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2023: Obi promises to address insecurity, poverty

NewsDeskNgDec 28, 2022December 28, 20220

The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has promised to address insecurity and poverty when elected as president in 2023. Obi stated this while addressing newsmen at the sideline of the party’s Strategic Meeting on Tuesday in Abuja. He lamented the high rate of insecurity and poverty, and...

Honorable Betara, Thriving Stronger Against All Odds

NewsDeskNgDec 24, 2022December 24, 20220

By A. A. Mshelia. For a while, I have read and watched some videos of attacks that keep greeting Honorable Muktar Betara Aliyu, OON. While I reflect on each of them I got a link to why and what these articles are aiming at. It has become very clear that...

I’ve Enough To Survive Another Eight Years Of Bad Leadership, Aisha Yesufu Boasts

NewsDeskNgDec 9, 2022December 9, 20220

Nigerian activist, Aisha Yesufu, has boasted that she has enough passive income to survive another eight years of bad leadership in Nigeria. She said this via her Twitter handle on Thursday. Yesufu, who supports Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was responding to critics who said the presidential candidate of...

2023: Be ready to work under God for service of people- Onaiyekan to candidatess

NewsDeskNgNov 21, 2022November 21, 20220

Archbishop emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan has advised Nigerians to vote for only candidates that would rule with the fear of God in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Onaiyekan made the call in his Sunday Homily on the Solemnity of Christ the King, at the...

Buhari reads riot act ahead of 2023, urges men to show good examples

NewsDeskNgNov 21, 2022November 21, 20220

President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the week, reiterated the need for Nigerian men to stay off activities that could jeopardise the peaceful conduct of the 2023 general elections. The president, who gave the challenge when he felicitated with men, particularly in Nigeria, as the world celebrated another International...

Same sex activists endorse Peter Obi for president

NewsDeskNgNov 20, 2022November 20, 20220

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Community in Nigeria has thrown its weight behind Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi. In a statement signed by its president, Jasper B. E., the group said it came to this decision after assessing all tbe candidates, noting that Obi is the most...

Why I supported southern presidency – Ortom

NewsDeskNgNov 20, 2022November 20, 20220

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has given reasons why the South should produce the President in 2023. He said for the purpose of justice, equity and fairness, it will be right for a Southerner to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari after eight years of Presidency from the north. Governor Ortom spoke...

2023: We are preparing for possible rerun elections – INEC

NewsDeskNgNov 19, 2022November 19, 20220

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is already making plans and preparations for the conduct of a run-off presidential election, where no candidate meets the conditional requirements for declaring a winner from votes cast on Feb. 25, 2023. The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education...

2023: Ohaneaze promises to work for Peter Obi presidency

NewsDeskNgNov 18, 2022November 18, 20220

Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Chairman, Ohanaeze Council of Elders, said the organisaion was in full support of the presidential ambition of Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party 2023 presidential candidate. He said this on Thursday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen at the end of a meeting of the council’s Finance and...