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Fight poverty to curb criminality, Peter Obi tells Nigerian govts

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By Samuel Luka Former Anambra State Governor and 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has called on the Nigerian governments at all levels to wage war against poverty and hunger among the masses in order to address criminality. Mr Obi who stated this in Bauchi on

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Tanker Explosion: Obi condoles families of victims, want stricter safety measures

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By Tunde Opalana The Labour Party leader and the 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has reacted to the tragic petrol tanker explosion that claimed several lives, calling for stricter safety measures to avert the persisting accident. Writing on his X handle, Obi condoles the bereaved families and prays for quick recovery of the injured. In […]

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You Lied, Morka didn’t threaten your life, APC tells Peter Obi

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 7 January 2025 0

…says Obi fabricating allegations to attract public sympathy By Tom Okpe The All Progressives Congress, APC has denied that it’s spokesman, Barr Felix Morka did not in any way, threaten the life of Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP in the 2023 general election. In a press statement signed by the Party’s […]

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I visited IBB to exchange thoughts on national issues -Peter Obi

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 3 January 2025 0

In what could be described as political consultation ahead of 2027, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi said his visit on Thursday to former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, at his residence in Minna, Niger State was simply to exchange thoughts on national issues Hecsaid the visit was […]

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Peter Obi pledges N120m support for education, healthcare programs

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 7 October 2024 0

By Tunde Opalana The leader of the Labour Party in Nigeria and the party’s flag bearer in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has pledged a staggering sum of N120m over two years to support the Educational and Healthcare development of the Holy Rosary Sisters. Obi made the pledge during the centenary celebration marking 100 years […]

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Peter Obi, Utomi visit to Akeredolu’s family

Ihesiulo Grace 2 January 2024 0

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, and Nigerian economist, Pat Utomi, have paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, in Ibadan. Obi disclosed this when he shared photos from the visit on his X (Twitter) handle on Tuesday, January 2. “Today, […]

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Nigerians are now seen as certificate forgers, identity thieves – Peter Obi

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2023 0

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said the country’s reputation is at stake as a result of the controversy surrounding the Diploma Certificate of President Bola Tinubu. Naija News reports that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, had accused Tinubu of forging […]

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Chinua Achebe will weep for Nigeria today, Obi laments

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 1 October 2023 0

By Tom Okpe Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, (LP) in the February 25th general election, Peter Obi has predicted that there will be a country, in reaction to the saying of the literary sage, Prof Chinua Achebe in one of his novels, ‘There Was a Country’. He noted that if Chinua Achebe was to […]

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PEPT: Despair isn’t an option; Obi admonishes Obi-dients, supporters

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 11 September 2023 0

By Tom Okpe Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the contentious February 25th election, Peter Obi has admonished members of the Obidient family and generality of his supporters not to be depressed by the scandalous ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) saying, the dream remains alive, but only, deferred. The PEPC last […]

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Tribunal dismisses Peter Obi, LP’s petition on election results transmission

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2023 0

The Presidential Election Petition Court has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was at liberty to transmit election results however it wanted, and not only electronically. On the mode of transmission of election results, the tribunal said INEC is at liberty to define the mode it intends to use. Recall that Peter Obi […]

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I won’t celebrate my birthday in today’s Nigeria – Peter Obi

Ihesiulo Grace 17 July 2023 0

Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, says he will not accede to requests by his friends, party members and supporters to join him in celebrating his birthday and even present some gifts. Obi, however, appealed to those who may desire to celebrate him with gifts to look around them and extend the gesture to […]

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Peter Obi: LP to challenge presidential election results in 18 states only

Ihesiulo Grace 1 June 2023 0

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 presidential election, Mr Peter Gregory Obi and his party confirmed to the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Thursday in Abuja that they would challenge the election results in 18 states only. They held that they would not dissipate energies in the states […]

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Pastor issues biblical warning to Peter Obi, urges him to retrace his steps

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2023 0

Prophet Ikechukwu Samuel, who presides over the Shiloh Word Chapel in Abuja, has commented on the outcome of the 2023 presidential election, which saw the emergence of Bola Tinubu as the president-elect. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that in a statement directed at Peter Obi, the Labour Party flagbearer in the February 25 presidential election, Prophet Samuel […]

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They want to drag Peter Obi into every controversy – Aide cries out

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2023 0

The media adviser to the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, Valentine Obienyem has debunked a statement credited to his principal in which he was quoted to have said “serious leaders do not go on rest”. According to Obienyem, Obi never said such, and those spreading the alleged statement are only trying to drag […]

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Obi’s traducers trail him to the UK – LP

Ihesiulo Grace 12 April 2023 0

….as London immigration says he was being impersonated By Tom Okpe The Labour Party, (LP) said Presidential candidate of the party in the February 25th Presidential election, Peter Obi’s traducers’ trailed him to the United Kingdom causing havoc in his name, with the London Immigration Services saying he was been impersonated. Head, obi-Datti Media, Diran […]

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FG levels treason allegation against Peter Obi

Ihesiulo Grace 4 April 2023 0

The Federal Government on Tuesday accused the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, of treason, saying he is inciting people to violence over the outcome of the presidential poll. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed stated this in Washington DC, USA, during his official engagements […]

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Obi restates objectives, characters of Obidient Movement

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2023 0

..urges Nigerians to crave for leaders with competence, capacity, credibility commitment By Tom Okpe Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, (LP) and leader of the ‘Obedient Movement’ in Nigeria and the diaspora, Peter Obi has emphasized that any attempt to ascribe, religious, ethnic, and other parochial interests to the movement will fail. Obi in chat […]

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With new Nigeria, we’ll reset our system for development – Obi

Ihesiulo Grace 5 February 2023 0

By Tom Okpe The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, (LP) Peter Obi, continued his nationwide campaign in Ogun State on Saturday, declaring that it’s the turn of Nigerians to take back their country and reset it for development. Obi who made this assertion at Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, at a campaign rally on Saturday, […]

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Obi consoles with Dutse Emirate Council, over death of Emir

Ihesiulo Grace 4 February 2023 0

By Tome Okpe The Labour Party, (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi has consoled Dutse Emirate Council, Governor Abubakar Badaru and People of Jigawa State over the death of Dr Muhammad Nuhu Sanusi, Emir of Dutse. Obi who was in Sokoto State for his campaign, cut short his programs to attend the late Emir’s funeral, commended […]

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Obi says his admin ‘ll tackle massive poverty, criminalities

Ihesiulo Grace 4 February 2023 0

By Tom Okpe The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Thursday rounded up his national campaigns to the North Western states, declaring that his administration will tackle massive poverty and criminalities prevalent in the region, if elected. Obi told a mammoth crowd of supporters in Birin Kebbi, the state capital that he and his […]