Labour Party
24 Mar
The ancient city of Benin was swept with a gale of defections yesterday as a governorship aspirant of the Labour Party and prominent member of the ‘Obidient Movement
23 Mar
The Lagos State Labour Party (LP) has urged the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, to resign to restore the tainted image of the party. Addressing journalists in Lagos yesterday, the Lagos State Labour Party Chairman, Rasheed Bamishe, the call for Abure to resign was paramount so that a caretaker national chairman could…
20 Mar
The Labour Party (LP) said it will take legal action against the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the unlawful break and entry into its national headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. NLC had directed its state councils and political commission to picket LP offices across Nigeria over an allegation of corruption against the party's National Chairman,…
20 Mar
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed its state councils and political commission to picket Labour Party (LP) offices across the country. NLC gave this charge in a communique dated Tuesday, March 19, 2024 even as the tussle between the Labour union and the leadership of the LP worsened. The letter was signed by the…
17 Mar
The Labour Party’s standard bearer in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has called out the Accountant General of the Federation for hosting a workshop in London.
11 Mar
Labour Party (LP) chief, Lamidi Apapa, has appealed a court ruling reinstating Julius Abure as the national chairman of the party.
11 Mar
A Non-Governmental Organization - Incorporated Trustees of Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy, has asked the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to exercise its powers under Section 225A of the constitution to deregister Labour Party.
9 Mar
Mr Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has bemoaned continued security challenges in Nigeria, insisting that Nigeria children must be allowed to learn in a secure and safe environment.
8 Mar
Until 2022, when former Anambra State Governor, Mr Peter Obi, adopted the Labour Party (LP) as the platform for his presidential bid, political observers saw the party as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for electoral ambitions.
7 Mar
The Labour Party (LP) has revealed that its candidate for the 2023 Presidential election, Peter Obi, will not leave despite the smear campaign to dethrone the national chairman, Barrister Julius Abure.
6 Mar
Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in last year’s general elections, Peter Obi, yesterday, insisted that he is not desperate to be Nigeria’s President, but wants the country to work.
27 Feb
The leadership of the Labour Party has dismissed a letter written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by a factional group of the party led by Lamidi Apapa, declaring Anderson Uwadiae Asemote and Monday Ojore Mawa as the governorship and deputy governorship candidates of the party.
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