Yet again, court affirms Julius Abure as LP national chairman

Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, and presided by Justice Emeka Nwite, has on Tuesday, affirmed Julius Abure’s position as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). In an originating summons in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1271/2024, Labour Party v INEC, the plaintiff asked the court to decide, among other things, whether by […]

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Labour Party group defends its Caretaker Committee Chairman, Nenadi Usman against fraud allegation

Some members of the Labour Party (LP) in the South-South under the auspices of the Core Social Democrats (CSD), on Tuesday, rejected a defamatory report against the former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman. The former Minister was appointed to lead the LP’s 29-member Caretaker Committee on 4th September during an extended stakeholders’ meeting held […]

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Election Tribunal dismisses PDP, LP’s petition against Sanwo-Olu, APC

Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal for Lagos State, on Monday, dismissed the petitions brought by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the Labour Party (LP), and Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the victory of Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 governorship election. Jandor had contested the results of the March 18 […]

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After one witness, INEC closes defence in LP, Obi’s petition at the tribunal

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, closed its defence in the petition by Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), after calling just one witness in defence of the February 25 presidential election that produced Bola Tinubu as President. Although, INEC at the Monday’s proceedings, told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that […]

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PDP, LP attacks Nigerian govt as Presidency rejects EU poll report

Presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, have lampooned the Presidency for rejecting the European Union (EU) final report on the February 25 presidential election. The EU Observer Mission in its report faulted the polls owing to “enduring systemic weaknesses.” The Presidential […]

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Obi, LP’s prayers are not grantable, INEC tells Tribunal

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to dismiss a petition filed by Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, saying the reliefs sought are not grantable. INEC, the 1st respondent, stated this in its reply filed on Monday night at the PEPC’s Secretariat by its […]

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Keyamo petitions Obi-Datti to DSS, LP PCC says petition baseless

Chief Spokesman for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (LP) (PCC), Yunusa Tanko, has described the allegations in the petition sent to the Department of State Services (DSS) by his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress (APC) PCC, Festus Keyamo, as baseless. Tanko responded hours after Keyamo wrote to the DSS accusing the presidential candidate of […]

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PDP, LP, ADC ask Nigeria’s INEC chair to step aside, demand fresh election

At a joint press conference, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) have demanded a fresh election, saying the February 25 presidential election has been “irretrievably compromised”. LP National Chairman, Julius Abure; the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu; as well as their ADC counterpart, Ralph Nwosu, made this […]

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Former governorship candidate and PDP chieftain in Lagos state dumps party, declares support for Peter Obi, LP

Former governorship candidate and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Lagos State, Babatunde Gbadamosi has defected to Labour Party (LP) and declared his support for its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Gbadamosi, who was also a former Lagos East Senatorial Candidate of the PDP, made this known in a statement on Friday, August 5. He said: […]

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