Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has criticised what he described as the growing tolerance of questionable or unverified academic credentials in positions of leadership. Obi argued that the issue should not be treated as a matter of political loyalty or personal support, but as a question of standards, accountability and the values Nigeria wants to uphold. He warned that excusing blurred, missing or unverified credentials because they belong to political allies could create a dangerous precedent for the country. According to Obi, normalising the abandonment of basic credential verification could eventually allow people without the required qualifications to occupy positions such as professors, doctors or judges. He said Nigeria must build a society where truth is not determined by political affiliation and where standards and accountability apply equally to everyone. Obi urged Nigerians to choose truth over convenience, standards over sentiment and the country’s long-term future over political expediency, arguing that a better Nigeria can only be built when citizens are willing to uphold the right principles even when doing so is inconvenient. 👉 Follow Daily Times Nigeria for more updates. #PeterObi# #Nigeria# #News# #NigeriaPolitics# #DailyTimesNigeria#

Peter Obi Is Too Stingy to Be the president of Nigeria — FCT Minister, Wike FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has described Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), as stingy and unfit to govern Nigeria. Speaking at a town hall meeting in Bonny, Rivers State, Wike mocked Obi for carrying his own bags. “As a former governor, you cannot be stingy not to have employed a personal assistant who will carry your bag. You want to show you carry your bag. We don’t want such a stingy person as a president,” he said. Wike called Obi the “president of social media,” arguing that online popularity does not equal governing ability. “If you were to vote who will be president of social media, I will vote for him. But if it is to govern Nigeria, it is capital no!” he said. He questioned Obi’s record as Anambra governor, citing incumbent Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s performance. Wike also criticised politicians who abandon parties during crises, saying, “Did you see when there was a problem in PDP? Did I run? I defeated them.” He questioned the ADC presidential ticket and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, while declaring support for President Bola Tinubu and the APC in 2027. Wike alleged that the previous Rivers administration spent $39 million (₦53 billion) on a proposed 1,000-bed Justice Karibi-Whyte Specialist Hospital without laying its foundation. “Thirty-nine million US dollars, 53 billion naira, gone! As I speak to you, there is no foundation, no one block laid,” he said. He also questioned the alleged ₦60 billion monorail project, claimed $308 million was involved in a gas turbine sale while only $308,000 remained in the account when he took office in May 2015, and criticised a proposed $10 million mosquito fumigation exercise. Wike said the Rainbow Coalition would unveil candidates on October 27, naming Kingsley Chinda for the Rivers governorship race. Some candidates would run on the APC platform. “Under the Rainbow Coalition in our state today, you see APC, PDP, all of us. No more Rivers of bl%%d, no more sh%%ting, not many people going to d+e,” he said.

“Peter Obi called me today for the first time. I love Obi. Nobody can see into a man’s heart because the heart of man is desperately wicked. But I am not one of them.” — Isaac Fayose

Not Peter Obi showing concern for the welfare of Nigerian soldiers, when during his tenure as a governor doctors went on a 13 month prolonged strike; It was also reported that teachers also embarked on a strike, because his govt was reluctant to implement and pay the new minimum wage back then. But all of a sudden he's concerned about govt employees? OK.