Tag: Peter Obi

2023: Atiku dumps Obi, picks Wike as running mate

Aminu Imam

There are indications that the former Vice President and aspirant for the office of the President in the 2023 general election on the platform of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, may have picked Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, as his running mate in place of Peter Obi. Obi, a former Anambra State governor and an economist, was Atiku’s running mate in the 2019 general election. A former banker and technocrat, Obi brought charisma to the 2019 electioneering campaigns with his brilliant knowledge of economic management. Sources say Atiku’s…

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Pandora Papers: Code of Conduct Bureau set to probe Peter Obi, Bello-Koko others

Aminu Imam

The Code of Conduct Bureau, (CCB), which is the agency dealing with corruption, conflict of interest, and abuse of office by public servants, has declared interest in the Pandora Papers’ revelations regarding Nigerian past and present public officers reported to have owned undeclared assets offshore. The agency has expressed a commitment to open investigations into the allegations. In an October 12 letter to the on-line news platform, Premium Times, the bureau acknowledged the Pandora Papers project and “what it portends” as well as how the landmark global investigation led by…

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Pandora Papers: EFCC summons ex-Anambra Governor, Peter Obi

Aminu Imam

…Moves to probe Kebbi, Osun, Ogun govs, Ag. NPA MD, Koko, others  A former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has been reportedly summoned for questioning by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), over his secret assets and financial deals exposed in Pandora Papers. Pandora Papers is the biggest leak of 11.9 million documents from off-shore services providers, detailing the secret off-shore accounts of 35 world leaders, including current and former presidents, prime ministers, and Heads of State as well as more than 100 billionaires, celebrities, and business leaders…

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“Let communities be in charge of security”, Obi tells Buhari

Aminu Imam

Ø  Says they know those who are foreigners in their community Former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, has called for the federal government to authorise States to set up a regional security system to address the security challenges nationwide. The former governor, while featuring on a television programme on Monday, said he set up a security outfit for communities in Anambra, which the government funded. According to him, “Allow some region-like State security system to function. The government has Obi, who was the vice president of the People Democratic Party, (PDP),…

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‘Nigeria repeating the mistakes that led to civil war’, Northern elders, Kukah, Obi, others warn

Aminu Imam

A former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi; the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fthr. Matthew Kukah and the Northern Elders Forum, (NGF) have warned that Nigeria was repeating its mistakes that led to the civil war which lasted from July 6, 1967 to January 15, 1970. Speaking at a webinar on Thursday, they cautioned that unless something urgent was done, the aftermath of the ongoing injustice, poor governance and leadership failure in the country would be worse than what was experienced during the civil war. The civil war…

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Borrow ideas from China, not money, Peter Obi tells FG

Ishaku Yohanna

Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 elections, Peter Obi, has said that borrowing progressive business ideas from China will be more beneficial to Nigeria than taking public loans to pump into the economy. Obi, who made this remark at the 60th Founder’s Day Lecture of University of Nigeria, Nsukka, said China had gone through different stages of national development to arrive at their present level. He said it would, therefore, pay Nigeria better to copy China’s economic development template rather than running to them for…

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