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Nigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, the Edo State capital, has affirmed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. This was contained in a statement issued Monday evening by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh. See the statement below: PRESS RELEASE Court Of Appeal Affirms Abure As […]
Continue ReadingFormer president of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata has joined the Labour Party (LP). This move may not be unconnected with an aspiration towards contesting in the Edo 2024 Governorship Election. He can be seen proudly holding the Labour Party’s membership card, signifying his formal association with the party. Mrs O.J @mamarolex, on her […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Labour Party (LP) through its Presidential Campaign Council Director General (PCC) (DG), Mr Akin Osuntokun, has called for the removal and prosecution of the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, over the alleged infamous role he played in the 2023 controversial presidential elections. The former News Agency of […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’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, […]
Continue ReadingA 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 […]
Continue ReadingOne 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 […]
Continue ReadingJustice 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 […]
Continue ReadingJustice 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 […]
Continue ReadingNational 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 […]
Continue ReadingFactional 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 […]
Continue ReadingDirector 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 […]
Continue ReadingLabour 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 […]
Continue ReadingLabour 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
Continue ReadingIn 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 […]
Continue ReadingExecutive 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 […]
Continue ReadingAn aspirant under the platform of Labour Party (LP) in the upcoming Governorship primaries in Imo State, Chief Humphrey Anumudu has been found dead in his house. Chief Anumudu died in his house in Lagos after he had returned from an LP meeting at the party national headquarters in Abuja on Friday. A native of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian 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 […]
Continue ReadingBeing 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 […]
Continue ReadingLabour 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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