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  • Presidency reacts as Peter Obi accuses Tinubu of implementing four budgets

    Presidency reacts as Peter Obi accuses Tinubu of implementing four budgets

    The Presidency has refuted the claims of a non-profit organisation, BudgiT, alleging that the Bola-Tinubu led administration plans to run four budgets within a fiscal year.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the Senate resumed plenary on Thursday to extend the capital section of the 2023 supplementary budget.

    BudgIT’s Country Director, Gabriel Okeowo, in a statement said it was worrisome that the Federal Government could be drafting a 2024 supplementary budget to be implemented alongside the 2023 yearly budget, 2023 supplementary budget, and 2024 annual budget.

    Okeowo condemned the development, stating it would amount to severe budget credibility issues.

    Reacting, Peter Obi in a statement via X on Saturday, described the move as a blatant disregard for fiscal responsibility, transparency, and accountability.

    The former Governor of Anambra state, stressed that Tinubu’s action will lead to frivolous items in the approved budgets competing with essential projects for limited resources, further exacerbating the suffering of the Nigerian people.

    Reacting to the development, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, in a statement via the microblogging platform X, formally Twitter said the Federal Government is not planning to run four budgets within a fiscal year, as alleged.

    Ajayi also slammed Peter Obi for jumping on the unverified report from BudgiT to spread misinformation.

    The statement read, “Yesterday, @BudgITng raised a false alarm on the basis of rumours that FG is planning a 2024 supplementary budget. It is important to state that the FG is not planning to run 4 budgets within a fiscal year, as being alleged.

    “The National Assembly only approved that implementation of the capital components of the 2023 budget and 2023 supplementary should be extended to December 2024 to achieve its objectives.

    “Our country can’t achieve sustainable development when Federal, States and Local governments focus on only consumptive expenditures, which is essentially what recurrent expenditures represent.

    “It is the capital expenditures that drive economic growth, strengthen private sector output and create employment opportunities for citizens.

    “As a reputable civic organisation, Budgit can not afford to be flippant and be unduly sensational. Expectedly, @PeterObi has jumped on the false claims to push his new round of misinformation.”

  • CHIVIDO2024: Peter Obi reacts as Davido weds Chioma

    CHIVIDO2024: Peter Obi reacts as Davido weds Chioma

    The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi has felicitated with Afrobeat star, Davido and his wife, Chioma Rowland, on their wedding day.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that today is the traditional wedding ceremony of Davido and his long-time lover, Chioma.

    The ceremony is taking place in an exclusive location in Lagos.

    Joining the host of other celebrities and well-meaning Nigerians to celebrate the couple, the former Anambra State governor via the microblogging platform, X formerly Twitter prayed for God’s blessings upon Davido and Chioma.

    He wrote: “On behalf of my family, I most sincerely congratulate @davido  and Chioma today as they begin their matrimonial journey with their traditional marriage ceremony. #CHIVIDO2024

    May God Almighty who has brought them together and this far continue to guide, bless, and prosper their union, and may their love for each other be the foundation on which they build their life together. Amen!”

  • Peter Obi decries exit of multinational companies from Nigeria

    Peter Obi decries exit of multinational companies from Nigeria

    The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has said exit of top multinational companies from Nigeria has cost the country N95trn in the past five years.

    The former Anambra governor, in a statement via the microblogging platform, x.com on Monday expressed concern over the exit of over ten major companies in 2023 alone, which he said includes GlaxoSmithKline, Equinor, Sanofi-Aventis, Bolt Food, Procter & Gamble, Jumia Food, PZ Cussons, Kimberly-Clark, and Diageo.

    “I am compelled to address the alarming exodus of multinational companies from Nigeria, which has cost our nation a staggering N95 trillion in the past five years.”

    He said available reports show that “in the last year alone, over ten multinational giants such as GlaxoSmithKline, Equinor, Sanofi-Aventis, Bolt Food, Procter & Gamble, Jumia Food, PZ Cussons, and Kimberly-Clark, Diageo and others, have exited Nigeria, citing eerily consistent reasons.”

    He stated that, “It is clear these issues are not coincidental but symptomatic of a larger governance problem.”

    He charged the Nigerian government to address the issues saying, “The responsibility lies with our leadership, those we put in charge to urgently address these challenges.”

    He emphasised the importance of “cultivating a culture of transparency, accountability, and good governance.

    “Let us unite to transform Nigeria into a nation conducive to business, attractive to investment, safe and prosperous for all citizens.

    “Together, we can make Nigeria a beacon of hope and progress in Africa and the world.”

  • Nobody created Obidient, Obi only benefited from it – Aisha Yesufu

    Nobody created Obidient, Obi only benefited from it – Aisha Yesufu

    Co-founder of Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement, Aisha Yesufu has said the 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi did not created the ‘Obidient’ but only a beneficiary of the movement.

    Yesufu said the Obidient movement was formed due to the fallout of the EndSARS killings.

