THE chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the election results in areas where voter intimidation took place during the Guber and State Houses of Assembly elections on Saturday, March 18, Newsexra24 reports. In a statement released on …
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Governorship Elections: Peter Obi Reacts To Acts Of Violence
THE Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has condemned violence meted on electorates during Saturday, March 18, guber and state houses of assembly elections across the country, Newsextra24 reports. In a series of tweets shared, Obi mourned those killed and prayed for speedy recovery for those injured during the …
Read More »Labour Party Vows To Take Over Lagos, Rivers, Edo, Others
The Labour Party Youth Wing on Thursday vowed to take over Lagos, Rivers and Edo States, among other South-South and South-East states in the March 18 governorship and houses of assembly elections. Kennedy Ahanotu, Acting National Youth Leader of the Labour Party said this at a news conference to herald …
Read More »Taraba Labour Party Denies Endorsing PDP Governorship Candidate
THE Taraba State chapter of the Labour Party has denied the purported endorsement of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Col. Kefas Agbu (retd), by one Evangelist Philip Munlip on behalf of the party. Chairperson of the party in the state, Mrs. Esther Gulmu, in a media briefing …
Read More »March 11: Be Resilient, Vote Labour Party Candidates – Peter Obi Urges Edo People
THE presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Saturday, called on party supporters in Edo State not to be discouraged by the outcome of the presidential election. He urged them to sustain the tempo by voting all the candidates of the party in the Saturday, March 18, state House …
Read More »We Will Occupy Your Offices Nationwide, Labour Party Tells INEC
THE Labour Party has threatened that it will call on its members to occupy offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission nationwide for allegedly frustrating its petition against the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. The spokesman for the Presidential Campaign Council of the party, Dr Yunusa Tanko, in a …
Read More »Court Dismisses Labour Party Suit Against INEC
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the Labour Party (LP) seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt electronic means of transmitting the 2023 election results. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, held that Section 52(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022, …
Read More »Court Orders Removal Of Labour Party Deputy Governorship Candidate’s Name From INEC List
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the removal of the name of Idu Onyiloyi, Labour Party (LP) Deputy governorship candidate for Benue State from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s list. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Wednesday, also stopped Onyiloyi from further parading himself as the deputy …
Read More »Ogun Guber: Labour Party Denies Joining PDP After Meeting Adebutu
Labour Party’s House of Representatives candidate in Ogun, Tolulope Phillips, has denied defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The politician told reporters in his office at Olorunsogo in Abeokuta that he was still in the LP. Phillips said his parley with Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu …
Read More »Labour Party Adopts Rivers PDP Guber Candidate, Fubara
The Rivers State Chapter of the Labour Party has adopted the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sir Siminialaye Fubara. This is coming days before the governorship and state assembly elections slated for March 11. The Rivers State Chairman of the Labour Party, Dienye Pepple, made the disclosure …
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