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THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won the eight local government chairmanship positions in the Saturday council polls in Bayelsa State. It also won all the legislative seats in…
Obi: I’m not leaving Labour Patty
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, says he is not leaving the party. Obi spoke on Sunday during the inauguration of a…
Atiku: Electricity tariff hike will worsen economic hardship | Tinubu’s reforms have no human face
Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration over the hike in electricity tariff. On Wednesday, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) approved an increase in electricity…
Fubara Plotting To Declare Rivers Assembly Illegal, APC Raises Alarm
Governor Similanayi Fubara of Rivers State has been accused of plotting to procure interim orders from judges to stop the implementation of laws which he was vetoed over by…
IMPEACHMENT: Shaibu declines further participation, objects to panel investigating him
The embattled Deputy Governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu, on Wednesday, declined to further participate in the proceedings of the seven-man panel set up by the state Chief…
You can’t impeach Fubara, PDP tell Rivers lawmakers
The Rivers chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the 27 lawmakers of the Assembly threatening to impeach Governor Siminilayi Fubara that they lack the legitimacy to…
Six Enugu LP lawmakers defect to PDP
Six members of the Enugu State House of Assembly elected under the Labour Party (LP) have formally defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the governing party in the…
LP BoT says it has taken over affairs of party
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Labour Party (LP) says it has taken over the affairs of the party. S.O.Z. Ejiofor, chairman of the BoT, in a statement…
Despite NLC’s Opposition, Abure Re-Elected As LP National Chairman
Despite the opposition of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Julius Abure has been re-elected as the National Chairman of Labour Party for a second term by a unanimous…
Resign now, Lagos LP tells Abure
Lagos chairman of the Labour Party, (LP) Rasheed Bamishe has urged the National Chairman Julius Abure to resign to sustain the party’s integrity. Bamishe said Abure should prioritise the…
It’s expected Ndi Igbo must support, defend Tinubu’s govt – Kalu
Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu has challenged the South East to defend and support the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for giving them a sense of belonging. Kalu said…
Abure alleges money went missing during NLC invasion of LP HQ
Julius Abure, chair of the Labour Party (LP), says money meant for the payment of workers’ salaries went missing, when the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) picketed its secretariat. On…
Uzodimma Appoints Brother, Others As Aides, Reappoints Iwu As SSG
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has approved the appointment of his brother, Ferdinand Uzodimma, as his Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of general services. Ferdinand Uzodimma…
NLC Shuts Down Labour Party Headquarters, Demands Abure’s Sack
Protesting members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, have barricaded the main entrance into the National Headquarters of the Labour Party, LP, today, Wednesday, demanding the immediate sack of…
Resign if you’re desperate to replace Abure, LP replies NLC president
The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party took a different dimension on Saturday after the National Working Committee of the opposition party accused the National President of Nigeria Labour…