Tribunal admits electoral documents tendered by Obi, Labour Party in LGAs of 6 States

Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Thursday admitted in evidence bundles of electoral documents from 6 states of the federation that emanated from the February 25 elections. The documents which consisted of forms EC8A which are polling units results were tendered by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate in the last election, […]

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Court affirms Julius Abure as Labour Party chairman, restrains Apapa-faction permanently

A High Court sitting in Edo State, Nigeria, on Friday dismissed the notice of suspension issued against the embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, by some party members at the ward level. Presiding judge, Justice Emmanuel Aihamoje, on Friday, threw out the case for lacking merit. This was contained in a […]

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Ex-deputy chairman asks Nigerian Supreme Court to declare him chairman of Labour Party

One Callistus Okafor, who says he was a former deputy chairman of Labour Party (LP), has approached Nigerian Supreme Court to declare him as the authentic chairman of the party. Addressing journalists on Friday, Okafor said the constitution of the LP still recognises him as the substantive deputy chairman of the party. He also said […]

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Court lifts suspension order on Abure, other Labour Party national officers

Justice Hamza Muazu of a High Court in Abuja, on Friday granted an order of stay execution on the suspension of Julius Abure, Chairman of the Labour Party and others. Others are the National Organizing Secretary, Mr Clement Ojukwu and National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, from parading themselves as LP national officials. The plaintiffs in the […]

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Court nullifies candidature of Labour Party’s Abia gov-elect, Alex Otti, others in Abia, Kano

Justice M.N Yunusa of a Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti alongside the candidatures of all those who contested the 2023 general elections under the Labour Party (LP) in Abia and Kano States Guardian reports that the Court gave the ruling in […]

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National chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure and 3 other national officers return to their offices

National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Julius Abure, and three other national executive members, on Thursday, announced their return to the party secretariat. The development is coming one month after they were barred by Justice Hamza Muazu of Federal High Court in Abuja from parading themselves as national officers of the party. Muazu ruled […]

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Labour Party’s factional leader, Lamidi Apapa disgraced at the Election Petition Court in Abuja (Video)

Factional leader of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Lamidi Apapa was booed, mocked and disgraced at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja, Nigeria on Wednesday. This happened after he and members of his faction fought over seats where Labour Party members were to sit for the court process. He also attempted to speak to […]

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Bayo Onanuga exposes Lamidi Apapa faction of Labour Party is agent of destabilization

Director Media and Publicity of the presidential campaign council of Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bayo Onanuga, has reacted to the news that the so called acting chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Lamidi Apapa, has asked lawyers to brief him on all pending petitions of the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi […]

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Peter Obi, Labour Party apply for live broadcast of presidential tribunal proceedings

Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, have filed an application asking that proceedings at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal be televised live. This is coming a few days after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar had applied for the same. Addressing reporters after the court proceedings […]

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Disregard Apapa, other betrayers’ letters seeking to withdraw Obi’s, others’ cases against Tinubu, others ―Labour Party tells election tribunals

Labour Party (LP) has on Tuesday raised the alarm over an action taken by a self-acclaimed factional chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, asking the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to dismiss all cases by his party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi against the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the […]

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Labour Party suspends Lamidi Apapa, others, appoints acting executives

The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party deepened on Tuesday as it suspended a factional leader, Mr Lamidi Apapa, its National Deputy Chairman (South) and some other officials. The party also appointed acting executive members according to a statement signed by Ms Ladi Iliya, National Deputy Chairperson and Mr Kenedy Ahanotu Deputy National Secretary. They […]

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Labour Party denounces suspension of its national chairman, Julius Abure

In a statement, the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has on Friday denounced the purported suspension of its National Chairman, Julius Abure, by the executive members of his ward in Edo State. The National Secretary of the party, Mallam Farouk Umar, said in the statement that the purported suspension is grossly illegal and of […]

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National chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure, suspended

Executive of a ward in the Edo State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has suspended the national chairman of the party, Julius Abure, over alleged anti-party activities. At a press conference, Martins Osigbemhe, the Ward Chairman, said Abure was suspended by the executive, pending the determination of the numerous petitions and cases against him […]

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Labour Party’s Alex Otti is Abia State gov-elect

Nigerian economist, banker, investor, philanthropist and politician, Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) has won the March 18 governorship election in Abia State, Nigeria. He trounced his opponents, Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP). Otti scored 175,467, Ahiwe polled 88,529 while Nwafor got […]

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Rising ethnic tension in Lagos, Press statement by Osuntokun, DG of Labour Party

Being a Press Statement by Balogun Akin Osuntokun, Director-General, the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation Good day gentlemen and ladies of the press. Kindly permit me, as the DG of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, to comment on the rising ethnic tension across the country, particularly. There has been a contrived ethnic tension in Lagos State since […]

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It is wrong for INEC to reconfigure BVAS behind Parties reps ―Labour Party

Labour Party (LP), has on Thursday knocked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), saying the electoral umpire deliberately came up with its idea of reconfiguring the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines after its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, sought to examine the election materials. This was as the party faulted the commission’s claim of backing […]

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Peter Obi, Labour Party file motion to inspect election materials, obtain CTC of documents with INEC

Mr. Peter Obi and his Labour Party (LP) have filed a motion before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Abuja, Nigeria, seeking leave (permission) to inspect election materials and obtain certified copies of documents in INEC’s custody. According to an online post shared by lawyer Inibehe Effiong, Obi and his Labour Party’s motion for inspection was […]

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PDP chieftain claims on live TV that Labour Party got 983,069 votes in Lagos, while APC got 155,201 (Video)

A Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) chieftain who looks like Ladan Salihu has claimed that the votes Labour Party got in Lagos were allegedly reduced to favour the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking during an interview on live TV, the PDP chieftain revealed that results from their situation room showed Labour Party in Lagos had […]

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Labour Party demands cancellation of results from Rivers state

Labour Party (LP) has asked Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel “unverified and manipulated results” arising from Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections in parts of Rivers State. Labour party chairman, Julius Abure, in a statement released on Sunday, February 26, alleged that elections were manipulated in places like Obio/Akpor, Khana, Eleme, Obigbo […]

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