The Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa in the 2023 election, Mr. Udengs Eradiri, on Tuesday in Yenagoa formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Eradiri said President Bola Tinubu is behind all the projects in his Agudama/Ekpetiama community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Executive Committee (NEC) of Labour Party (LP) has approved April 5 for its governorship primary in Anambra. LP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Obiora Ifoh, announced this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr. Ifoh said that the National Secretary of...
The Labour Party leadership says Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has no plan to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead of the 2027 general elections. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Obiora Ifoh, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
A former Director-General of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation and erswhile Labour Party’s (LP) chieftain, Dr Doyin Okupe, has said the party’s inability to build an enduring structure after the 2023 elections is responsible for the gale of defections from the party. Okupe made the statement in an interview...
The Immediate past Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Dr George Muoghalu, has said the power of incumbency will not determine the outcome of the 2025 Anambra governorship election. Muoghalu, a governorship aspirant on the platform of Labour Party (LP), said that the people of Anambra would...
The Labour Party (LP) has threatened legal action against four members of the House of Representatives who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the LP. On Thursday, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas announced the lawmakers’ defection. They are Chinedu Okere, Mathew Donatus,...
The Labour Party caucus in the House of Representatives has called for judicial neutrality, impartiality and fair hearing in the defamation case against an activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi, by Chief Afe Babalola (SAN). The caucus leader, Victor Ogene, made the call in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, against...
Former Edo governorship aspirant, under the Labour Party (LP), Mr Kenneth Imansuangbon, has officially resigned his membership of the party. This was contained in his resignation letter to the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure and his Ward 2 Chairman in Ewohimi on Wednesday in Benin. It would...
A former Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign, Dr Doyin Okupe, has said the 2023 Presidential election was not rigged by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Okupe, a former spokesman for President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in...
Labour Party has inaugurated an online membership registration and revalidation application, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Obiora Ifoh, who made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said it was aimed at exceeding LP’s membership size of...
In Less than 24 hours to Ondo governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has replaced Olusola Ebiseni with Olorunfemi Festus as the Labour Party (LP) candidate. The commission in an update on its X social media platform, on Friday, said the replacement of Ebiseni with Festus was...
The National leader of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, will, on Oct. 24, begin a three-day tour of three cities the United States of America (USA). A statement issued by Ibrahim Umar, of Peter Obi Media Reach, in Abuja on Wednesday, said that the LP presidential candidate in...
The leadership of Labour Party has demanded the release of its National Vice Chairman, South-East, Mr Ceekay Igara, arrested by the police allegedly on the order of Abia governor, Dr Alex Otti. The party made this demand in a statement by its Deputy National Chairman, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi, on...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, declared Julius Abure as the substantive National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, affirmed the Abure-led leadership and the March 2024 Nnewi Convention that produced the national leadership of the LP. Justice Nwite ordered the...
The Labour Party caucus in the National Assembly has queried the alleged move by the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, to circumvent the Supreme Court ruling on local government autonomy. The caucus, led by Sen. Tony Nwoye (LP-Anambra), said this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday....
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Labour Party has urged the Plateau State government to guarantee free, fair, and transparent local government elections scheduled for October 9, 2024. This call was made during a press conference on October 1, 2024, at the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat in...
A member of the Labour Party, Abayomi Arabambi, on Monday in Abeokuta advised President Bola Tinubu to urgently rejig his cabinet to serve the interest of Nigerians. Arabambi, during a press conference, contended that many political appointees and public office-holders were not doing enough to make life easier for...
Labour Party (LP) candidate in the Edo Governorship Election, Olumide Akpata, has cast his vote in Oredo ward 6, unit 11, commending the voting process. Speaking to journalists after voting at about 10:30 am, Olumide said “I voted according to the voting process and everything went well. “I want...
Edo State Government on Friday expressed concerns over an alleged attempt by political thugs to overrun INEC offices in some local government areas across the state. The government also commended the military for successfully halting the activities of the suspected thugs on INEC office in Oredo Local Government, located...