Victor Umeh, senator representing Anambra central, says the supreme court has ended Julius Abure’s tenure as national chairman of the Labour Party, restoring the party to the position originally taken by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Speaking on Prime Time, a programme on Arise News on Wednesday night, Umeh said INEC had earlier stopped recognising Abure and party officials …

The Supreme Court has removed Barrister Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. In a unanimous judgement on Friday, a five-member panel of the apex court set aside the decision of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which had recognised Abure as the party’s National Chairman. The court held that the appellate court lacked the jurisdiction to …

A former spokesperson for the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council, Barrister Kenneth Okonkwo has resigned his membership of the party. Okonkwo was the LP campaign spokesperson in the 2023 election. In his resignation statement, he said the LP has been afflicted by internal and leadership crises. The Nollywood actor and political activist said: ‘My entrance to politics is for good …

Some chieftains of the Labour Party (LP) loyal to the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, have raised a motion for the LP presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, to be sanctioned over the role he played in the internal strife of the party. They warned that Obi might face his worst electoral defeat in the 2027 …

The Leadership of the Ogun state chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has congratulated the National Chairman of the party, Barrister Julius Abure, on his recent victory at the Appeal Court where he was reaffirmed as the National Chairman of the party. The chapter in a statement by its Publicity Secretary Mr Tokunbo Peters in Abeokuta today described the Appeal …

The leadership crisis within the Labour Party (LP) took a new turn on Saturday as the 29-member caretaker committee, established by Abia State Governor Alex Otti and the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi, warned Julius Abure to stop presenting himself as the party’s national chairman. In a statement in Abuja, the committee, led by Senator Nenadi Usman, declared …

The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has appealed to the party’s 2023 presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi, Abia State Governor, Alex Otti and other aggrieved bigwigs to return to the party. Abure made the plea in an exclusive interview with Saturday PUNCH. The embattled chairman had been at loggerheads with chieftains and stakeholders of the party …

The Julius Abure-led Labour Party (LP) on Monday made a move to expand its membership to over 20 million through online membership registration and revalidation in preparation for the 2027 elections. In the same vein, the opposition party announced a timetable for its congresses, starting at the ward and state levels, which will run concurrently with the membership revalidation. This …

You’re a liar, Obi/ Datti blast Abure over 2023 campaign funds The presidential campaign team of the Labour Party (LP) for the 2023 election has dismissed the allegation by the embattled party’s National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure that only activist Aisha Yesufu and Pastor Itua Ighodalo superintended over the management of campaign funds. After a meeting of LP’s National Executive …

Stakeholders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will on Monday meet to decide on the leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP), and the return of Barrister Julius Abure as National Chairman. Among other things, a caretaker committee is being proposed by the unionists to take over the control of the opposition party, according to PUNCH Online. “Invitations have been …