Peter Obi Won't Step Down For Tinubu, Atiku - LP
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The media arm of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council has refuted the report claiming that its presidential candidate, Peter Obi is quitting the election exercise slated for February 25.
The Obi-Datti Media Office described the report as ridiculous and fake.
The office accused some unnamed political parties of putting Obi’s image on gift items to give Nigerians the impression that the LP candidate is trying to win votes through inducements.
There have been reports that Obi would step down for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. Obi was Atiku’s running mate in the 2019 presidential election under the platform of the PDP.
Obasanjo Preaches Continuity, Knocks Politicians Trying To Reinvent Nigeria
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says ascension to political offices does not empower incumbents to destroy policies and programmes of their predecessors.
He said while it does not matter the party a predecessor belonged to, new leaders should sustain the policies and projects of their predecessors in as much as the programmes are in the interest of the people.
Obasanjo spoke on Thursday at The International Conference On ‘Deepening Democratic Culture and Institutions for Sustainable Development and Security in Nigeria’ in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State.
The speech of Obasanjo, who was Nigeria’s democratically elected President between 1999 and 2007, comes just a few weeks to the February 25 and March 11, 2023 general elections.
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Wike Warns Politicians
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Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has urged Nigerians not to allow the 2023 general elections to fail.
Allowing such failure, he said, will increase political polarisation, exacerbate social fault lines and set Nigeria’s democracy backwards.
Governor Wike gave the charge at the 2023 Port Harcourt International Conference, sponsored by Rivers State Government, with the theme: Deepening Democratic Culture and Institutions for Sustainable Development and Security in Nigeria”, that held at Obi Wali International Conference in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
Bad Leadership Caused Nigerians Current Challenges - Peter Obi
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Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has noted that bad leadership in the country is currently breeding poverty, hunger and insecurity.
He stated this at his presidential campaign rally on Thursday in Bauchi, saying the country only enjoyed justice, peace and fairness through the efforts of former Prime Ministers, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Nnamdi Azikiwe during their leadership.
Claiming that Nigeria would be different under his leadership, Obi lamented the country’s huge debt burden
Nigerian Police Detain Osun APC Senatorial Candidate
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The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Osun East Senatorial District, Ajibola Famurewa has been detained by the police over alleged unlawful possession of ammunition and firearms, among others.