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A factional leader of Labour Party, Lamidi Apapa, was seen fighting over a seat in court today, May 17.    Apapa who has been attempting to take over leadership of the party since the presidential election was concluded, got a favourable court ruling last week pending the determination of the …

Labour Party has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari claim of opposition parties losing the 2023 presidential election due to over confidence, complacency and bad tactics.   The Labour Party in a statement released by its acting National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, said the President’s statement was another desperate attempt by …

The Labour Party (LP) has raised an alarm of Lamidi Apapa-led faction allegedly working to sabotage the petitions filed by the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and other members at the tribunals.   The Comrade Julius Abure-led faction alleged that Lamidi approached election tribunals seeking to withdraw all cases involving …

A ward chairman of the Labour Party in Benue state, Mr. Nathaniel Ochoche, has been killed by gunmen.    The Edikwu Ward 2 Chairman of the party in Apa Local Government Area of the state, was murdered alongside four others last weekend. The party’s Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr. …

Akin Osuntokun, Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council has blamed the crisis rocking the party on the judiciary.    Osuntokun who appeared on a Channels Television programme on Thursday, April 20, alleged that Nigerian judges now rely more on “technicalities, evasive tactics, and scapegoatism,” to take very …

Two factions of the Labour Party in Imo State are simultaneously holding primary elections to select the flag-bearer for the November 11 governorship election. The Imo State chapter of the Labour Party might setting itself up for a post-primary crisis as two factions have decided to hold parallel primaries in …

The Vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has declined the request of Prof. Wole Soyinka for a one-on-one debate on the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.   Soyinka called for the debate while condemning Baba-Ahmed’s recent interview on Channels TV, where he called on President …

The Imo State House of Assembly candidate for Owerri municipal constituency seat, Clinton Amadi, has been released from police custody. The Labour Party member, who was a lawmaker at the state House of Assembly between 2007 and 2011 was arrested on Monday April 3, at the state secretariat of the …

Tanko said the purported suspension of the National Chairman was a decoy to distract attention from the main intention of the planners. The spokesman of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko, has disclosed that the ongoing crisis over the leadership of the party was orchestrated to dampen the …

Suspected political thugs have allegedly invaded the national headquarters of the Labour Party, LP in Abuja.    The National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Julius Abure disclosed this on Thursday, April 6.   According to Abure, the suspected political thugs have broken into the national headquarters of the party. …