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Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says the 2023 elections mark the beginning of a “turning point” in Nigeria’s history. The former Anambra governor said this in his New Year’s message released on Sunday. Commending his supporters dubbed ‘Obidients’, he said they have created a movement of committed Nigerians […]

Ignatius Kaigama, the Catholic archbishop of Abuja, has asked Nigerians to be guided by their hearts and heads when voting in the 2023 elections. In his New Year message on Sunday, Kaigama advised that money and stomach infrastructure should not be the motivating factors during the polls. Quoting from Philippians chapter 4 […]

In his spiritual testament published by the Vatican following his death, the late former Pope Benedict XVI asked those he “wronged” for forgiveness. The German-born late pope passed away on Saturday morning in his residence at the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery at the age of 95. Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, he succeeded […]

You might never have heard of Pelé if his great-grandparents had been taken as slaves to Argentina instead of Brazil. At the end of slave trade in the 19th century, Argentina was systematically “whitened”. Blacks were reportedly sent to the hottest battlefields in the War of Independence from Spain. Mass migration of whites from […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has advised Nigerians to work towards using the 2023 elections to bring forth a new country. He said this on Saturday in his new year message to Nigerians.   The former president said although the past year came with its challenges, the new year offers the opportunity […]

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has responded to a comment by Ifeanyi Okowa, his Delta counterpart, on the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On Friday, Okowa, the PDP vice-presidential candidate, said the party will win the presidential election with or without the support of the ‘G5’. The G5 governors include […]

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has visited Bianca, the widow of Odumegwu Ojukwu, to seek her support for his presidential bid. Obi, a former governor of Anambra, was received at the Ojukwu’s residence in Enugu over the weekend. Speaking during the visit, Bianca said one of Obi’s […]

Udom Emmanuel, governor of Akwa Ibom, has visited Nyesom Wike, his Rivers counterpart, amid the lingering crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On Saturday, the Akwa Ibom governor held a closed-door meeting with Wike, while Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, was also in attendance. The meeting held in Port Harcourt, the […]