The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and and its governorship candidate in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), have filed a petition with the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party (LP) candidates in the election should be disqualified for failing to comply with the Electoral Act 2022, according […]
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I Used To Place Soyinka On Pedestal – Charly Boy Mocks Laureate For ‘Obidients’ Comment
The playwright’s recent criticism of Peter Obi’s followers, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, prompted the Nwata Miss singer to respond. Charley Boy claimed that the reverence he had felt for Prof. Soyinka was comparable to that of his late father, Justice Oputa. Charly Boy lamented the realization that Soyinka will never be the same as […]
BREAKING: Police Takes Over Labour Party’s Secretariat Amid Party Crisis
On Thursday operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have taken over the Labour Party’s national secretariat in Abuja . The crisis rocking the party deepened, after seven members of the National Working Committee, NWC, installed the National Vice-Chairman (South), Lamidi Bashir Apapa, as the acting chairman of the party to replace the suspended chairman, Julius […]
Police Seal Labour Party Secretariat In Imo
The secretariat of the Labour Party (LP) in Imo State has been sealed. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by the national secretary of the LP, Umar Farouk, He stated that the secretariat was sealed by the police in connivance with the state government. Part of the statement read “The national leadership […]
LP Confirms Leaked Audio Conversation Between Peter Obi, Oyedepo
The spokesperson of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council,Kenneth Okonkwo, has confirmed that trending audio conversation between Peter Obi and the Founder of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo. Speaking in a statement on Sunday, Okonkwo said the conversation has no religious undertone, stating that Obi was only seeking the support of the fiery cleric. […]
Labour Party Guber Aspirant Found Dead In Lagos
A Labour Party gubernatorial aspirant identified as Humphrey Anumudu in the forthcoming guber primary holding in Imo State has reportedly died. The deceased was found dead in his house in Lagos home after returning from a meeting at the LP secretariat in Abuja. Anumudu was a native of Mbieri Ancient Kingdom in Mbaitoli Local […]
Peter Obi, LP File Petitions To Nullify Tinubu’s Victory
The Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Mr Peter Obi, have formally filed a petition at the Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, challenging the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the February 25, 2023, presidential poll. The petition marked: CA/PEPC/03/2023, has the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); […]
Labour Party Suspends Kwara Governorship Candidate
The Labour Party’s gubernatorial candidate in Kwara state, Basambo Abubakar, has been suspended for allegedly engaging in anti-party activities and spreading false information to the general public. In order to realize a shared vision for a thriving Kwara state, Abubakar, a former adviser to former Senate President Bukola Saraki, stated that the Labour Party and […]
Enugu Guber: Why I Chose APGA Over LP Candidate – Aisha Yesufu
A popular sociopolitical activist and ardent supporter of Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s candidate in the recently held presidential election, Aisha Yesufu, has explained why she chose Frank Nweke, the APGA’s candidate for governor of Enugu State. Aisha, who is one of the key stakeholders in the Obidient movement is supporting the APGA governorship flagbearer […]
Labour Party Dissolves Rivers Exco Over Anti-Party Activities’, Corruption
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure has dissolved the party’s State Executive Council in Rivers State for alleged anti-party activities and misappropriation of party’s funds. In a statement on Tuesday, Abure, revealed that the dissolution is with immediate effect. He said those “who were at the helm of affairs in Rivers State […]
Rivers LP Declares Support For PDP Gov Candidate Fubara
The Rivers chapter of the Labour Party (LP) and the Obi-dient Movement have declared support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate, Sim Fubara, in the March 11 election. The Rivers Chairman of LP, Dienye Pepple, disclosed that the decision was taken in the interest of equity, fairness and balance in the State. Pepple, […]
SDP Collapses Structure, Declares Support For Peter Obi
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has been adopted by the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The resolution was contained in a communiqué that was released and jointly signed by the National Chairman of the Party, Chief Supo Shonibare, and the National Secretary, Hon. Saleh Dass, following the National Working Committee (NWC) meeting on Wednesday, […]
BREAKING: Gunmen Kill Enugu Labour Party Senatorial Candidate, Party Members
Barely three days to the presidential election, suspected gunmen have killed the Labour Party senatorial candidate for Enugu East Senatorial District, Prof Oyibo Chukwu. Chukwu was reportedly set ablaze alongside other party members late Wednesday evening at Amaechi Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State. Unidentified persons were said to have accosted them […]
Labour Party Criticizes Wike For Backing Tinubu
The Rivers state chapter of the Labour Party, LP has criticized Governor Nyesom Wike, over speculations about his support for the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC Bola Tinubu. Favour Reuben, national vice chairman of the South South branch of the Labour Party, claimed that Wike’s actions and decisions were motivated by self-interest […]
LP Suffers Setback As South West Leaders Dump Obi For Tinubu
With less than 2 weeks to the general elections, some leaders of the Labour Party (LP) in the Southwest region have decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Omotoso Banji, LP Leader in the Southwest, who led other leaders to join the APC, described the LP as a shaky platform. He predicted that the party’s […]
LP Candidate Accuses PDP Of Destroying Campaign Billboards In Ijesaland
The House of Representatives candidate of Labour Party in Ijesa South Federal Constituency, Mr Kunle Gideon, popularly known as Aloba, has accused supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of destroying his campaign billboards. According to Gideon, the PDP has been sponsoring a coordinated attack on his campaign billboards in Ilesa East, Atakunmosa East […]
2023: Labour Party Unveils Peter Obi’s Running Mate Friday
The Labour Party (LP) will on Friday (today) unveil its presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s running mate Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. This was revealed on Thursday by the party National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure. Baba-Ahmed, who is the Proprietor of Baze University, Abuja, and Baba-Ahmed University, Kano, was a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party […]