Category: Politics
Soyinka should challenge Chimamanda to a debate and not Datti- PDP spokesman
10 Apr 2023
A spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Daniel Bwala has reacted to the call by Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, to debate with Labour Party, LP, presidential running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed. On March 22, in an interview, Datti said the country has no president-elect despite the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, […]
Continue ReadingIgbo group slams FFK for asking Obi to leave Nigeria
09 Apr 2023
The Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders, (COSEYL) has chided a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode over his statement that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, should leave Nigeria and never come back. COSEYL, the apex socio-political youth group in the South-East described Fani-Kayode’s utterance as “unguarded statement.” Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of […]
Continue ReadingDebate: LP dares Soyinka
09 Apr 2023
Following Professor Wole Soyinka’s proposal to have a debate with the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, over his “fascist” comments on television, the Obi-Datti Movement, yesterday, took up the challenge, saying Datti Baba-Ahmed and Obidients would square off with the Nobel Laureate if he dares to come out. It will be recalled that […]
Continue ReadingScores dead as Fulani and hausa clash in Sokoto
09 Apr 2023
There was tension in Gwadabawa community of Sokoto state, following a conflict between the Fulani and Hausa people residing in the area. It led to the death of many locals from both sides, including a security operative. A local official, Aminu Gwadabawa, told the VOA Hausa in an interview monitored by our correspondent on Saturday, […]
Continue ReadingBenue govt elect Alia condemns killings in Benue community
08 Apr 2023
The Benue State Governor-Elect, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has condemned in totality what he termed the brutal killings of innocent lives in Umogidi community in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state. No fewer than 46 persons have been reported dead by suspected herdsmen, barely 24 hours after the same village suffered an attack by […]
Continue ReadingI supported Obi but…- Chimamanda
08 Apr 2023
Renowned Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie said that her open letter to US President, Joe Biden, was not because of her support for Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi Chimamanda in her letter said that the 2023 presidential election that declared Bola Tinubu, winner was rigged. She wrote on her Twitter handle; “I supported Peter Obi, […]
Continue ReadingWole sokinya is a principled fighter, he survive dictators, he will survive you- Moghalu to obidients
07 Apr 2023
Kingsley Moghalu, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reacts to the ongoing insult and social media cancelling of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka by the Obidients group. * Prof. Wole Soyinka had earlier criticise the “do-or-die attitude and provocations” of Labour party Presidential/Vice presidential candidates and their supporters, adding that it is […]
Continue ReadingThugs broke into LP national headquarters in Abuja- LP National Chairman
07 Apr 2023
Julius Abure, national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), says thugs allegedly escorted by police officers have broken into the national headquarters of the party. The LP national secretariat is located in Utako district near the federal capital territory office of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). In a statement on Thursday, Abure, who blamed […]
Continue ReadingKashim Shettima, Vice President-elect, reacts as his supporters die in a fatal accident after paying him a congratulatory visit
06 Apr 2023
Senator Kashim Shettima, the Vice President-elect, has responded to the deaths of two of his staunch supporters, Hons. Iliyasu and Mallam Nuhu. The deceased were killed in a car accident on their way back to their homes after paying Shettima a congratulatory visit in Abuja recently. Ibrahim Abdullahi, the son of one of the victims, […]
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