Peter Obi, Labour Party apply for live broadcast of presidential tribunal proceedings

Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, have filed an application asking that proceedings at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal be televised live. This is coming a few days after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar had applied for the same. Addressing reporters after the court proceedings […]

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Disregard Apapa, other betrayers’ letters seeking to withdraw Obi’s, others’ cases against Tinubu, others ―Labour Party tells election tribunals

Labour Party (LP) has on Tuesday raised the alarm over an action taken by a self-acclaimed factional chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, asking the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to dismiss all cases by his party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi against the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the […]

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Labour Party suspends Lamidi Apapa, others, appoints acting executives

The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party deepened on Tuesday as it suspended a factional leader, Mr Lamidi Apapa, its National Deputy Chairman (South) and some other officials. The party also appointed acting executive members according to a statement signed by Ms Ladi Iliya, National Deputy Chairperson and Mr Kenedy Ahanotu Deputy National Secretary. They […]

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Labour Party denounces suspension of its national chairman, Julius Abure

In a statement, the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has on Friday denounced the purported suspension of its National Chairman, Julius Abure, by the executive members of his ward in Edo State. The National Secretary of the party, Mallam Farouk Umar, said in the statement that the purported suspension is grossly illegal and of […]

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National chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure, suspended

Executive of a ward in the Edo State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has suspended the national chairman of the party, Julius Abure, over alleged anti-party activities. At a press conference, Martins Osigbemhe, the Ward Chairman, said Abure was suspended by the executive, pending the determination of the numerous petitions and cases against him […]

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Labour Party’s Alex Otti is Abia State gov-elect

Nigerian economist, banker, investor, philanthropist and politician, Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) has won the March 18 governorship election in Abia State, Nigeria. He trounced his opponents, Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP). Otti scored 175,467, Ahiwe polled 88,529 while Nwafor got […]

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Rising ethnic tension in Lagos, Press statement by Osuntokun, DG of Labour Party

Being a Press Statement by Balogun Akin Osuntokun, Director-General, the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation Good day gentlemen and ladies of the press. Kindly permit me, as the DG of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, to comment on the rising ethnic tension across the country, particularly. There has been a contrived ethnic tension in Lagos State since […]

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It is wrong for INEC to reconfigure BVAS behind Parties reps ―Labour Party

Labour Party (LP), has on Thursday knocked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), saying the electoral umpire deliberately came up with its idea of reconfiguring the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines after its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, sought to examine the election materials. This was as the party faulted the commission’s claim of backing […]

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Peter Obi, Labour Party file motion to inspect election materials, obtain CTC of documents with INEC

Mr. Peter Obi and his Labour Party (LP) have filed a motion before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Abuja, Nigeria, seeking leave (permission) to inspect election materials and obtain certified copies of documents in INEC’s custody. According to an online post shared by lawyer Inibehe Effiong, Obi and his Labour Party’s motion for inspection was […]

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PDP chieftain claims on live TV that Labour Party got 983,069 votes in Lagos, while APC got 155,201 (Video)

A Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) chieftain who looks like Ladan Salihu has claimed that the votes Labour Party got in Lagos were allegedly reduced to favour the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking during an interview on live TV, the PDP chieftain revealed that results from their situation room showed Labour Party in Lagos had […]

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Labour Party demands cancellation of results from Rivers state

Labour Party (LP) has asked Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel “unverified and manipulated results” arising from Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections in parts of Rivers State. Labour party chairman, Julius Abure, in a statement released on Sunday, February 26, alleged that elections were manipulated in places like Obio/Akpor, Khana, Eleme, Obigbo […]

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2 days to election, Labour Party Senatorial candidate brutally assassinated in Nigeria (Video)

Labour Party (LP) candidate for Enugu East Senatorial district, Enugu State, Nigeria, Barrister Oyibo Chukwu has been brutally assassinated. The trained lawyer was reportedly shot and killed in Enugu while returning from a campaign trip and the vehicle he was in was set ablaze. Video shows his vehicle burning with him inside on Wednesday evening, […]

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Labour Party supporter’s hand amputated after Lagos rally attack ―Osuntokun

An unnamed supporter of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State has had his hand amputated after the violent attack that rocked the grand finale of the presidential campaign rally of the party in the state last week. Speaking on Tuesday during a live appearance on Channels Television’s ‘The 2023 Verdict’, the Director General (DG) […]

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African Democratic Congress endorses Peter Obi, Labour Party for president

One of the contesting political parties for the 2023 elections in Nigeria, the African Democratic Congress has endorsed the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, for the February 25 presidential election According to the post on the official Twitter page of the political party, the endorsement follows the […]

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Southern, Middle Belt Leaders Forum endorses Peter Obi, Labour Party

Coalition of organisations making the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has endorsed Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). The decision was announced on Thursday in a communique read by John Nwodo, the immediate past president-general of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, at the end of a meeting of the forum […]

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Don’t listen to their propaganda, Labour Party has enough polling agents ―Campaign council

In a statement released on Sunday, the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council has urged Nigerians to ignore the “opposition’s orchestrated propaganda” that it does not have polling agents in core northern states less than two months to the February 25 presidential election. Yunusa Tanko, the spokesman for LP’s Campaign Council, stated this on Sunday in […]

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Labour Party sacks spokesperson, dissolves its Ogun chapter excos

National Working Committee of Labour Party (LP) has on Friday terminated the appointment of its acting National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, and dissolved the  excos of Ogun chapter of the party over the role they played in the alleged expulsion of the Director General of Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Dr. Doyin Okupe. Rising from an […]

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Labour Party’s women leader assassinated

Gunmen suspected to be assassins have killed Mrs Victoria Chintex, the Labour Party’s Women Leader in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The gunmen reportedly stormed her residence on Monday night, November 28, 2022, and shot her dead while her husband sustained gunshot injuries on his leg. Edward Simon Buju, the Publicity Secretary […]

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