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...
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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...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Reno Omokri, a political activist and former presidential aide, has citizens the 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi for allegedly de-marketing Nigeria. Omokri accused Obi of spreading falsehoods about the country’s electrical infrastructure and election process, praising other African nations instead....
Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has said that the Obidient Movement is not domiciled in one political party. Obi said this in a statement by his spokesperson, Dr Yunusa Tanko, on Thursday in Awka. He said that membership of the movement cut...
The Labour Party (LP) has appealed to the Federal Government to expedite actions to address the request of Nigerian workers within the seven-day window for renegotiation on new minimum wage. The Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mrs Olubunmi Odesanya, made this plea in an interview with...
The Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria has urged workers’ unions to re-negotiate with the government on new minimum wage rather than embarking on industrial action. The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Mr Obiora Ifoh, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Labour Party (LP), has recognised and rewarded 150 individuals and support groups in FCT who contributed to its success in the 2023 general elections. Mrs Joy Ohiomero, a leader of the party in Abuja-South, said at the Luncheon/Award ceremony on Saturday in Abuja, that the awards were...
The Labour Party (LP) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu not to renege on his promise to give Nigerian workers a living wage. Deputy National Chairman of the party, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in...
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has endorsed the newly elected National Working Committee (NWC) of the Party. Obi said this on Tuesday when he paid a solidarity visit to the party leadership at the National Headquarters in...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticized the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi over recently rumoured plans by the duo to form alliance in order to wrestle power from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027. The...
A lawmaker at the Ebonyi House of Assembly, Chief Celestine Ogba law. (LP-Onicha East) has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ogba announced his defection at a ceremony in the state APC secretariat on Saturday in Abakalikii in the presence of party leaders. He said he was...
The National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Julius Abure, has said the party and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) should form a united front to serve the interest of Nigerian workers. Abure made this call at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. The LP chairman said it...
The two members of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday formally defected to the Labour Party (LP). The defectors, Mr Iheanacho Nwogu, representing Osisioma North State Constituency, and Mr Fine Ahuama, representing Osisioma South State Constituency, were received by Governor...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out a suit filed by the Labour Party (LP) seeking an order compelling INEC to conduct fresh election in the Rivers House of Assembly to fill the seats of the defected lawmakers. Justice James Omotosho struck out the suit...
The Labour Party (LP) in Edo on Saturday announced its campaign council for the governorship election scheduled for Sept. 21. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the council, led by Rev. Sam Omede as Director-General and Dr Ehikioya Agboga as Deputy, would be inaugurated on May...
Scrap immunity for governors, Apapa urges N/Assembly A chieftain of the Labour Party, Alhaji Lamidi Apapa, has urged the National Assembly to repeal the law which gives immunity to governors and their deputies against prosecution. Apapa, a former factional National Chairman of the party,made the call in an interview...
A frontline governorship candidate in Edo on the platform of Labour Party (LP]), Barrister Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, was in Umuahia on Thursday morning to meet minds with the state governor, Dr Alex Otti. Otti caused an upset in the 2023 governorship election by sinking the candidates of the Popeles...
The management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has suspended the students’ union government of the institution indefinitely. In a letter to the university’s community, made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Benin, the university’s Registrar, Mr Ademola Bobola, announced the measure on the union. The...
The Labour Party Edo State Chapter wishes to directly address the issue regarding the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (“INEC”) final candidate list for the Edo State Gubernatorial Elections, published earlier today, Monday, April 22, 2024. While our gubernatorial candidate Olumide Akpata’s name is correctly listed, the deputy governorship...
The Labour Party (LP) in Oyo State says it has a clear chance of emerging victorious in the forthcoming local government election in the state. The party’s chairman in the state, Mr Sadiq Atayese, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan...