Peter Obi
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A bill currently on the floor of the House of Representatives, seeking to stop anyone above 60 years from vying for election to the offices of the Nigerian President and State Governor has triggered controversy. MEZIESBLOG reports that the bill, sponsored by Imo lawmaker, Ikenga Ugochinyere was passed for second reading at the lower legislative…
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Erstwhile presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, has said that there is no corresponding breakdown of expenditures to justify the increase in the 2025 national budget. The statement comes after President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, increased the appropriation bill for the 2025 fiscal year from N49.7 trillion to N54.2 trillion. MEZIESBLOG…
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Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has accused President Bola Tinubu’s government of paying opposition leaders N50 million each to undermine Nigeria’s democratic process. Atiku disclosed this at a national conference on strengthening democracy, organized by various civic organizations in Abuja on Monday. He, however, cautioned that Nigeria’s democracy was at risk…
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Former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi has protested the level of hardship faced by the poor in Nigeria. Obi lamented the travails of low income earners and the exorbitant sums charged by POS operators to Nigerians seeking to access cash.…
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, has accused 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi of libel and inciting his followers to issue death threats against APC spokesman Felix Morka. Ganduje accused Obi of lying by claiming that Morka threatened him and his family in a recent interview. Obi had…
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Ebonyi State-born preacher and prophet, His Holiness, Spirit Emmanuel Chukwudi, on Thursday, prophesied that Mr Peter Obi would eventually become president of Nigeria. Earlier this week, Primate Ayodele claimed that he had seen that Obi would never become president. He advised him to go and rest. But in a prophecy he made available to DAILY…
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The 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has stated that gender influences corruption. According to him, women are not as corrupt as men. Speaking on the Honest Bunch Podcast, the former Anambra State governor explained that because women are family-oriented, they are more determined to see society improve. He said when he was…
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A former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that Peter Obi’s group is now fighting him because he refused to join forces with them ahead of the 2023 general elections. Wike said Peter Obi and his lobbyists lobbied him so much prior to the polls but he turned them down, believing Obi would…
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Former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has said nurses and other professionals travelling overseas for greener pastures should not be stopped. Obi stated this at St Charles Borromeo College of Nursing and Midwifery in Onitsha on Monday. Obi, who donated money to the…
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The 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday, charged President Bola Tinubu to reverse the sudden hike in the pump price of fuel. Obi described the sudden price hike by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, as insensitive and unfortunate. Posting on X, Obi said the sudden hike in the pump…
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Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi has mourned those who lost their lives in the just concluded #Endbadgovernance protests in the country. Extending heartfelt sympathies to the families who suffered losses in the struggle, Obi said the deceased gave their lives while advocating for better governance in the nation. In…
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Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Wednesday revealed that late singer, Onyeka Onwenu, died in his presence in Lagos. Media houses had reported that Onyeka Onwenu died on Tuesday night after attending the birthday ceremony of Stella Okoli, Managing Director of Emzor Pharmaceuticals. Obi in a post on his official X…
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Aisha Yesufu, a member of the Labour Party 2023 presidential campaign team, has said Peter Obi, the party’s flagbearer in the last general election, did not create the Obidient movement. Yesufu said the Obidient movement was formed due to the fallout of the EndSARS killings. She pointed out that the collective anger by Nigerian youths…
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The chief spokesman of the Obi-Datti organisation, Tanko Yunusa, has declared that the Obidient Movement is bigger than the Labour Party. Yunusa made this declaration in an interview on Channels Television on Friday monitored by MEZIESBLOG. According to him, “It’s bigger than the Labour Party. It is so because it is a move of its…
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election Peter Obi says the country needs to tackle the devastating effects of poverty and insecurity in the northern region of Nigeria through agriculture and industrial revolution. Obi said this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Emir of Zazzau – in Kaduna…
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