The Labour Party’s (LP) candidate in the recent Edo State Governorship election, Olumide Akpata, has attributed the party’s third-place result to a deeply flawed electoral process. On Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Edo State Governorship election. Okpebholo secured 291,667 votes, defeating the PDP’s …

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, has denied stepping down from the race. Akpata in Benin on Friday, said documents purporting that he has stepped down for the People Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, were false, wicked machinations of those who have held our State captive for a quarter …

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, has committed a grave political mistake that may come to haunt him immeasurably in 2027. On Saturday, 15 June, he was in Benin City, Edo State capital, to raise the hand of Olumide Akpata, the candidate of the party, in a show of endorsement and …

Since the Independent National Electoral Commission declared campaigns for the 21 September governorship election in Edo State open on 23 April, what happened on Saturday remains unprecedented. On that day, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Barrister Olumide Akpata mobilised some party supporters to welcome the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, and to …

Edo State governorship candidate of Labour Party, Barrister Olumide Akpata was humiliated by the Oba of Benin during a courtesy visit he made to the monarch’s palace in Benin City, the state capital, on Saturday. Accompanied by the party’s presidential candidate in last year’s general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, Akpata had, in the course of his presentation to the Oba, …

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in last year’s general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, on Wednesday, punctured the bubbles of the party’s governorship candidate in Edo State, Barrister Olumide Akpata, when he declared that Obidient Movement does not belong to or resident in any political party. Akpata has been banking on the Obidient Movement as his superstructure of support for …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in last 25th February elections, Mr. Peter Obi; a former President, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), and Mr. Olumide Akpata, social critic, Mr Dele Farotimi have counseled Edo State youths on the need to imbibe the culture of self reliance, remain steadfast on ethical standards and also cultivate the spirit of production, as …

Ahead of the forthcoming annual general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), crisis has erupted within the leadership of the association. In the early hours of Saturday, NBA General Secretary, Mrs Joyce Oduah sent out a mail asking members to disregard early notices on the Annual General Meeting (AGM) sent by her and the Assistant General Secretary, Uche Nwadialo. …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yakubu Maikyau is the new president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). He will succeed Mr Olumide Akpata who was elected on 28 August 2020. Maikyau scored 22,342 votes to defeat his major opponent, Joe-Kyari Gadzama, also a SAN, who polled 10,842 votes. The third candidate Taidi Gunu polled 380 votes, representing four per cent …