•Peter Obi and Alex Otti The leadership crisis within the Labour Party has taken a dramatic turn as details of a letter sent by Peter Obi and Alex Otti to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have emerged. The letter, dated September 6, 2024, requested INEC’s recognition of a 29-member interim committee, headed by Senator [&hel...
•Abure and Obi The Julius Abure-led Labour Party has cancelled the automatic ticket it previously reserved for the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi and Abia State governor, Alex Otti, for the 2027 election. This was made known in the resolution of the Abure faction of the part after its National Executive Council meeting held today [&...
•Labour Party national chairman, Julius Abure The Labour Party has been plunged into further turmoil as the Julius Abure-led faction disowns the newly appointed caretaker chairman, Nenadi Usman. Despite a previous Court of Appeal judgment affirming Abure as national chairman, the Labour Party National Convention constituted a caretaker committ...
Ahead of the local government election in Ogun State, the Labour Party has convened a leadership meeting to reposition and strengthen the party A press statement today signed by the State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Tokunbo Peters, noted that the Ogun State chapter of the party held the leadership meeting to reconcile some […]
•Suspended LP member, Seyi Sowunmi The Ojo Chapter of the Labour Party in Lagos on Wednesday, suspended Mr Seyi Sowunmi, the lawmaker representing Ojo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, for three months. According to a statement signed by Chairman Oluwanifemi Elegbede and Secretary Blessing Okafor, Sowunmi’s suspension follo...
•Peter Obi and Alex Otti The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and Governor Alex Otti of Abia State have announced stakeholders’ meeting of the party. The Labour Party Extended stakeholders meeting is slated to hold on Wednesday, 4 September, at Banquet Hall, Government House Umuahia, reports The Nation. According to t...
•Abia State governor, Alex Otti The unending internal crisis rocking Labour Party (LP) took a new twist as the sole governor of the party, Alex Otti of Abia State, has called for an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. Speaking at a press briefing today, national chairman of the party, Julius Abure, said during a […]
•Kalu and Otti The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has said the incumbent governor of Abia State would be the last the Labour Party would produce to govern the state. Kalu made this disclosure in a video that went viral today while he was addressing the chances of his party, the […]
•LP National Chairman Julius Abure and NLC President Joe Ajaero The Labour Party (LP) has urged Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to stop interfering in its affairs as directed by the Registrar of Trade Unions in Nigeria, Mr Falonipe Amos. Mr Obiora Ifoh, National Publicity Secretary, LP said this in a statement on today in Abuja. […]
•LP national chairman, Julius Abure The Labour Party (LP), has warned the self-proclaimed National Chairman of the party, Callistus Okafor, against deliberately walking into jail for contempt of court. National Publicity Secretary of the LP, Obiora Ifoh said this in Abuja, yesterday. He was responding to Okafor’s chairmanship claim, reports Sa...

