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<strong>Labour Party Assembly Candidate In Imo Dies</strong>

7Dec

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Labour Party Assembly Candidate In Imo Dies

Chukwunonye Irouno, the Labour Party candidate for Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State has died. The deceased who was a popular master of ceremony in Owerri and the Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs and Entertainment to a former governor of the State, Rochas Okorocha, passed on late on Monday in his Owerri residence. Irouno was scheduled to serve as the official MC for LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s rally in Owerri on Tuesday but died after he and other party stalwarts had finished inspecting Kanu Nwankwo sports stadium, Owerri, the venue for Obi’s campaign rally on Tuesday in the State. According to a friend of the deceased who spoke to Punch, Irouno died shortly after he arrived at his Owerri home. See Also: Labour Party Voids Okupe’s Suspension ...

<strong>Labour Party Voids Okupe’s Suspension</strong>

3Dec

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Labour Party Voids Okupe’s Suspension

The leadership of the Labour Party, LP, has rubbished the expulsion of Doyin Okupe, the director-general of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, over alleged non-financial membership status, political rascality and misappropriation of funds. The party described the expulsion as unconstitutional and maintained that he remains a bona fide member. Okupe who recently decamped to the LP has been embroiled in a tussle with some stalwarts of the party, many of whom allege that he has a penchant for intolerance and financial impropriety. However, the national secretary of the party, Alhaji Farouq Umar, in an interaction with newsmen in Abuja maintained that the party is united ahead of the 2023 general elections. He said that the party had an internal conflict resolutio...

Obi Investment In Anambra Worth Next To Nothing – Soludo

11Nov

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News, Nigeria

Obi Investment In Anambra Worth Next To Nothing – Soludo

Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has described the investment of the former governor of the State, Peter Obi, in the State government as worth close to nothing. Soludo disclosed this when he appeared on Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today on Thursday. He said this when reacting to a question on the perspective of government outside the public sector with reference to the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Obi as a former governor of the State. Soludo said, “I don’t know about the investment. Our interview is about the 2023 budget. I’m not talking about the investments of any of my predecessors. By the way, the one that you talked about I don’t know about that. See Also: Why I Won’t Attend Any Debate Where Tinubu, Atiku Are Absent – Peter Obi “...

Peter Obi Responds El-Rufai’s Accusation Of Using DSS To Detain Him

19Oct

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Nigeria

Peter Obi Responds El-Rufai’s Accusation Of Using DSS To Detain Him

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has debunked ordering the detainment of Nasir El-Rufai during the Anambra governorship election in 2013. El-Rufai had on Monday, during an interactive session with the Arewa joint committee, alleged that he was detained in his hotel room while on an inspection of the 2013 governorship election in Anambra State on the orders of Obi, then Anambra State governor. Reacting to the allegation, Obi while speaking at the event said he had no such power to order El-Rufai’s detention, noting that he was equally detained in his Local Government Area, LGA. He said, “When I came in now, somebody told me that my brother, the governor of Kaduna state, said that he came to my state and I detained him. Let me tell you, it is good when...

2023 Election: Peter Obi To Come Fourth – Fani-Kayode

9Oct

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News, Nigeria

2023 Election: Peter Obi To Come Fourth – Fani-Kayode

Femi Fani-Kayode, the Director of New Media for the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, has said that the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi will finish a distant fourth in the 2023 election. The Tinubu Campaign Director who stated that politics is a game for big boys said that Obi cannot last up to five minutes in debate with any of our ruling party’s presidential spokespersons. He added that the LP candidate cannot measure up with either Kwankwaso or Atiku. Peter Obi This was contained in a statement Fani-Kayode issued on Twitter on Saturday. He said that Obi was only good at misleading his followers, describing his supporters as gullible. Fani-Kayode said, “You don’t respond to comments of presidential spokespersons because you have no ...

Peter Obi’s Quiet Inroads into the Muslim North – Farooq Kperogi

8Oct

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Peter Obi’s Quiet Inroads into the Muslim North – Farooq Kperogi

I asked if he had heard of Peter Obi. He hadn’t. Not even remotely. And my uncle isn’t some uneducated, rural bumpkin.- Farooq Kperogi Several weeks ago, my 80-year-old paternal uncle, who is a community leader, called me to ask whom between Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu he should vote and canvass support for. That was a strange request considering that in 2019 he resisted my entreaty to him to not vote or campaign for Buhari because of the danger that a Buhari second term would pose for Nigeria. He apparently sensed that I was hesitant to make any recommendations because the last time I did he balked. He was a true believer in Buhari even when overwhelming evidence had shown that Buhari wasn’t whom he had claimed to be. In response to my hesitation, he said he was asking because a...

INEC Warns Against Receiving Funds From Abroad for Political Campaigns

2Oct

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Elections, News, Nigeria

INEC Warns Against Receiving Funds From Abroad for Political Campaigns

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties to desist from receiving funds from foreign countries to aid their campaigns. The INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, stated this while speaking on a programme, Politics Today, aired on Channels Television. See Also: Court Sacks Ahmed Lawan as APC Senatorial Candidate for Yobe North He also said political parties are not allowed to receive anonymous donations to fund campaigns. This may pose a problem to the Labour Party since it has told Nigerians abroad to fund its campaigns, as the party risk remitting such funds to INEC as stated by Festus Okoye. Okoye said, “Section 225 of the Nigerian constitution makes it clear that no registered political party in Nigeria shall possess any fu...

Peter Obi Reveals His Economic Master Plan

23Sep

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News, Nigeria

Peter Obi Reveals His Economic Master Plan

The Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, revealed the seven economic master plans his administration would implement if he is made president. See Also: PDP Crisis: Ayu Won’t Resign, Atiku Tells Wike Peter obi revealed during his engagement with the private sector under the Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) in Lagos, that his government would provide an encouraging environment for the sector by implementing the right policies. “Our goal is to bring back people’s trust in governance." “For you to generate revenue, it is the job of government to encourage economic growth and create jobs, who will, in turn, invest in the economy and pay taxes." “Start pulling the people out of poverty and encourage economic growth. China finances its budget majorly...

Peter Obi is a regional candidate – Reno Omokri

15Sep

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News, Nigeria

Peter Obi is a regional candidate – Reno Omokri

Nigerian Activist and Lawyer, Reno Omokri, has said the presidential ticket holder of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, is a regional candidate. Omokri made this statement on Wednesday when speaking on Politics Today aired on Channels Television. See Also: FG’s Inaction To End ASUU Strike Worrisome, Unacceptable – Peter Obi He also claimed that Peter Obi’s supporters popularly known as the “Obidient Movement”, are encouraging the sit-at-home order directed by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday. “I know they had a sit-at-home yesterday, Tuesday, September 13, 2022." “Now Obidients and Peter Obi who normally have things every day in the South East obeyed that IPOB sit-at-home and this is not the first time." “Previously, IPOB used to have it on Mondays, Peter...

Datti Baba-Ahmed Reveals Why He Parted Ways with Buhari

23Aug

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Nigeria

Datti Baba-Ahmed Reveals Why He Parted Ways with Buhari

The presidential running mate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed has revealed the reason why he ditched President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari and Baba-Ahmed were both members of obsolete Party, The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). Baba-Ahmed was formerly elected through the party to represent Kaduna North Senatorial District in 2011. See Also: IPOB Declares No Interest in Peter Obi or Igbo Presidency He reveals that he left Buhari because he later realised the difference in their ideologies, saying that the President lost his bearings and principles. Baba-Ahmed also states that his party is making advancements in the North and efforts are made to ensure the party wins the presidential election in 2023. Source: Daily Post