooks Okoh, said he was not aware of the disruption of the march by the supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the state on Saturday. He, however, added that the organisers did not pay the required fees to stage the march.  The governor’s aide said, “The attention of the Executive Governor of Ebonyi State has been drawn to some online publications and rumours making the rounds that he ordered the disruption of a gathering in support of one of the presidential candidates in the 2023 elections. This is not true. “The Executive Governor of Ebonyi state is certainly not aware of any disruption of any gathering as he didn’t order any. “He is a democrat who believes firmly in the rule of law. He wishes every contending politician the very best and will insist on a level playing ground for all. If it is true that the police dispersed people, the answer will surely...

  The Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has stated that Nigeria is on the verge of collapse.   He stated this in his interview with CNN on Friday.   According to Peter Obi, the level of insecurity in Nigeria is high which makes it difficult for people to invest in the country.   He continued by stating that voting people based on ethnicity, religion, and connections contributed to Nigeria's current state. “Nigeria is now not just in a physical mess, it is at the last stage to collapse. The people in the North don't have a secure place, good roads, they don't buy bread cheaper than people in the South, so the people in the South."

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja met behind closed door with Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, Umahi said he was in the State House to invite the president to inaugurate new Ebonyi State Governor’s Lodge, recently completed by his administration. According to him, the president has accepted the invitation and the project will be inaugurated in October. Speaking about the relevance of the new governor’s lodge recently built by his administration, the governor said: “I build mind-blowing projects to let, first and foremost, our brothers and sisters in the Southeast know Ebonyi State has come of age. ”So, if I have achieved nothing, it’s to instill confidence in our people because even when we talk about marginalization of Southeast, you come to Southeast, we talk about the marginalization of Ebonyi people. “So, I built that project for people like you, to assure you that we went to the same school, that we have the s...