Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Barrister Olumide Akpata, on Friday, won the Edo State Labour Party (LP) governorship primary election. The returning officer, Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu, declared Akpata as the winner after collating the results. Emetu, who is also Deputy Governor of Abia State, said the lawyer polled 316 votes to emerge the winner of the exercise. Last …

The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure, who was arrested on Wednesday in Benin, Edo State capital, by operatives of Zone 5 Police headquarters, has been released on bail. His arrest was reportedly a result of a petition forwarded to the zone from the office of the Inspector General of Police in Abuja. After his release around …

Labour Party National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure has reportedly, been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force in Edo State. According to Vanguard, the LP chairman’s arrest followed a petition by the party’s Youth Leader, Comrade Eragbe Anselm Aphimia. The youth leader petitioned the Edo State Commissioner of Police alleging that he was attacked by some party members in …

A fresh crisis is brewing in the Labour Party, as the party’s National Treasurer, Mrs. Oluchi Oparah, on Monday demanded that the National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure render an account of party funds over N3.5 billion being proceeds of sale of forms and sundry fundraisers for the 2023 general elections. Oparah made the demand on Monday at a press conference …

An orphan has no father, no mother and, at times, no siblings. Governor Alex Otti, unarguably, passes as the metarphor of an orphan in power. He is the only surviving Labour Party Governor and Abia State the only state flagging the flag of the Labour Party (LP). An orphan, by the circumstances of his life, is the only continuation of …

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said that the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) knew that the party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi lost the 25th February election. Soyinka accused the leadership of the party of trying to force “a lie” on Nigerians, especially youths, that Obi won the election. At an event, ‘The Lives of Wole Soyinka: A …

The Labour Party (LP) has rejected the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court that dismissed the petitions of its candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, against the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the 25th February polls. On Wednesday, the tribunal struck out the various charges filed by Obi and the LP challenging Tinubu’s victory. In a statement, National Publicity Secretary …

Judgement will the delivered on Wednesday by the Presidential Election Petition Court in the petition against the 18th February election in which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner. The Court of Appeal Registrar Umar Bangari, who confirmed the date  to Channels Television on Monday, said …

President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, closed their case in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the Presidential Election Petition Court. Testifying as the respondents’ star witness, the Senate Majority Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele told the court that Tinubu was never indicted, charged or convicted for …

Justice Hamza Muazu of a High Court in Abuja, on Friday, granted an order of stay execution on the suspension of the Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Comrade Julius Abure, and others. Others are the National Organising Secretary, Mr. Clement Ojukwu; and National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, from parading themselves as LP national officials, The plaintiffs in the case are …