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Why I’m contesting Borno governorship election under Labour Party -Mshelia

Ihesiulo Grace 6 May 2018 0

Renowned pilot and aviation trainer, Captain Ibrahim Kadafir Mshelia has said that he is pitching tent with the Labour Party because he strongly believes that the party will not only take the government house come 2019, but will lay a foundation for unstoppable progress that the youths of Borno

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Don’t meddle in Labour Party crisis, INEC warned

Ihesiulo Grace 29 April 2018 0

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has been warned to remain impartial in the leadership crisis that embroils the Labour Party. Innocent Odoh, Special Media Assistant to the National Chairman Dr. Mike Omotosho said the electoral body should not mislead members of the public by dealing with unrecognised leader in its relation with the party. […]

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Labour Party tasks INEC on party’s 2017 national convention

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2018 0

The Labour Party, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to respect the decision of its convention by giving full recognition to Dr. Mike Omotosho as its new National Chairman. The party made this call in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Ebere Ifendu, on Sunday in Abuja. Ifundu said Omotosho was elected […]

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Labour Party will win Ekiti Guber poll, says Former Deputy to Segun Oni, Lawal

Ihesiulo Grace 19 April 2018 0

Former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Sikiru Lawal, has declared that his new Party, Labour Party will win the July 14, governorship poll in Ekiti State. Lawal, former Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Chieftain and the number two man during Engr Segun Oni’s administration, formally joined the governorship race yesterday on the platform of the Labour […]

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Labour Party will win Ekiti Guber poll, says Former Deputy to Segun Oni, Lawal

Ihesiulo Grace 19 April 2018 0

Former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Sikiru Lawal, has declared that his new Party, Labour Party will win the July 14, governorship poll in Ekiti State.   Lawal, former Peoples Democratic Party(PDP)  Chieftain and the number two man during Engr Segun Oni’s administration, formally joined the governorship race yesterday on the platform of the Labour […]

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LP Crisis: Court orders Ogun LP factional leader to pay N.180m

Ihesiulo Grace 16 March 2018 0

The Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital, has ordered the Chief Biodun Owolabi-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) in Ogun State, to pay a total sum of One Hundred and Eighty thousand Naira to all respondents in the case he instituted against the National Chairman of the Party and seventeen others. […]

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Labour Party vows to take over power in Ogun come 2019

Ihesiulo Grace 17 January 2018 0

The Labour Party of Nigeria has vowed to take over office of the governor of Ogun State come 2019 election by providing a credible candidate to contest with other candidates from other parties. The National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Abdul Kareem Apako, said this in Sagamu while monitoring the ward Congress of the party […]

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Gunmen abduct Labour Party national chairman’s mother

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2017 0

Unknown gunmen, Sunday’s night in Ilorin, Kwara state, abducted a 71-year old woman, Mrs. Elizabeth Omotosho. Mrs. Omitosho is the mother of the national chairman of Labour Party (LP), Dr. Mike Omotisho. The septuagenarian was allegedly kidnapped by four people at her Tanke, Ilorin, residence, between 7 and 8.00 pm on Sunday night. According to […]

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LP will dislodge APC from Aso Rock, Lagos in 2019- says Lagos Chairman

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

The acting State Executive Council, ‎of the Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party, (LP), ‎has vowed to dislodge President Muhammadu Buhari and Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, both of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and all others in elective positions in the 2019 general elections. The acting state Chairman of LP, Chief Sam Okpala […]

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Senator Ovie Omo-Agege dumps Labour Party for APC

Ihesiulo Grace 7 March 2017 0

The Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege,has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, announced the defection of the lawmaker at plenary on Tuesday. In a letter to the Saraki, Omo-Agege said he left Labour because of its […]

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C’River Election Petition Tribunal Cautions against Unnecessary Adjournments

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2015 0

  Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Cross River State wants parties and their counsels to be “time-conscious and eschew delay in taking any step to minimize self-induced applications for adjournments. Chairman of the tribunal, Hon. Justice Aliyu Mayaki made these remarks Wednesday in Calabar at the commencement of proceedings of the tribunal.

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Four British-Nigerians Eye Parliament as UK Decides, Former Lambeth and Enfield Majors Tip Labour to Win

Ihesiulo Grace 7 May 2015 0

As Britons go to the polls to elect both their next Prime Minister -in what is seen as one of the closest to call elections in recent memory- and Members of Parliament, MPs, on Thursday, four of those in the race for the House of Commons are of Nigerian heritage. The trio of Shadow Business […]

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Those Dumping the PDP for the APC Are Fair Weather Politicians

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2015 0

A Senator-elect in Ekiti North Senatorial District, Hon. Duro Faseyi, has condemned the mass defection of members of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) shortly after the March 28 presidential election won by the candidate of the APC, Gen Mohammadu Buhar, saying those dumping the PDP for the APC as “fair weather politicians who are only interested […]

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LP to Buhari: Don't Take Nigerians for Granted over Chibok Girls

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2015 0

The Labour Party has advised the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), not to take Nigerians for granted by backing down on their campaign promises, as the people are expectant of real change. The advice was contained in a statement issued in Lagos, on Wednesday, by the National […]

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Ajimobi inaugurates road in iseyin as PDP Rep. candidate, others defect to APC

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2015 0

  The ancient town of Iseyin in Oyo State literally stood still on Tuesday as Governor Abiola Ajimobi inaugurated the first dualized road in the history of the town as part of his administration’s urban renewal programme. The governor also used the occasion to received hundreds of defectors from Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party and […]

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Oyo Guber: Furore over Display of Buhari Posters by Opposition

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2015 0

The Presidential and National Assembly elections in Oyo State in which the Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari and the party swept the polls has sent the losers going back to the drawing board. During the election, the party’s Senate and House of Representatives candidates also came tops with the party […]

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Aprill 11 Election; Akala Ajimobi goes spiritual

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2015 0

Ahead of satuday Aprill 11 election the gubernatorial candidate of the All progressive Congress APC Senator Abiola Ajimobi and his Labour Party Counterpart Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala have gone spiritual for victory at the poll. A survey carried out in Ibadan reveals that most churches and mosque have been contacted by all the gubernatorial candidate […]

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APC Spreading Falsehood about Alao-Akala – Campaign DG

Ihesiulo Grace 4 April 2015 0

The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Oyo State, former Gov. Adebayo Alao-Akala accused the All progressive congress of spreading falsehood about him Alao-Akala in a statement signed by the Director-General, Akala/Alli Campaign Organisation, Dr Kola Balogun and made available to newsmen said Akala did not have any pact with the All Progressives’

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Ugwuezumba, Labour Party House of Assembly Candidate Assassinated in Imo

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2015 0

The House of Assembly candidate of Labour Party in Ngor Okpala Constituency of Imo State, Andrew Ugwuezumba, has been murdered. The 40-year-old, who hails from Umunehi village, Obiangwu Autonomous Community, was said to have been shot dead about 8pm on Tuesday along the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport Road. The victim, according to a source, […]

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Day Labour Party Stormed Ibadan with Mega Rally

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2015 0

  Ibadan, the capital city of old Western Region literally went agog last Thursday as thousands of members of the Labour Party led by the National executives stormed the city for the Party’s Campaign Mega ral­ly held at the historic Mapo Hall. The carnival-like rally which had its floats traversing through Mokola, Oke Ado, Molete, […]