Oyo State chapter of the Labour Party has dumped its governorship candidate, Alhaji Tawfiq Akinwale, and declared support for Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). At a press conference held at its state headquarters in Ibadan on Sunday, less than a week to the governorship and House of Assembly elections, the Labour Party’s state chairman, Atayase Sadiq …

The flag bearer of the Labour Party in Nigeria’s just-concluded presidential election, Mr Peter Obi has empowered an unemployed Nasarawa State graduate, Gimba Sophia Emmanuel in her aspiration to acquire an oven and start her baking and confectionery business. In a social media post on Saturday, Obi said that Emmanuel indicated that she would procure a Nigerian-made oven, thus enhancing …

Senator Godswill Akpabio has been declared winner of the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial election by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Akpabio of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 115,401 votes to defeat Barrister Emmanuel Enoidem of the Peoples Democtatic Party (PDP), who scored 69,838 votes. Singer Bankole Wellington (aka Banky W) lost a seat in the House of Representatives …

The Labour Party has cried foul citing manipulation and manufacturing of results by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in states across the country particularly Lagos, Edo, Rivers and Imo State. At a press briefing at the party headquarters in Abuja, the National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure also decried the violence meted out on Labour Party supporters. The …

The Labour Party (LP) has kicked against the absence of polling unit results for the presidential election on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Result Viewing (IReV) portal. In a statement on Saturday, LP National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure said INEC officials in some polling units in Lagos State claimed that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines developed fault. …

Ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections, members of the Coalition of Peter Obi Support Groups (CPO) in Kwara State have raised the alarm over alleged plot by some candidates and leaders of the Labour Party in the state to negotiate the collapse of the political structure of both the presidential and vice presidential candidates of the party – …

Labour Party has called on the relevant federal agencies to tighten the nation’s borders and fish out illegal immigrants from neighbouring countries in order to ensure a free and fair presidential election on 25 February. A Labour Party spokeperson, Barrister Osa Director told newsmen that it came to the party as a rude shock and embarrassment to witness the Nigerian …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept the nomination of candidates of the Labour Party in 24 states either manually or through its electronic nomination portal. Delivering judgment in the suits brought before him by the party, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that INEC violated Sections 31, 33 and 36 of the …

Two major political developments arrested my attention as the Nigerian political parties prepared, and actually conducted their primaries ahead of the 2023 general elections. The first was the withdrawal of Peter Obi from the presidential primary and his eventual resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). For some inexplicable reasons, I felt happy that Obi was not going participate in …

The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party is being rocked by crisis with the women’s wing in crisis. Only on Tuesday, the state chairman of the party, Mr Kayode Salako quit his position but said later that that was to enable him focus on the House of Representatives election, which he is contesting in Oshodi/Isolo constituency 1. Sources close …