    Posting on X, Yesufu wrote: “Nobody created Obidient movement. After the #EndSARS killing by APC government many became interested in politics since they were mocked and told to vote those who killed the protesters. There was a collective anger to vote out APC. Peter Obi was a beneficiary of that collective anger of the people.

    “When he made his intentions to run for presidency many with that collective anger supported him and from there the name was coined to fit the candidate following the habit of naming supporters after a person supported in Nigeria. There was already a movement before the name OBIdient was coined.”

  • Amaechi Muonagor: Obi, others, bid farewell to late Nollywood actor

    Amaechi Muonagor: Obi, others, bid farewell to late Nollywood actor

    Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, the State Commissioner for Culture, Tourism and Entertainment, Mr Dom Onyenji, among others were present to mourn the late Nollywood icon, Mr Amaechi Monagu.

    Muonagor was on Friday buried in his Obosi country home in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state, amid tears from family members, relatives and the Nollywood family.

    Obi, while delivering his condolence speech, lamented the death of the icon and urged the bereaved family to take heart and prayed God for repose of his soul.

    On his part, the State Commissioner for Culture, Tourism and Entertainment, Onyenji, described Nollywood as an industry for those who were creative.

    He noted that the industry had lost a creative personality in the late Amechi Muonagor.

    Onyenji maintained that the government of Anambra was on ground to mourn with Nollywood as the legend played his roles well while alive and mentored stars in the industry.

    In his remarks, the National President, Actors Guild of Nigeria, Mr Emeka Ejezie, urged the bereaved family to take heart as the deceased was a great man.

    Ejezie, who was represented by a veteran actor, Mr Steve Eboh, prayed that God in His infinite mercy will give them the heart with which to bear the loss.

    In her speech, the state chairman of AGN, Mrs Chinyere Anyaegbunam, said that they lost somebody who was very precious to all, emphasizung that the late icon was somebody people looked up to as a father figure in the industry.

    Anyaegbunam said that late Muonagor mentored so many of them in the movie industry.

  • Peter Obi reacts to UNIBEN graduate who was raped to death in Benin

    Peter Obi reacts to UNIBEN graduate who was raped to death in Benin

    The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi  has condemned the rape to death of a 22-year-old university graduate, Adekolure Idowu Glory.

    TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports that the a brother to the deceased, Softbaba, shared the news of his sister’s killing on the microblogging platform, X formerly Twitter on Wednesday.

    He said she was raped and killed in lyowa Community Benin, Edo state on her way back from University of Benin (UNIBEN) where she went for her clearance.

    He added that her corpse was dumped  “close to her mother’s house after being killed last week “Thursday 13th/6/2024.”

    He said, “My kid sister that just graduated from University of Benin (UNIBEN), April 2024 and still processing her projects and clearance, was raped to death on her way back from school on just 22 years.”

    “Her lifeless body has been deposited” at the “UBTH mortuary on the 15/6/24 with the help of the Nigerian police from Ekiadolor division.

    “She was beaten, raped and killed. Please Nigerians come to my rescue. The help I need now is just for my innocent sister, my mum can’t hold herself,” the brother lamented.

    Reacting to the brutal death of the young graduate, Obi described the killing as horrific and dastardly decrying the worsening insecurity situation in the country.

    Obi said, “I was horrified by the dastardly act against a 22-year-old Nigerian lady named Adekolure Idowu Glory, who was beaten, raped and killed by yet-to-be-identified criminals, who eventually left her corpse close to her family’s home in the Iyowa community, Benin, Edo State.

    He added, “The young lady was said to be a recent graduate, who only went back to her school for final clearance before meeting her unfortunate end.

    “It is very painful that crimes and violence have not only continued to multiply in our society but have taken a new dimension of fatal sexual assault on our women.

    “We must all raise our voices in condemning this ugly development in our society. Insecurity, crime and violence, in any form, must not be allowed to be fostered.

    “Coincidentally today, the global community marks International Day Against Sexual Violence in Conflict. It is a day to stand against all forms of sexual assault in our society and insist that such offenders are brought to face the law.

    “I urge the security agencies to investigate the killing of this young lady and ensure that those behind the dastardly act face the law. We must continue to work towards building a safe and secure society for all.

    “May God grant eternal rest to Adekolure Idowu Glory, and grant her family the fortitude to bear this sad loss,” Obi said.

  • Eid-el-Kabir: Peter Obi urges Muslims to draw strength from the teachings of Prophet Ibrahim

    Eid-el-Kabir: Peter Obi urges Muslims to draw strength from the teachings of Prophet Ibrahim

    The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has extended his warmest wishes to the Nigerians as they join their Muslim counterparts in the world to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir.

    In a statement released via his X social media handle, Obi expressed his heartfelt greetings to Muslim brothers and sisters, urging them to draw strength from their faith and the teachings of Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him).

