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For observers of political events, the governorship election in Bayelsa State is not just about ambition but also that of political survival and dominance of the riverine state. Bayelsa is an unusual state. It is 100 per cent riverine, sits squarely on the delta, and is one of the few …

The Labour Party (LP) gubernatorial candidate for the 2023 Governorship Election in Imo State has been affirmed by a Federal High Court in Owerri, Imo State. Chief Ukaegbu Ikechukwu Joseph’s candidacy was declared valid in a judgment delivered by Justice B. O Quadri.   The court considered the evidence presented …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has opened and closed its defence in the petition by Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). INEC’s lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, announced the closure of the first respondent’s case after the conclusion of the testimony of …

As Nigerians celebrate Eid-el-Kabir, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party, LP, yesterday, accused the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress, APC, administration of implementing anti-people policies they said had made it difficult for many people to celebrate. The PDP and LP’s criticisms, which came on a …

The Labour Party (LP) candidate in the November governorship election in Imo State, Senator Athan Achonu, at the weekend, said he will defeat other candidates, including the incumbent governor, Hope Uzodinma. Achonu said the last general elections in the State, is a clear pointer to what is expected in the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Wednesday, reacted to the statement by the legal team of the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi, suggesting that the commission had refused to respond to the subpoenas served on them.   The LP and Obi are challenging the outcome of the presidential …

The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, women’s leader of the Ebenebe community in Awka South Local Government Area, Mrs Favour Nworah, has been reportedly sacked for supporting Labour Party in the last election. Nworah was sacked as the Women President-General of Ebenebe Town Union, Women Wing (ETU WW), last month, …

A spokesperson for Bola Tinubu (President-elect), Mr Bayo Onanuga, has warned the duo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, to stop blackmailing the judiciary. Onanuga alleged that both parties and their surrogates, whom he described as lawyers, clerics and some ethnic groups, had “mounted a …

Mazi Emma Uche, a southeast chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday, declared withdrawal of his membership of the party for the Labour Party (LP) in Abia state. He defected to LP alongside his close political associates and teeming supporters across all local electoral wards in Arochukwu Local …

ONE of the spokespersons for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Ndi Kato, has said that Nigerians would need at least two weeks public holiday to recover from the President Muhammadu Buhari led-All Progressives Congress, APC, government when his tenure might have ended. The statement was contained in …