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Labour Party suspends its National Treasurer

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National Working Committee (NWC) of the Labour Party (LP) has on Wednesday, slammed a six-month suspension on its National Treasurer, Ms. Oluchi Opara. Her suspension was officially announced at a media briefing held at the party secretariat in Abuja. Opara had at a press conference on Monday, accused the LP National Chairman, Julius Abure of […]

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Labour Party treasurer asks Abure to account for N3.5bn over 2023 election

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New crisis has hit a faction of the Labour Party (LP) being led by Julius Abure after its National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, at a news briefing in Abuja on Monday, demanded the accountability of about N3.5 billion in party finances. According to her, the finances were proceeds from the sales of forms and other fundraising […]

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Okupe left Labour Party when he resigned as Obi’s campaign DG

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Nigeria’s Labour Party (LP) chieftain and Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, has labelled the former Director-General (DG) of the Peter Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council (POPCC), Doyin Okupe, as an “opportunist,” following his resignation from the party. Okupe had resigned from the LP in a letter shared with journalists on Monday, citing ideological differences post-2023 election as the basis […]

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Statesmen are not double faced, not blind to truth ―Labour Party scolds Soyinka over comments on Obi

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PRESS RELEASE FROM LABOUR PARTY SOYINKA: Statesmen Are Not Double Faced, Not Blind To Truth The Labour Party took note of the statement that emanated from the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka who as an institution we have the utmost respect for. He is a Nigerian whose accomplishments in the literary world is without doubt […]

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Chieftain of Labour Party beheaded in Abia State

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Chieftain of the ruling Labour Party in Abia State, Nigeria, Mr. Maduka Zachary popularly known as ” Power Zac”, has been reportedly beheaded in his house. According to Vanguard, the deceased who was the Campaign Director of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections in Uturu, Isuikwuato Local Government Area of the state was slaughtered […]

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Labour Party rejects presidential election tribunal’s judgment

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Labour Party (LP) has rejected the judgment of the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) led by Justice Haruna Tsammani which dismissed the petition of the party against the election of President Bola Tinubu. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, the party said that justice was not […]

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Labour Party says Abure was not sacked by Appeal court

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Labour Party (LP) has dismissed claims that its party leadership, led by Julius Abure, has been sacked by the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State. Instead, the LP said it was another devastating blow for the Lamidi Apapa-led faction as the Court of Appeal in Owerri dismissed the appeal filed by one Mr Basil […]

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Labour Party, Obi deny planned merger with Atiku, Kwankwaso

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National Secretary of the Labour Party (LP), Umar Farouk, and Tai Obasi, media aide to the LP flag bearer, Mr. Peter Obi have denied knowledge of any ongoing merger arrangement with the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and his counterpart in the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso. […]

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Court of Appeal affirms Abure as the National Chairman of Labour Party

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Nigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, the Edo State capital, has affirmed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. This was contained in a statement issued Monday evening by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh. See the statement below: PRESS RELEASE Court Of Appeal Affirms Abure As […]

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Former president of Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata joins Labour Party

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Former president of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata has joined the Labour Party (LP). This move may not be unconnected with an aspiration towards contesting in the Edo 2024 Governorship Election. He can be seen proudly holding the Labour Party’s membership card, signifying his formal association with the party. Mrs O.J @mamarolex, on her […]

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Labour Party calls for removal of INEC chairman, other top officials over alleged complicit in election rigging

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Nigeria’s Labour Party (LP) through its Presidential Campaign Council Director General (PCC) (DG), Mr Akin Osuntokun, has called for the removal and prosecution of the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, over the alleged infamous role he played in the 2023 controversial presidential elections. The former News Agency of […]

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Tribunal admits electoral documents tendered by Obi, Labour Party in LGAs of 6 States

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Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Thursday admitted in evidence bundles of electoral documents from 6 states of the federation that emanated from the February 25 elections. The documents which consisted of forms EC8A which are polling units results were tendered by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate in the last election, […]

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Court affirms Julius Abure as Labour Party chairman, restrains Apapa-faction permanently

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A High Court sitting in Edo State, Nigeria, on Friday dismissed the notice of suspension issued against the embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, by some party members at the ward level. Presiding judge, Justice Emmanuel Aihamoje, on Friday, threw out the case for lacking merit. This was contained in a […]

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Ex-deputy chairman asks Nigerian Supreme Court to declare him chairman of Labour Party

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One Callistus Okafor, who says he was a former deputy chairman of Labour Party (LP), has approached Nigerian Supreme Court to declare him as the authentic chairman of the party. Addressing journalists on Friday, Okafor said the constitution of the LP still recognises him as the substantive deputy chairman of the party. He also said […]

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Court lifts suspension order on Abure, other Labour Party national officers

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Justice Hamza Muazu of a High Court in Abuja, on Friday granted an order of stay execution on the suspension of Julius Abure, Chairman of the Labour Party and others. Others are the National Organizing Secretary, Mr Clement Ojukwu and National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, from parading themselves as LP national officials. The plaintiffs in the […]

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Court nullifies candidature of Labour Party’s Abia gov-elect, Alex Otti, others in Abia, Kano

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Justice M.N Yunusa of a Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti alongside the candidatures of all those who contested the 2023 general elections under the Labour Party (LP) in Abia and Kano States Guardian reports that the Court gave the ruling in […]

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National chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure and 3 other national officers return to their offices

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National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Julius Abure, and three other national executive members, on Thursday, announced their return to the party secretariat. The development is coming one month after they were barred by Justice Hamza Muazu of Federal High Court in Abuja from parading themselves as national officers of the party. Muazu ruled […]

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Labour Party’s factional leader, Lamidi Apapa disgraced at the Election Petition Court in Abuja (Video)

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Factional leader of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Lamidi Apapa was booed, mocked and disgraced at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja, Nigeria on Wednesday. This happened after he and members of his faction fought over seats where Labour Party members were to sit for the court process. He also attempted to speak to […]

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Bayo Onanuga exposes Lamidi Apapa faction of Labour Party is agent of destabilization

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Director Media and Publicity of the presidential campaign council of Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bayo Onanuga, has reacted to the news that the so called acting chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Lamidi Apapa, has asked lawyers to brief him on all pending petitions of the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi […]

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