Tag: Peter Obi

2027: ‘Why Peter Obi will lose’ – Reno Omokri

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Reno Omokri on Obi

A social media influencer and former aide to ex-President, Reno Omokri, says Peter Obi will not win in 2027 if he contests the presidential election. Omokri said unlike the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (UK), Keir Starmer, Obi had no clear stand on any issue. He said, ” One thing we learnt from the #UKElection2024 is this:  If you want to win an election, focus on telling the public what you want to do first and how you would govern the country better. “Do not concentrate on attacking…

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Hardship: “Nigeria needs solutions, not comparisons” – Peter Obi tackles Tinubu

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Obi Tinubu

Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s recent comment downplaying Nigeria’s struggles by comparing them to other countries. Recall that while receiving a delegation from the National Assembly who came to felicitate with him on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir, President Tinubu had on Monday said Nigeria is not the only nation in the world grappling with poverty. The President who spoke in Lagos said, “Yes, there is poverty; there is suffering in the land. We are not the only people facing such,…

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“I support merger of Labour Party with PDP to make Nigeria great”- Peter Obi

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Peter Obi Atiku

Peter Obi and former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, says he is open to merging the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Obi, who is the LP’s candidate in the 2023 poll, said this during an interview broadcast on Saturday on YouTube, weeks after former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar hosted Obi. “If the merger is to be able to govern Nigeria properly, unlock all those things that will make Nigeria a better place, I’m for it. If it’s just a merger for election or…

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“?Obi unfit to lead Nigeria” – Soyinka

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Wole Soyinka

…Says “Obidients can’t stop me from telling truth“ Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said that the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is unfit to lead the country. This, he said, had become evident with the conduct of his supporters, popularly known as ‘Obidients’, during electioneering of the 2023 general elections. He said that Obi’s failure to reign on his supporters attacking others with opposing views online was a pointer that he is unfit to lead a country like Nigeria. The literary icon also accused Obi, who…

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2027 Presidency: Atiku hints on PDP/LP merger, as quest to unseat Tinubu intensifies

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Atiku Abubakar

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has hinted at the possibility of supporting his Labour Party (LP) counterpart in the last election, Peter Obi, in 2027. The former Vice-President, who is currently on a merger talk with stakeholders of some opposition political parties, has said he will not hesitate to support Obi in the next election if the Party picks the former Anambra State governor. According to earlier reports, Atiku gave the hint in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)…

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2027: “We’ll follow him to PDP” – Obi’s supporters react to Atiku’s willingness  to step down for him if…

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Atiku Obi supporters

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s declaration that he would be willing to step down for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last election, should the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agree to hand him the ticket, has continued to elicit reactions from Nigerians. While many of Obi’s supporters say they will gladly follow him back to the PDP, some of those who support Atiku’s ambition insist that he would not step down for anyone, and are instead urging the former Anambra State governor…

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“I’ll support Obi in 2027 if…” – Atiku

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Atiku on Obi

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that if in 2027, the party decides that it is the South-East’s turn and selects Peter Obi as its candidate, he will readily offer his support. According to him, “I have said repeatedly, and I even said it before the 2023 general elections, that if the PDP decides to zone the presidential ticket to the South or South-East specifically, I won’t contest it. As long as it’s the decision of the party, I will abide by…

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“?Tinubu will survive, be re-elected in 2027” – APC

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Tinubu2027

…Says Atiku, Obi’s renewed plot shall fail In the wake of the seeming political re-alignment between Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi, of the Labour Party, an All-Progressives Congress (APC) group has declared that no amount of renewed plot can stop President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from being re-elected in 2027. The APC group, under the aegis of National Progressive Hub (NPH), further stated that President Tinubu will survive whatever plot hatched by Atiku and Obi. The position of the APC group is coming few days…

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State of the Nation: Peter Obi visits Atiku, Saraki, Lami?o in Abuja

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Peter Obi visits Atiku

Worried about the state of the nation and the increasing uncertainty in the living conditions of the poor and under-privileged,  the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, yesterday visited some top Nigerians in Abuja, among whom are former Vice-President, the PDP Presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, former Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki and former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lami?o. At the center of discussion during each of these visits was the state of the nation and how to reduce the suffering…

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‘N15bn budget allocation for National Assembly hospital insensitive’ – Obi

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Peter Obi

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, yesterday, berated the National Assembly for allocating N15bn in the 2024 Budget for its hospital amid lean Government revenue. Obi, who had in his previous remarks called for a total review of the Budget, insisted there were misplacement of priorities in the national budget. Obi also kicked against a budgetary allocation of N15.3 billion for the National Assembly library project and procurement of books, including the e-library, describing it as ‘disappointing’, especially when the country itself…

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