Mr Oseloka H. Obaze, a key ally of Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, has resigned his membership of the party. Obaze disclosed this in a letter addressed to LP Chairman in Ochuche Ward 406, Ogbaru Local Government in Awka...
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The Labour Party (LP) has said it will not enter into any coalition or alliance ahead of the 2027 general elections. This was part of a 12-point resolution adopted at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the party held on Friday in Abuja. Reading the communiqué, the National...
The Abure-led National Working Committee (NWC) on Thursday insisted on the validity of the mandate secured at the March 27, 2024 Nnewi Convention. Speaking at a news conference in Abuja, Mr Julius Abure and the National Secretary of the party, Alhaji Farouk Ibrahim, maintained that the Supreme Court judgment...
By PERPETUAL ONUEGBU The Labour Party (LP), which surprised many in the last general elections and brought so much hope of a viable third force to Nigerians, has become notoriously unstable; no thanks to power tussle by its gladiators. Nonetheless, LP is not alone on this trajectory; there is...
The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has condemned a statement by the former vice presidential candidate in the 2023 General Elections, Sen. Datti Baba-Ahmed, who said President Bola Tinubu’s government is ‘questionably constitutional’. The rebuttal, signed by the National Publicity Secretary of LP, Dr Arabambi Abayomi, was issued...
The Labour Party (LP) candidate for Nov. 8 Anambra governorship election, Dr George Muoghalu, has said he would restore people’s confidence in government if elected the next governor of the state. Muoghalu gave the pledge in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja....
Chairman of Labour Party Caucus in the House of Representatives, Rep. Afam Ogene, has blamed mass defections of lawmakers to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on the former Chairman, Julius Abure’s leadership failure. Ogene said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja...
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Labour Party (LP) has said that the elections that brought in Mr Julius Abure as the party’s National Chairman did not follow due process. The Labour party NEC disclosed this at stakeholders interactive town hall meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. The meeting...
Labour Party (LP) Executive Committee in Lagos State has urged the Nigeria Police and DSS to investigate and prosecute those behind Monday’s attack on its secretariat. Lagos LP Chairperson, Mrs Dayo Ekong, made this call during a news conference on Tuesday at the secretariat, joined by other state executive...
A Labour Party member of Enugu State House of Assembly, Mr Eze Gabriel, representing Isi-Uzo constituency, has defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Eze, who was elected on the platform of Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, announced his defection during plenary on Tuesday. The News Agency of...
The Labour Party Caucus in the House of Representatives has described as laughable the purported appointment of another lawmaker as the caucus leader by the former National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure. This is contained in a statement issued by the Labour Party Caucus Chairman, Rep. Afam Ogene,...
The National Executive Council (NEC) of Labour Party has passed a vote of confidence in the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee. This was part of the resolutions at the party’s NEC meeting held in Abuja on Monday. In a communique read out by the National Secretary, Alhaji Ibrahim Umar-Farouk,,...
Labour Party national caretaker committee mere political jobbers, seeking relevance – Ekiti chairman
Labour Party national caretaker committee mere political jobbers, seeking relevance – Ekiti chairman
The Labour Party in Ekiti State has described the Nenadi Usman-led national executive caretaker committee as mere political jobbers, seeking relevance in the party. The chairman of the party in the state, Mr Odunayo Okunade, stated this while addressing journalists at the end of the State Working Committee (SWC)...
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi and Gov. Alex Otti of Abia have fixed the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting for April 9 in Abuja. Spokesman of Peter Obi Media Reach, Mr Ibrahim Umar, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Umar...
Chief George Moghalu has emerged as the Labour Party (LP) candidate for the upcoming Anambra governorship election scheduled for Nov 8, following the party’s primary election held on Saturday in Awka. Moghalu, a former Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), secured 573 votes to defeat his...
The Labour Party Legal Adviser, Mr Kehinde Edun, has said the Supreme Court judgment has further validated Mr Julius Abure’s position as the National Chairman of the party. Edun stated this on the sidelines of a news conference organised by the leadership of the party to clarify issues arising...
The Labour Party (LP) caucus in the House of Representatives has lauded the Supreme Court’s judgment sacking Mr Julius Abure as the party’s National Chairman. The caucus, in a statement on Friday by its Chairman, Rep. Afam Ogene (LP-Anambra), described the ruling as an elixir for the party’s stability...
Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja recognising Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the Court of Appeal lacked the jurisdiction to...
The two Labour Party aspirants for Anambra governorship election, Chief George Muoghalu and Sir John Nwosu, have been screened and confirmed for the party’s primaries slated for April 5. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Obiora Ifoh, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja. The...