The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obion Sunday, declared that he would instead work to ensure peace for the party to overcome its present challenges than leave it. Obi, while stating this in Gombe in an interview with journalists after inaugurating a borehole he donated to Tike Ram Market in Pantami,…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, has explained his absence at the recently concluded National Convention of the party held in Nnewi, his native Anambra State. Obi, while speaking at a discussion hosted by Parallel Facts on Saturday on X (formerly Twitter), said that he is…
LP received N595.9m from Nigerians, spent N744.5m on litigation, says Aisha Yesufu Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, in his reaction to the allegation of N3.5bn election funds against the party’s chairman, Julius Abure, demanded a thorough investigation into the matter. Obi made the call at a media briefing…
Oluchi Opara, the National Treasurer of the Labour Party, has been handed a six-month suspension by the National Working Committee of the party after challenging the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, to account for an alleged N3.5 billion raised from the sale of nomination forms and fundraising activities in the build-up to the 2023 general…
In bye-elections held on Saturday in Plateau, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Daniel Asama, won the House of Representatives rerun election for Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency. Prof James Garba, the returning officer, while declaring the results, said Asama polled 66,422 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mohammed Gwani of the Peoples Redemption Party,…
The Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party has called on Peter Obi, its presidential candidate, and his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to emulate Liberian president George Weah by congratulating President Bola Tinubu. The Informant247 had earlier reported that the Liberian president-elect, Joseph Boakai, who previously served as the 29th…
The Labour Party on Thursday urged Nigerians to disregard the news making around that the party is merging with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in dislodging the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying it is not in its plan to merge with any party ahead of the 2027 general elections. It would be recalled that…
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate in the last election, on Monday officially accepted the judgement of the Supreme Court on Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, while noting that his party, the LP, and the Obidient family have effectively accepted their new role as opposition. The former Anambra governor, who expressed disappointment in the judgment…
Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last election will today, November 6, host an international press conference. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by Obiora Ifoh, the National Publicity Secretary of LP The statement read, “His Excellency Peter Obi will address a World Press Conference scheduled…
Barely 24 hours for judgment in the appeals by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidates of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP), challenging the February 25 presidential election which produced President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by the Supreme Court, the Labour Party has expressed confidence that the judgement…
The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, against the tribunal’s judgment affirming President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s election. Justice John Inyang Okoro-led seven-man panel, after listening to the submissions of the parties involved in the matter, stated that the judgment date would…
As the National Assembly concluded the plan to gift each of its members a vehicle worth about N160m, one of the leading opposition in the last general elections, the Labour Party (LP), has expressed sadness over the plan by the 360 members of the House of Assembly. According to the Chairman of the party, Julius…
…directs INEC to recognise Apapa-led NWC governorship candidates The Appeal Court in Owerri, Imo state, on Thursday, sacked Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party and recognised Lamidi Apapa as the authentic Chairman of the party. The Informant247 gathered that the Appeal Court also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to immediately…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, reacted to the call by the Labour Party (LP)for the sack of its chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, saying it has no ground. It could be recalled that the LP in a press conference on Thursday, had called on international community to take “punitive action” against Yakubu and other…
Julius Abure, the National Chairman of the Labour Party, on Monday, urged the memebers of the party to be alerted as he claimed that the All Progressives Congress was already preparing for a possible re-run of the 2023 presidential election. Abure, who state this during an online meeting held with Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reacted to the statement made by the legal team of the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi accusing the commission of its refusal to respond to the subpoenas served on them. The Informant247 gathered that the LP and Obi in a petition marked CA/PEC/03/2023 are challenging the…
House of Representatives member-elect, Hon. Amobi Godwin Ogah, who was elected to represent the Isiuakwato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State, has expressed optimism that President Bola Tinubu would serve Nigeria well. The lawmaker-elect who was elected under the platform of the Labour Party, spoke with Channels TV shortly after lawmakers-elect met with the President in…
Justice M N Yunusa of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Friday, nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti and all the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia and Kano States, saying their emergence was not in compliance with the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act. A copy…
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has been faulted by the Labour Party (LP), over his claim that the opposition parties lost the 2023 general elections due to over confidence, complacency and bad tactics. The party described the president’s views as expressed by his Senior Special Assistant (Media), Mallam Garba Shehu, as unpresidential and disturbing. In a…
The Labour Party on Tuesday dissociated itself from a viral letter signed by the self-acclaimed factional national chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, asking the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to dismiss all cases by the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, against the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…
