Doyin Okupe has resigned from the Labour Party (LP). In a letter addressed to the chairman of the party, Julius Abure, Okupe who was one-time Head of LP’s presidential campaign organization, cited ideological differences for his resignation. He explained that his lifelong alignment with right-wing and liberal democratic …
Read More »Labour Party rolls out timetable for by-elections, pegs Senate form at ₦3.5m
The party, in a statement issued in Abuja by its National Secretary, Umar Farouk, on Thursday, December 28, 2023, disclosed that the nomination form for Senate has been pegged at ₦3.5m. It added that contestants vying for seats in the House of Representatives will cough out ₦2m to obtain the …
Read More »It is time the labour movement takes a stand for Palestine
In 2019, not long before the Canadian province of Quebec moved to pass Bill 21, a law outlawing religious symbols in the public sector, I travelled to the Pennsylvania countryside to take part in training provided by the United Steelworkers (USW), a trade union with members across North America. One …
Read More »Relief for Fubara as Labour Party withdraws petition against his election
Fubara is currently locked in a supremacy battle with his political benefactor and predecessor, Wike, over who controls the state’s political machinery. Long before his struggle with the Minister commenced, the Governor had been dealing with a post-election litigation that cast a shadow of doubt over his mandate at the …
Read More »Labour leaders push President Biden for a Gaza ceasefire at US Capitol
Washington, DC – Influential labour leaders have joined progressive legislators in the United States Capitol to push the administration of President Joe Biden to support a ceasefire in war-torn Gaza. In a news conference on Thursday, representatives from United Auto Workers (UAW), United Electrical Workers and the American Postal Workers …
Read More »Labour party agent beaten and bundled out of Imo collation centre
A Labour Party (LP) agent in Imo State, Calistus Ihejiagwa, was in the early hours of today November 12, beaten and bundled out of the Imo State Collation Centre in Owerri, the state capital. Ihejiagwa was protesting the results being presented at the collation center, He argued that the …
Read More »Bayelsa decides: Labour party’s guber candidate loses polling unit to incumbent governor Duoye Diri
The Labour party governorship candidate in Bayelsa state, Engr Udengs Eradiri, has lost his polling unit to the incumbent governor Douye Diri. According to the results collated by INEC officials, Diri who sought reelection under the Peoples Democratic Party garnered 130 votes while Eradiri polled eight votes in unit …
Read More »Labour strike won’t affect election – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that the planned nationwide strike by organized labour will not affect the governorship elections on Nov. 11 in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states. Head of the Department of Voter Education and Publicity, Imo State INEC, Emanuella Ben-Opara, stated this while speaking …
Read More »Aviation was not involved at all but their target is aviation – Keyamo tells Labour Union to “leave aviation alone
The Minister for Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo SAN has said the Ministry was not involved in the alleged arrest and brutalization of the National President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Joe Ajaero by security agents. Recall that leaders of the labour Unions, which comprise the Nigerian …
Read More »We dey beat! – Bayelsa Labour Party gubernatorial candidate, Udengs Eradiri admits the Ijaw Youth Council uses physical assault to discipline members (Video)
Bayelsa Labour Party gubernatorial candidate, Udengs Eradiri, has admitted that the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) physically beat erring members as a form of discipline. He made the revelation during an interview with Arise TV hosts Rufai Oseni and Dr Reuben Abati. Reacting to the accusation that he assaulted a …
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