Factional National Chairman of Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure has asked chairman of the caretaker committee of the party, Nenadi Usman, to explain to Nigerians how she acquired her properties in and outside the country. Julius Abure made the comment after Usman set up a committee to probe him over corruption allegations. According to Channels…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to quickly arrest factional National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, for impersonation. Gov. Otti made this known while dismissing his purported suspension by the Abure-led faction of the LP. In a statement on Wednesday through his Special…
The Labour Party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting is currently underway in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, with notable attendees including former presidential candidate Peter Obi and Abia State Governor Alex Otti. The meeting, chaired by former Finance Minister Nenadi Usman, aims to address pressing party matters. The NEC meeting focuses on crucial party issues, including the…
The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja recognising Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the Court of Appeal lacked the jurisdiction to have pronounced Abure National Chairman…
Julius Abure, national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), has said that he was ready to dialogue with aggrieved individuals and groups in the party in efforts to resolve lingering internal crisis which has plagued the party after the 2023 general election. Abure stated this in Lagos in while welcoming People’s Democratic Party (PDP) defectors…
The Labour Party has vowed that reactionary forces will never be allowed to hijack the party. Obiora Ifoh, LP spokesman, disclosed this while dismissing the possibility of the party engaging in a merger. Reacting to a call by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to rebrand for a possible merger or coalition, Ifoh said LP was…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Labour Party (LP) have clashed over Nigeria’s latest ranking as the 36th most corrupt country in the world. In its 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index released on Tuesday, Transparency International placed Nigeria in the 36th position on the global corruption index, alongside Uganda, Mexico, Madagascar, Iraq, and…
A member of the House of Representatives from the Labour Party (LP), representing Remo Federal Constituency in Ogun State, Olanrewaju George, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The businessman and philanthropist-turned-politician officially announced his defection, Monday, describing the APC as the best platform to drive development. Recently, some LP House of Representatives…
The 29-man caretaker committee set up by Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, and Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, announced on Sunday that it will drag the embattled National Chairman of LP, Julius Abure, to the Supreme Court over the leadership dispute in the party. This was disclosed in a statement…
National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Felix Morka, has alleged he and his family have received death threats over his remarks about Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Morka stated that the threats were triggered by Obi’s accusation that his remarks during a Sunday interview on Arise Television constituted a threat to the…
