Tag: Peter Obi

2023: “I accepted to be running mate to Peter Obi to rescue Nigeria” – Baba-Ahmed

Aminu Imam

Former gubernatorial candidate in Kaduna State, Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, yesterday said he accepted to be running mate to the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi because he wants to be part of those to rescue Nigeria. Recall that Baba-Ahmed was unveiled as Obi’s running mate yesterday at a news conference in Abuja. He said, “My task is simple, and it is to accept this nomination and this candidacy. The undeniable, unchallengeable fundamental reason for being on this ticket is to rescue Nigeria; and it goes without saying that you…

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2023 Presidency: Labour Party set to unveil Baba-Ahmed as Peter Obi’s running mate

Aminu Imam

The Labour Party, (LP), is set today, Friday, to unveil Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed as the running mate to Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 elections. Senator Baba-Ahmed, who is in his 40s, is the Proprietor of Baze University, Abuja and Baba-Ahmed University Kano. The unveiling of the vice-presidential candidate was initially slated for Thursday to be done by the LP’s Presidential candidate at the party’s national secretariat, Abuja. However, the National Chairman of the party, Barrister Julius Abure said that the ceremony could not…

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2023: Labour Party to name substantive vice-presidential candidate Friday

Aminu Imam

Barring any last-minute hitch, the Labour Party (LP) will no later than Friday, July 8, name and unveil the substantive vice presidential candidate to its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State. Spokesman of the National Consultative Front (NCFront), Dr. Yunusa Tanko, told newsmen in a telephone interview yesterday, that the Labour Party Campaign Organisation has consulted widely and shall unveil the name of its vice-presidential candidate on or before Friday, July 8. Tanko noted that alliance talks with the former Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso-led…

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2023: NNPP only option for South-East, says Kwankwaso

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…Says region at bottom line in politics The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said that the South-East region has lost across major political fronts, stressing that the only hope for the realisation of its aspiration is with his party. The former governor of Kano State made this disclosure on Saturday in Gombe State, after inaugurating the State secretariat of the NNPP. Kwankwaso explained that the region has not been strategic in its plans, noting that they are at the lowest ebb politically.…

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2023: “Overzealous supporters, watch your tongue” – Peter Obi sends message to supporters

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has cautioned his supporters to watch what they say or write and to be tolerant of others who are not converted to his cause. The former governor, who rolled out the words of caution in multiple tweets yesterday, stated: “I sincerely thank my supporters for believing in me and my commitment to building a united, secure and well-functioning Nigeria. “However, I appeal once more that we should be tolerant of other people’s views, dissent and divergent opinions & possibly learn from…

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2023: “We’ll work for Peter Obi’s emergence as President” – NLC, TUC

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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have pledged to support, campaign and do everything within their power to ensure the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi wins in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The NLC and TUC Presidents, Comrade Ayuba Wabba and Quadri Olaleye, made the pledge in their different welcome addresses during the 10th anniversary lecture in honour of the third President of NLC, the late Pascal Bayau, on Tuesday in Abuja. Speaking to the congregation of high-profile labour leaders and…

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2023: Igbo presidency: “We’ll support Peter Obi; Okowa not from S’East” – Ohanaeze youth leader

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The Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has said that it will support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi as the most competent and credible contestant to become the next Nigerian president come 2023. The group’s Acting Youth Leader, Onwuasoanya FCC Jones, said this in a published interview, yesterday. The organisation said that it will support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as the most competent and credible contestant to become the next Nigerian president, come 2023. The group also revealed that its support…

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2023: Obi’s presidential bid could lead to ‘bloodless coup’ – Charly Boy

Aminu Imam

Maverick showbiz star, Charly Boy, has shared the implication of the presidential bid of former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Obi, who dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Labour Party (LP), on whose platform he would contest the 2023 presidency, has attracted large followership on social media that voraciously displays support for his candidacy. Seeing the play of events by the Labour Party’s presidential candidate supporters, the 72-year-old entertainer argued that Obi’s presence has activated something unusual in the political history of…

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2023: “Peter Obi is our son, but S’East will vote for Atiku” – Ekweremadu

Aminu Imam

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said the South-East region will not vote for the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, in the forthcoming 2023 elections. Obi, who was one of the PDP Presidential aspirants, had defected to Labour Party before the PDP primaries, which was won by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. Despite being from the same region as Peter Obi, Ekweremadu said the South-East cannot take the risk of voting for the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election. Although Ekweremadu spoke shortly after Governor Ifeanyi…

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‘70% of Nigerian politicians are lunatics’ – Peter Obi

Aminu Imam

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said most of the politicians in the corridors of power have no reason to be there, describing politics in Nigeria as a case where lunatics have taken over the asylum. Obi stated this at the weekend, at the Men of Valour conference, with the theme: “Navigating the corridors of power, the church, and the politics”, organised by the Revival House of International Church (RHOGIC), Abuja. The former governor of Anambra State, who described 70 percent of politicians in Nigeria as “lunatics”,…

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