The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has voided the return of the National Chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure and his National Working Committee at a national convention recently held in Nnewi, Anambra state. in a communique issued at the end of the NLC Political Commission Stakeholders meeting in...
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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, on Sunday, said he would rather work to ensure peace for the party to overcome its present challenges than leave it. Obi stated this in Gombe in an interview with journalists after inaugurating a borehole he...
The Labour Party (LP) has called on the Federal Government to reconsider its decision to hike the tariff payable by some electricity consumers in the country. Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mrs Olubunmi Odesanya, made the call in interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)on...
Anambra State Governorship aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Valentine Ozigbo,, has said he would transform the state in four years if elected governor in 2025. Ozigbo said this at an interactive session with political office holders elected on the platform of the LP...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Plateau State House of Assembly recently saw the inauguration of 9 out of the 16 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who were declared winners by the Appeal Court. These members had been previously declared winners following the court’s ruling in...
The member representing Igbo-Eze South Constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly, Mr Harrison Ogara, has described as false, the claim that there is a leadership crisis in the Labour Party (LP). Ogara made this known on Saturday in Enugu while reacting to the defection of six...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned Wednesday’s Labour Party (LP) National Convention held in Nnewi, Anambra. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. Oyekanmi said the conduct...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mr Julius Abure, has faulted Wednesday’s picketing of the National Secretariat of the party by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), saying it is a show of shame. Mr. Abure stated this in a statement issued by the...
The National Consultative Front (NCFront) has called for immediate resolution of the crisis involving the leadership of Labour Party (LP) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). NCFront, a caucus in the Labour Party, made the call in a statement issued by Mr Promise Adewusi, its Director of Administration,...
Chieftain of the Labour Party in Anambra, Mr Emeka Umeakuka, has said that Chief Barth Nwibe is the best man for the job of next Anambra governor, come 2025. Umeakuka told journalists in Awka on Saturday that Anambra needed a thorough-bred, home-grown grassroots politician with critical, creative thinking...
The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) says the Appeal Court’s affirmation of Mr Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the party is a good omen for its survival and fortune. The Secretary of the party in Lagos State, Mr Sam Okpala, stated this in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR) has dismissed reports about his quitting the Labour Party (LP), on whose platform he contested as presidential candidate in 2023. Media Aide to Obi, Mr Michael Nwolisa, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday, described...
A Labour Party governorship aspirant in the upcoming Edo governorship election, Mr Olumide Akpata, on Tuesday said he joined the party to build it and not to destroy it. Akpata made this known in Benin while debunking allegations that he sponsored a protest at the Labour party secretariat...
Mr Daniel Asama of the Labour Party (LP), has been declared winner of Saturday’s Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency rerun election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Prof. James Damen, declared the result in the early hours of Monday. Damen said that Asama scored 66,422 to defeat...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Prof. Anthony Ani, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s Ebonyi South Senatorial by-election in the state. Ani won with 46,270 votes, defeating his closest rival, Ifeanyi Eleje of APGA who garnered 3,513. Silas Onu of the PDP polled 2,783 votes and...
Three influential opposition figures have hinted at the coming of a mega party that will challenge the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2027 general election. These are Prof. Pat Utomi of the Labour Party, a former governor of Kano State and the presidential candidate of the NNPP,...
The Labour Party (LP), on Tuesday said it has the capacity to dislodge the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the coming Edo governorship election. The Party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, made this known in Abuja while addressing newsmen on some of the...
Labour Party (LP) aspirants looking ahead to its Feb. 22 Edo Governorship Primary, on Sunday rejected the N30 million charged as fees for Expression of Interest and nomination forms. One of the aspirants, UK-based financial analyst, Dr Egbe Omorodion, told newsmen in Benin, that all governorship aspirants had...
Renowned Political Economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, says his proposed merger of opposition parties to wrestle power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027 is not for ‘machine politics’ but for genuine service to the people. Utomi, the Convener of the National Consultative Front (NCFront) and the BIG...
Political calculations are already ongoing ahead of the 2027 general elections three years away. There are reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP), the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) are planning to form a formidable party that will sack the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)....