Rep. Ginger Onwusibe (LP-Abia) has defended the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu’s call for Governor Alex Otti of Abia to join the All Progressives Congress(APC). Onwusibe, the leader of the Labour Party caucus in the House, said this in his response to a statement...
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The Old Bende Young Professionals have backed the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu’s to reposition the APC in Abia. This, the group said, would ensure victory for the APC in the state in the 2027 general elections. President of the group, Mr Chima Ogbonnaya,...
Rep. Obi Aguocha (LP-Abia), has advised Rep. Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, against making statements capable of heating up the polity. He said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja, following Kalu’s remark that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia would take...
The Labour Party (LP) has urged Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to stop interfering in its affairs as directed by the Registrar of Trade Unions in Nigeria, Mr Falonipe Amos. LP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Obiora Ifoh, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. The News...
The Lagos State Chairperson of the Labour Party (LP), Pastor Dayo Ekong, says she is not at loggerheads with the National Chairman of the party, Mr Julius Abure. Ekong, in a statement on Saturday in Lagos, said that clarification became imperative following a social media report of a...
The Labour Party Chairman in Rivers, Mrs Hilda Dokubo, was on Thursday suspended as a member of the party in her ward, Asari Toru Local Government Area of the state. The suspension is contained in a letter written to the Labour Party Chairman of the Asari Toru LGA...
The Collective Movement (TCM), a socio-political group, salutes Peter Obi, a former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, on his birthday anniversary. The Founder of TCM, High Chief Franklin Ekechukwu, in a statement on Thursday, described Obi, who will turn 63 years old on July 19, as a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A member of the House of Representatives Ekene Abubakar Adams (LP-Kaduna) has died at the age of 39. The spokesman of the House, Akin Rotimi Jr, announced the demised of the lawmaker, who died in the early hours of Tuesday. “The House of Representatives...
The Labour Party (LP) candidate for the Nov. 16 governorship election in Ondo State, Dr Ayodele Olorunfemi, has said the party would transform the state , if voted into power. Olorunfemi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said that the mission of...
The Ebonyi Labour Party (LP) on Sunday adopted Mr Peter Obi, its Presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections as the national leader of the party. The party stakeholders also adopted Chief Fidelis Nwankwo as the leader of the party in the state. The endorsement was part of...
The Labour Party’s landslide victory in the Thursday, July 4 British general election could be traced to a combination of factors, including the implosion and poor performance of the Tory/Conservative Party, in power for the past 14 years. But the Labour leader and UK’s 58th Prime Minister Keir Starmer, 61, should...
Outgoing British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has apologised after leading the Conservatives to their worst ever election result as a Labour landslide swept Keir Starmer into power. Sunak said he would quit as Conservative leader once arrangements are in place to choose his successor, potentially triggering another round...
The Labour Party, headed by Keir Starmer, has won an outright majority in the lower house of the British parliament, according to a tally of seats by broadcaster Sky News. Sky News on Friday said that with 467 of the parliament’s 650 seats declared, Labour party won 326...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday congratulated Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, on the victory of his party in the United Kingdom general election. Starmer, emerged winner of the UK general election and is set to become the next prime minister of the country. Rishi...
Polling stations across the United Kingdom are opened on Thursday morning, with opinion polls suggesting the centre-left Labour party on course to secure a big majority. Labour is expected to secure majority in the House of Commons and form a new government, after 14 years in opposition. Millions...
The National Chairman of Labour Party, Mr Julius Abure, has predicted a comfortable win for the British Labour Party in the national election coming up at the weekend. The National Publicity Secretary Labour Party, Mr Obiora Ifoh, quoted Aburi as saying this in in a statement issued on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Labour Party has demanded immediate release of Dr Chigbo Okoli, Chairman, sub-Committee on Registration and Revalidation of its National Transition Committee (NTC). Tha party made the demand in a statement jointly signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the NTC, Mr Abdulwahed Omar...
The decision of the Alhaji Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party to back Mr Julius Abure as the National Chairman is a commendable step. National Deputy Chairman of LP, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in...
The Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria has said prompt overhaul of electoral system that will guarantee credible elections nationwide remains a major task before the 10th National Assembly. The LP Deputy National Chairman, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi made this remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Alhaji Yunusa Tanko, the Chief Spokesperson, Peter Obi/ Datti Baba-Ahmed Presidential Campaign Council for 2023, has sad reforming the electoral process is much more needed now than the proposed single- tenure rotational presidency, to deepen democracy. Tanko, also a former National Chairman of the defunct National Conscience Party...