The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, on Tuesday, wrote union leaders to begin the process of mobilising their members in readiness to invade and take over the 36 offices and national secretariat of the Labour Party (LP) in Abuja. Ajaero gave the directive in an internal memo made available to newsmen in Abuja. The NLC president’s …

The Labour Party on Sunday warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nenadi Usman-led caretaker committee against any attempt to forcibly take over its national secretariat. Raising the alarm in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, National Secretary of the party, Umar Farouk Ibrahim alleged that NLC plans to break into their offices to cart away sensitive documents and …

A member of the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Diran Odeyemi, and a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Anslem Eragbe, have warned former Vice President Atiku Abubakar against contesting the 2027 presidential election. Both Odeyemi and Eragbe said the South should be allowed to rule for eight years. They said the 2027 southern president might …

The Lagos State House of Assembly has said that the speculation that 27 members are about to defect from the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) to the Labour Party (LP) is not true. In a statement on Wednesday, the spokesperson of the House, Hon. Stephen Ogundipe, who is the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, said …

Political parties in the country have raised concerns over the coming into power of United States President Donald Trump, expressing fear that his flurry of executive orders might have affected African countries, including Nigeria. Since his inauguration on Monday, Trump said Washington could impose tariffs on major trading partners; including Canada, Mexico and China, as soon as 1 February. He …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday fired back at some opposition party chieftains in the country over recent attacks on the reforms and policies of the current administration under President Bola Tinubu. The Labour Party’s (LP) 2023 governorship candidate in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, had on Friday echoed the recent criticisms from opposition parties when he stated that President Tinubu’s …

The opposition Labour Party (LP); Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and others, on Thursday, lampooned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the country’s worsening poverty. The condemnation by the opposition parties followed a viral video showing long queues of Nigerians seeking foodstuffs at President Bola Tinubu’s Bourdillon residence in Lagos on Christmas Eve. Senator Ali Ndume, who shared the video …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is contemplating a policy to withdraw and destroy Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) that remain uncollected for a decade, according to The PUNCH. This recommendation was among 208 proposals arising from the commission’s review of the 2023 general elections. The move stemmed from the persistent issue of unclaimed PVCs, with over six million cards still …

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 …

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has stated that Nigeria would have been better off if the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, had won the 2023 presidential election. Abaribe, who represents Abia South in the Senate, made this assertion on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. According to him, nepotism, which he claims thrives under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, would have been …