Legal experts have described the reluctance of the UK government to surrender details of why it detained, interrogated, and deported Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, as an ominous sign of ongoing criminal investigations into the former Anambra State governor. Recall that we exclusively reported that the arrest of Obi at Heathrow Airport in London was related to his refusal to oblige a government-mandated audit of his UK firm, Next International Limited, in what is suspected to be an attempt to cover illicit financial transactions, particularly laundering of foreign donations made to his campaign. Multiple sources confirmed…
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Peter Obi’s travails at the Heathrow Airport in London, United Kingdom, may also be connected to his refusal to file the annual account records of Next International Limited, a firm he operates in the country, for a routine auditing process as stipulated by the UK business laws. Recall that a PREMIUM TIMES investigation had found that the firm was struck off in September 2021 after ignoring repeated notices issued by the Companies House, an executive agency of the British government, for government-mandated checks and audits. The report highlighted portions of the UK laws stating that a compulsory strike-off is imposed…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, was detained and questioned for hours by immigration officials at the Heathrow airport in London, United Kingdom, over dodgy travel credentials and suspected ties to illicit financial flows believed to be donations made to his unsuccessful campaign which he is now attempting to launder. Sources briefed on the details of his hours-long ordeal with immigration officials at the airport told the publication that his entry, which was originally planned as a stealth escape after obtaining demoralizing facts about the impotence of his election petition, was monitored and eventually flagged by the…
Evidence of how Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, portrayed Distell Beverages, a brewery with Nigerian registration particulars, as a “foreign investment” requiring billions in state-provided support to finance a planned expansion has been unearthed. The revelation marks another financial scandal which undercut the former Anambra governor’s new-day posturing as a prudent and incorruptible public servant. In a series of tweets containing credible media reports and statements made by Obi, respected international journalist, Tolu Ogunlesi, told the story of how then-Governor Peter Obi boasted of attracting foreign investment in Distelle Beverages before later announcing his intention to make a…
The leaked controversial audio tape that revealed Peter Obi’s dangerous plot to incite a ‘religious war’ in the last presidential election has rattled his camp and prompted a witchhunt for the source of the damaging leak, PODIUM REPORTERS can exclusively confirm. Although the party has taken an official position to deny the tape and attack its credibility online, sources close to the candidate have confirmed to our newsroom that he has authorized a broad investigation aimed at uncovering the individuals or groups responsible for the leak. They claim Obi is wary that his inner circle may have been infiltrated by…
The Editorial Board of the Washington Post, a US-based and globally respected media outlet, has praised the victory of the APC’s Bola Tinubu in Nigeria’s just concluded presidential elections as a sign of the country’s resilient democracy and a positive example in the African continent. The powerful vote of confidence, based on the reports on international observers and diplomatic chatter since the conclusion of Nigeria’s general elections, was published on Monday, the 20th of March. According to the Editorial Board, “Nigeria’s neighbours and major trading partners, including the United States, have all accepted the result, which most international observers said was…
In gory videos shared on the internet today, supporters of the Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Gregory Obi have been seen lynching supporters of the All Progressive Congress Candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The videos, shared across social media platforms show Labour Party supporters slapping and maiming persons who appeared to have voted for the APC in their polling units. This tallies with news of widespread cases of bullying across the South East where non-Labour Party members were reported to have been disenfranchised. Specific incidents in Anambra, Peter Obi’s home state, saw APC voters identified and prevented from exercising their franchise under…
Presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has seen his dwindling chances in the presidential election set for today diminish even further following the uncovering of his plot to purchase votes with fake dollar bills. The illegal plan, which follows a damaging audio leak of an alleged elaborate meeting between the candidate and other PDP henchmen on how to buy votes, was uncovered by journalists who were tipped by displeased members of Ogun PDP who described the general frustration of the party over cash shortage. Multiple sources confirmed a meeting at Park Inn hotel in Abeokuta, the Ogun State…
Nigeria faces strong economic headwinds in the wake of the coronavirus and the war in Ukraine. To compound difficulties, the Central Bank of Nigeria has dismally implemented a demonetisation policy, causing an acute cash crisis just weeks before our elections. Ordinary Nigerians are struggling to buy food and other basics. The central bank’s governor must immediately restore liquidity in our real economy to alleviate widespread hardship. Moving forward, my country needs sound implementation of prudent economic policies. Only realism and competence will now suffice. The ideas that form my economic programme have sound empirical foundations. Some are painfully obvious. For…
Until recently, Naja’atu Muhammad was the Director of Civil Society of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). She is, for now, enjoying airtime for all the wrong reasons, primary among which is the controversy her vented fury is garnering. According to the story she tells, she resigned from APC, saying she was through with partisan politics, but allied herself to the Peoples Democratic Party presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, because he had a plan for the North and a viable political structure capable of winning a presidential election. This daggers the dreamy hopes of Peter Obi’s supporters, for…