    He said: “My dear Muslim brothers and sisters, as we gather to celebrate Eid-al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, I want to extend my warmest wishes to you all. May this Sallah bring us all closer to Allah, to one another, and to our true potentials as individuals and as a nation.”

    The former Anambra State governor encouraged Nigerians to emulate the unwavering trust, courage, and willingness to sacrifice for the greater good exhibited by Prophet Ibrahim, saying: “His unwavering trust in Allah, his courage, and his willingness to sacrifice for the greater good are objects of inspiration to us all.”

    Obi also urged Nigerians to strive to be a source of hope, comfort, and support to those around them, adding: “May Allah accept our prayers, our fasting, and our charity. May He grant us the wisdom to walk in His path, the courage to stand for what is right, and the grace to be a blessing to our communities.”

     

  • Peter Obi storms Edo to campaign for Labour Party governorship candidate (photos)

    Peter Obi storms Edo to campaign for Labour Party governorship candidate (photos)

    The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections Peter Obi, on Saturday kicked off the party’s campaign for the September 21 governorship polls in Edo State.

    The former Anambra governor was joined by a host of other party leaders and stakeholders to support the party’s gubernatorial candidate, Olumide Akpata and his running mate, Yusuf Kadiri, in their quest to take over the Edo State government during the polls.

    Obi during the campaign called for free, fair, and credible elections in Edo State.

    Some other party leaders who were also at the campaign launch included Senators Neda Imasuen, Victor Umeh, Chief Kelvin Chukwu, and Dr Tony Nwoye.

    Sharing pictures from the campaign via his X account, Obi wrote: “Today, in Benin City, Edo State Capital, I joined the Labour Party gubernatorial candidate, Barrister @OlumideAkpata, and his running mate, Alhaji Yusuf Kadiri, as they officially launched their campaign for the Edo State Governorship 2024 elections.

    “Also with us were the National leadership of the Party, including Distinguished Senators, Neda Imasuen, Victor Umeh, Chief Kelvin Chukwu, and Dr Tony Nwoye, and our numerous LP members, and well-wishers.

    “The campaign in Edo State, aimed to connect with the people and spread our message of hope and transformation for a new Nigeria. It started from our LP Gubernatorial candidate campaign Secretariat and concluded with a courtesy visit to the Palace of the Oba of Benin, where we sought royal blessings for free, fair, and credible elections and reaffirmed our commitment to Edo State’s welfare and prosperity. -PO.”

    https://x.com/PeterObi/status/1802077513981587749

  • “Maybe Obi wants Soyinka to ‘respectfully’ join his Yes Daddy religious war”

    “Maybe Obi wants Soyinka to ‘respectfully’ join his Yes Daddy religious war”

    Social critic, Reno Omokri has reacted to ormer Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s remark against Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka over the issue of disrespect.

    The former Anambra State governor had said he would like the younger generations to respect him when he is Soyinka’s age. His comment was an aftermath of Soyinka’s claim that Obi was unfit to govern Nigeria.

    He alleged that Obi was inciting his supporters to attack and insult him online.

    But, the former LP presidential candidate said he has never incited Obidients or the younger ones to say anything against anyone.

    Omokri, posting on his X handle, said “Peter Obi says Wole Soyinka should behave in a way that makes people respect him. I would laugh, if not that it is so ridiculous for a man who declared religious war on Muslims to say that Wole Soyinka is not behaving in a manner deserving of respect. Maybe Peter Obi wants Professor Soyinka to ‘respectfully’ join him in his Yes Daddy religious war. Anyway, Muslims are waiting for him in 2027.”

  • Leave Bobrisky, face corrupt politicians – Peter Obi berates EFCC

    Leave Bobrisky, face corrupt politicians – Peter Obi berates EFCC

    The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi has called out the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for arresting of a popular Nigerian crossdresser, Bobrisky and celebrity barman, Cubana Chief Priest, over Naira mutilation.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the EFCC secured a six-month conviction against Bobrisky for mutilating the country’s currency Naira. Similarly, Cubana Chief Priest is facing the same offence for which Bobrisky was convicted.

    Speaking during a recent interview on Arise New TV, Peter Obi berated the anti-graft agency, saying they should use the same energy to probe massive corruption affecting poor Nigerians.

    According to the former Anambra Governor, Bobrisky and Cubana Chief Priest’s case are minor issues.

    Peter Obi said, the EFFC should look into more important issues, such as budget padding and inflated contracts, rather than using public funds to secure a conviction for abuse of currency.

    He said, “If it is not budget padding today, it would be undisclosed subsidy payment, inflated contracts, and all sorts of things.

    “These are issues I want our agencies like EFCC to start dealing with by not arresting Bobrisky and Obi Cubana. These are minor issues.

    “Our agencies should face budget padding squarely not arresting Bobrisky because he dressed like a woman and spent like N500 notes.

    “If someone comes to Nigeria today and says we are going to feed only women in this hunger time, all men would dress like women and go and collect the food because we are all hungry. People will dress like Bobrisky. Everybody will turn into women.”