LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party has denied a news report that its Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi and one of its leaders, Prof. Pat Utomi we’re engaged in a war of attrition over the party’s campaign funds. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Comrade Arabambi Abayomi, issued the disclaimer in a statement made available…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday, declared that the LP is no longer a political party, but a mass movement to take back the country for Nigerians. According to him, the party wants to take Nigeria back to the root of greatness, where all citizens can…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWRANGERS)-Peter Obi is hardly a political outsider, but the bespectacled former governor says he is looking to harness Nigerians’ anger with the status quo to power his third-party presidential bid. Obi, 61, has generated substantial buzz among younger voters in Africa’s most populous democracy, where the average age is 18, but the…
By Tony Okoroji LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-In May 2022, I served a piece in Saturday Breakfast titled “THE PETER OBI MOVEMENT vs NIGERIA’S BULLION VAN DEMOCRACY” It was just a few days after Peter Obi declared for the Labour Party. The “Obidient” movement which is becoming a historic development in Nigerian politics was just at…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have reacted to the meeting between the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III. It was earlier reported that the former Governor of Anambra State visited the monarch at his palace in the ancient town of Warri, Delta State, on Friday. The LP…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has stated that it is time for the country to be rescued from the leadership failure which has continued to dwarf its growth and development over the years. Speaking on Saturday at Jamie Pajoel International Leadership Conference in Owerri, on Saturday, Obi likened…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barring any last-minute change, a former governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, will declare interest to contest the Plateau Central senatorial seat on the platform of the Labour Party (LP). Dariye, former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame, and three others were, on Monday, August 9, released from prison three months after their…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has thrown his weight behind the call by Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu for the campaign, whenever it starts, to be based on issues and not personality. Obi was reacting to the call by Tinubu, through his campaign organization, for the candidates and…
