Politics

LP presidential candidate, Obi clears air on alleged liquidation of UK company, Next Int’l The presidential flag bearer of theLabour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has reacted to stories making the rounds that a company linked to him and his family, Next International (UK) Ltd, was liquidated by the UK authorities for failing to make tax returns for a period of time. Reacting to the story in a statement issued by the Obi-Datti Media Office on Wednesday, the former Anambra State Governor dismissed speculations about the company’s liquidation, explaining that the owners voluntarily liquidated the firm as it was no longer…

BREAKING: DSS arrests Peter Obi’s former DG, Doyin Okupe The Department of State Security Services, DSS, has arrested Doyin Okupe, a former DG of the Peter Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign. He was arrested at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. This was disclosed on Thursday morning by one of his lawyers, Tolu Babaleye. Babaleye stated: “The information reaching me now is that Dr. Doyin Okupe has been arrested at Lagos Airport by the DSS on his way to London.” “The reason according to the source is that he was asked to produce evidence that the Federal High Court Abuja has freed…

The palace members of HRH Eze O. T. Ehiemere. Obioha 2 of Umunneota Autonomous Community Asa Ukwa West LGA were full of encomiums on Bishop Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha ADC Governorship Candidate for Abia State in the forthcoming Governorship election. They claimed to have heard so much about him and his love for People Of Abia State. They also showed appreciation for the scholarship program of Bishop Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha which their people have been benefitting for the past 10 years. There were particularly excited at the choice of Female Deputy Governorship Candidate from their own Community Hon. Lady Glory Nwasimuo…

It was another victory for the body of Christ as Bishop Dr. Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha was a special guest at the Ministers Prayer Network Int'l for their 2023 prayer summit at Asa Ukwa West. Bishop Onuoha while addressing the over 3000 worshipers explained what late Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa told him 27years ago. In his words; he explained that the late clergyman had said that if men of character and integrity will not rise to lead Africa, that idiots will soon rule over us all. He charged Christians to take activate part in the political process to avoid…

POLITICS2023: Lagos, Kano Top List Of INEC’s 93 Million Voters Register Lagos and Kano States have topped the list of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) voters register.AttNews reports that Lagos tops the list with 7,060,195 registered voters followed by Kano with 5,921,370. The breakdown was contained in the final list of registered voters released to political parties by the electoral body on Wednesday at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja. INEC in the document reveals that the commission registered a total of 93, 469,008 voters for the 2023 polls. A further breakdown indicates that men constitute 52.5% of the figure…

EVOLUTION OF CANDIDATE-CENTERED POLITICS IN NIGERIA There is a fundamental feature in every democratic nation which has resisted change and spurred itself into relevance: The fundamental feature is that, Political Parties are testimonies to organizational durability and adaptiveness, in the face of strong voter competition. This cuts across the political systems of all democratic nations. Voters are reacting to disastrous and tumultuous undemocratic actions by leaders. Voters respond to a plebiscitary system with a decline in the relevance of political parties as a consequence of voter’s choice. Voters are apparently responding to Candidates much more than previously. In the Contemporary…

BVAS will stop identity theft during elections: INEC According to INEC, with BVAS only voters will determine who wins elections in Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) used to illustrate story.The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said with the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Authentication System (BVAS), the issue of identity theft and other election frauds would be addressed during the 2023 general election. Umar Ibrahim, the resident electoral commissioner for Gombe, stated this during a stakeholders’ meeting on the preparations for the 2023 general election held in Gombe on Wednesday. Mr Ibrahim said…

Elections: Sitting on the fence might be costly, Obi tells Anambra monarchsElections: Sitting on the fence might be costly, Obi tells Anambra monarchs Peter Obi, standard bearer of the Labour Party (LP), has advised traditional rulers in Anambra state to get involved in the 2023 general election. Obi said this on Tuesday during a meeting with traditional rulers in Awka, the Anambra capital. The former Anambra governor blamed the challenges the country is facing on inflation, unemployment, and insecurity, adding that there is a need for the country to take advantage of its agricultural potential to tackle unemployment. “Sitting on…

EXCLUSIVE: UK authorities dissolve Peter Obi’s company, Next International.PREMIUM TIMES found that the company was struck off in September 2021 following a notice on 31st August 2021. For failing to submit its annual accounts, authorities in the United Kingdom, UK, have struck off Next International (UK) Limited, a company largely owned by Nigerian top politician and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Checks by PREMIUM TIMES revealed that the company was removed from the record in September 2021 following a first and second gazette notice of “compulsory” strike off of the entity. In the UK, a compulsory strike…

PRESS RELEASE AROHAFIA ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCE, A NON PARTISAN BUT MULTI PARTY ASSEMBLY OF EIGHT ANCIENT CLANS OF: AROCHUKWU, OHAFIA OFURISHI, ABIRIBA, NKPORO, ABAM ONYERUBI, IHECHIOWA, UTUTU, ISU, ARE DESIROUS OF COMING TOGETHER UNDER ONE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL BLOC FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENHANCEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC AND DEVELOPMENTAL GROWTH. THE MAIDEN MEETING WAS ABLY AND SUCCESSFULLY CONVENED IN THE COUNTRY HOME OF ENGR. ODO IJERE IN AKANU OHAFIA ON THE 3RD OF JANUARY, WHILE THE DEPUTY SPEAKER OF ABIA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, RT. HONOURABLE IFEANYI UCHENDU WAS ON HAND TO PERFORM THE HISTORIC INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE ROUNDTABLE THE…