The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja recognising Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the Court of Appeal lacked the jurisdiction to have pronounced Abure National Chairman…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that former Labour Party governorship candidate in Enugu State, Chijioke Edeoga, has rejoined the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the 2027 elections. Edeoga, who previously served in the PDP as a federal lawmaker and commissioner in various capacities, announced his defection at the party’s state secretariat on Monday. He cited Governor Peter…
The National Caretaker Committee (NCC) of the Labour Party has asked the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) to charge the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure and three others to court over allegations of perjury, forgery and criminal conspiracy. The committee also wants Umar Farouk Ibrahim, Ojukwu Clement and…
Daniel Bwala, President Bola Tinubu’s special adviser on Policy Communication, has claimed that Peter Obi will join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Bwala is confident that the Labour Party’s 2023 Presidential candidate will not run on the party’s platform for the 2027 presidential election. According to him, Obi will dump the Labour Party for…
National Youth Leader of the Labour Party (LP), Kennedy Ahanotu, has called for the suspension of the LP Senator representing Edo South in the Senate, Neda Imasuen, from the party for his unsavory handling of the Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan case. He said the LP was unimpressed with Senator Imasuen’s performance as Chairman of the Senate…
A former governorship aspirant of the Labour Party in Anambra State, Valentine Ozigbo, has joined the All Progressive Congress. Ozigbo joined the APC on Thursday at his ward in Amesi area of the state, 24 hours after resigning from the LP. Ozigbo, who is aspiring to contest the Anambra governorship election, on Wednesday, resigned his…
Twenty-seven members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday, February 19, dismissed rumours suggesting that they have left the All Progressives Congress (APC) to join the opposition Labour Party (LP). The defection rumour is coming amid the crisis rocking the Assembly. The crisis deepened following moves by ousted Speaker Mudashiru Obasa to return…
Following outrage over claims that the Labour Party has zoned its 2027 presidential candidacy to the Southeast region, its leadership has reacted. In a statement issued on Monday, the Labour Party spokesperson Obiorah Ifoh said that the party has not and will not zone any of its positions to any geographical zone or individual. This…
In preparation for the 2027 general elections, a faction of the Labour Party (LP) loyal to the interim Chairlady, Nanedi Usman has launched a comprehensive strategy to revive the party’s fortunes and position it as a major party to beat. The strategy, tagged “Operation Recover and Redeem,” was aimed at addressing the party’s internal challenges…
Abayomi Arabambi, spokesperson of the Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party (LP), says Kenneth Okonkwo is on a mission to return to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Okonkwo, a campaign spokesperson for the LP in the 2023 presidential election, resigned his membership of the party on Tuesday. He stated that the internal crisis in…