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Six members of the Enugu State House of Assembly elected under the Labour Party (LP) have formally defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which is the ruling party in the state.   The letters of defection of the six lawmakers were read during plenary by the Speaker of the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distanced itself from the Labour Party (LP) National Convention held in Nnewi, Anambra state on Wednesday, March 27.   According to sources in INEC, the electoral body was not involved in the convention so cannot recognise it. LIB had earlier reported that the …

The embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Julius Abure, has been re-elected for a second term by a unanimous affirmation of delegates. The Chairman of the National Convention and Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ikechukwu Emetu declared him the winner during the party’s national convention that held in …

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, this morning March 20, picketed the headquarters of the Labour party in the Utako area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.   The union members led by the acting Chairman of the Political Commission of the Congress, Theophilus Ndubuaku, demanded the immediate …

Nigerian comedian, Seyi Law has replied the X user who dragged him for referring to Labour Party’s Governorship candidate in the 2023 election in Lagos state, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, as “the son of a returned slave.”   It all started when one X user called Seyi Law a ‘’stack ignorant illiterate” …

Labour Party’s governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has described comedian Seyi Law as a vile and dishonest person who spreads falsehood, hate and bigotry following a claim the comedian made.    Gbadebo said this in reaction to Seyi Law stating that the Labour Party governorship candidate threatened to make traditional rulers …

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Labour Party has suspended the national treasurer of the party, Oluchi Opara, for asking the party chairman, Julius Abure to account for N3.5 billion funds belonging to the party.   The suspension was announced by the national publicity secretary of the party, Obiora …

Organised Labour stormed the Lagos office of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday, Feb. 6, to protest over the ban and shut down of production lines of companies manufacturing alcoholic drinks in sachets and small bottles below 200ml.    Led by leaders of the Trade …

  The labour union has proposed a minimum wage of $300 (N436,500) for Nigerian workers ahead of negotiations on the new national minimum wage. Chairman, Trade Union Side, Joint Meeting of the National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), Comrade Benjamin Anthony, made this proposal at the 2023 meetings of the …

The Labour Party has described the former Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council, Dr. Doyin Okupe, as a political opportunist who is only interested in personal benefits. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, said this in a statement, in Abuja, on Tuesday, January 9 Okupe resigned from …