A pressure group within the Edo State chapter of Labour Party, LP, Catalyst Committee, has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the judiciary to uphold the rule of law and the provisions of the Electoral Act in the forthcoming governorship election. A statement by the coordinator of the group, Abel Oarhe on Thursday […]
INEC chairman tasks security agencies on peaceful elections in Edo, Ondo
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has called on security agencies to maintain surveillance over the electioneering process in Edo and Ondo States, to prevent violent attacks by political parties, candidates, and their supporters during campaigns. He made the call during a meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election […]
Abia: Otti welcomes defecting YPP lawmakers to LP, gives assurance
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has welcomed two members of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, in the state House of Assembly who defected to the Labour Party, LP. Otti received the defectors, Iheanacho Nwogu, representing Osisioma North State Constituency, and Mr Fine Ahuama, representing Osisioma South State Constituency, at the state’s Government House in […]
Rivers: Wike not APC member but influential in Tinubu’s govt – Magnus Abe
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Magnus Abe, has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, as an influential member of President Bola Tinubu’s government. He, however, pointed out that the former Rivers State governor was not a member of the APC. Appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, […]
Rivers crisis: Re-contest election – APC group tells lawmakers
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Frontier has advised the members of the Rivers State Assembly whose seats were recently declared vacant to go back and contest fresh elections. The group in a statement on Thursday said the lawmakers’ defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was a betrayal of the trust and mandate given […]
LP crisis: Let’s join hands, fight our enemies not ourselves – Abure begs NLC
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Comrade Julius Abure, appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its leadership to let bygones be bygones. Abure made the appeal at a press conference, at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, on Wednesday, begging the NLC to join hands with the LP and end the […]
LP crisis: God saved me from mysterious fire after National Convention – Chairman, Abure
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Julius Abure, has disclosed that God saved him from a mysterious death after the party’s National Convention. Abure said some people described the mysterious fire incident as an attempt to assassinate him. He disclosed this during a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Abure: “I […]
BREAKING: APC suspends Senator Jimoh Ibrahim for anti-party activities
The Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has suspended Senator Jimoh Ibrahim. Ibrahim, who represents Ondo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly was suspended for alleged anti-party activities. The lawmaker was suspended by members of the APC Executive Committee of Igbotako Ward 11 in Okitipupa Local Goverment Area of Ondo State. […]
Enugu Govt, Labour Party disagree over N100bn Agro Project
The Enugu State chapter of the Labour Party, LP, and the Enugu State government are not on the same page as the government consummates an agriculture partnership agreement with Pragmatic Farms Limited. The partnership between the Enugu State Government and Pragmatic Farms Limited, worth N100 billion, is for the revival of the moribund United Palm […]
LG Election: Zoning agitation protest rocks Delta
Aggrieved protesters from Nsukwa, Aniocha South local government area, Tuesday, stormed Delta State Government House, over the clan that should produce the next local government council chairman. The protesters, who claimed to be members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, under the aegis of Concerned Nsukwa Clan Youths, besieged the Government House main entrance, insisting […]