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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. According to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’ Congress(APC). He […]
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, […]
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, […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has suspended further collation of results of the national assembly elections held in Delta Central Senatorial District last Saturday. INEC’s Returning Officer in the area, Prof Greg Okagbare said the suspension of the result collation was stemmed from protest against the exercise saying; “Some people are not satisfied […]
Senatorial candidate of Labour Party, Mrs. Romoke Edu-Ogunlana narrowly escaped death this morning as thugs attacked her convoy in Ikire, Irewole local government of Osun State. She was, however, not lucky as she sustained deep cut on her right arm while her new hilux van was burnt. The former commissioner who is currently receiving medical […]