By EZEKIEL OBi, Abuja- Julius Abure-led Labour Party (LP) faction has given former presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi 48 hours ultimatum to formally resign from the party. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the e ultimatum was issued due to Obi’s involvement in the ongoing coalition arrangement with Atiku Abubakar and...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Labour Party (LP) has called on the Federal Government to immortalise the late former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mohammed Uwais, by implementing the recommendations of the Uwais Electoral Reform Report. The report, submitted in 2008, proposes sweeping reforms aimed at ensuring the independence...
A member of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, has said his party needs to explore possible means of bringing back the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, into its fold. Obi left the PDP in May 2022 for the Labour Party, reportedly complaining...
The Julius Abure faction of Labour Party has promised to give women more opportunities to participate in the 2027 general elections. Leader of the faction, Julius Abure, made the pledge in Abuja on Thursday at a news conference by Aju Morgan Elumelu Foundation (AMEF) on women representation and empowerment....
The leadership of the Julius Abure-faction of Labour Party (LP) has threatened to expel a member of House of Representatives, Afam Ogene, and initiate a recall process against him. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, accused Ogene of poor performance...
The Obidient Movement says Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) standard bearer of the 2023 general election is still with the party and has not joined any coalition. The Director, Strategic Communication and Media, Obidient Movement, Nana Kazaure, made this known in a statement signed on Monday in...
Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has said it is confident of victory in the July 12 local government elections, if conducted fairly. Deputy Chairman of the party in Lagos State, Mr Olusupo Ajayi, stated this known during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Rep. Sunday Umeha (LP-Enugu), has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Umeha, who represents Udi/Ezeagu Federal Constituency, announced his defection during a political rally of the APC at Ibagwa Aka Community in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State on Saturday. Speaking at the rally, Umeha...
26 chairmanship candidates of the Julius Abure-led faction of Labour Party have emerged for the July 12 Local Government election in Lagos State. The chairperson of the faction in the state, Pastor Dayo Ekong, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. NAN recalls...
A former Labour Party (LP) Governorship Candidate in Bayelsa, Mr Udengs Eradiri, has called on Gov. Douye Diri and his predecessor, Sen. Seriake Dickson, to integrate the Ijaw nation into the government at the centre. Eradiri, in a statement on Wednesday in Yenagoa, told the two political leaders that...
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, urged Peter Obi, the former Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), to put his house in order and not make unnecessary comments on past leaders of the country. Akpabio stated this during a valedictory session held in honour of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it is yet to make any decision regarding the national chairman and national secretary crisis rocking Labour Party (LP). The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. Oyekanmi...
Rep. Amobi Ogah representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency, Abia in the House of Representatives, said his alleged indefinite suspension by the Labour Party will not deter his unalloyed loyalty to Gov. Alex Otti. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Julius Abure-led Labour Party faction recently suspended, Gov. Otti...
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...
Labour Party (LP) members representing Igboeze/Udenu and Igboeze South/Nsukka Federal Constituencies, Mr Dennis Agbo and Mark-Chidi Obetta, respectively on Thursday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu. Defecting along with them were the member representing Nsukka West State Constituency, Mr Malachi-Okey Onyechi. The News Agency of Nigeria...
Mr Titus Odo, the Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party (LP) in Enugu State on Wednesday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Odo defected to the PDP alongside the former Commissioner for Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Prince Emeka Mamah, who was the State Coordinator of the Peter...
The Deputy National Chairman of the Labour Party, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi, has advised the 2023 LP presidential candidate to ignore all calls to dump the party ahead of 2027 general election. Olorunfemi, also the LP Candidate in the 2024 Ondo governorship election, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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...