The Labour Party on Wednesday condemned a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Concerned Citizens Network, following their petition to the European Union (EU), the United States of America (USA), and the United Kingdom (UK), alleging that Peter Obi, presidential flag-bearer of the party, was supporting the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra Read more…
Mr Daniel Asuquo, says that the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s visit to Cross River will change peoples perception about him. Asuquo who is the LP candidate for Cross River South senatorial district, stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Calabar on Tuesday. He said that the Read more…
The director-general of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (LPPCO), Dr. Doyin Okupe, has resigned his position in the Campaign Organisation. Okupe in a letter dated December 20, 2022, addressed to the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, said given his personal travails of seeking justice and to clear Read more…
Peter Obi says his regular attendance of church events is not a political strategy. It is because Nigeria needs prayers, the Labour Pary (LP) presidential candidate said. While opposition parties have accused him of attending religious gatherings because of political gains, the former Anambra State Governor has denied the claims. Read more…
After its presidential primary in July, pundits tipped the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to dominate the core North in next year’s elections, with 14 out its 21 governors on the party’s platform coming from that zone. Earlier, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, who is from Adamawa State, North East, Read more…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has expressed sadness over the killing of an Imo State House of Assembly Labour Party candidate, Christopher Elehu. Obi in a personally signed statement on Friday evening condemned the activities of the killers in the strongest possible terms. As earlier Read more…
The Labour Party State House of Assembly Candidate for Onuimo LGA in Imo state, Hon. Christopher Eleghu, was shot and killed yesterday by unknown gunmen. Hon. Eleghu aka WASCO was assassinated in his home late Thursday night. His assailants also burnt down his house and cars. This sad development is Read more…
Esther Gulum, the chairperson of the Labour Party in Taraba state, has been accused of diverting N21 million campaign fund. The Guardian reported that the state’s executive council has suspended the LP chairperson over the alleged fraud which is coming a few months before the 2023 general election. Taraba state chapter Read more…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), led by Governor Yahaya Bello, denied the Kogi State Labour Party access to the Confluence Stadium, Lokoja, just 24 hours before its presidential mega event was scheduled to take place there on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. The Kogi State Chairman of the Labour Party, Hon. Read more…
Armed men suspected to be political thugs have attacked the Labour Party Campaign Council Woman leader in Kebbi State. Chief Spokesperson of the Labour Party, LP, presidential campaign council, Yunusa Tanko who confirmed the development in a statement on Friday, said the incident happened last week. The campaign spokesperson said Read more…
Suspected hoodlums have razed down the restaurant of the Women Leader of the Labour Party in Kebbi State. The development was confirmed by a member of the party identified as Jamilu Sufi. Sufi in a post on his Twitter account claimed that the restaurant was destroyed after they refused an Read more…
Amid ongoing public scrutiny of the just-released campaign manifesto of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Obi ahead of the 2023 general elections, renowned lawyer and political activist, Dele Farotimi has come out to react to the allegations leveled against the former Anambra governor by the ruling All Read more…
The Labour Party House Of Assembly Candidate for Okigwe, Imo State, Mr Irouno Chukwunonye dead. Iruono slumped on Monday evening and was confirmed dead in the early hours of Tuesday. The late politician who is also a member of the Obi-Yusuf Datti presidential campaign council was billed to anchor Peter Read more…
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Babachir Lawal has said that he is surprised he has not being sacked from the party despite his support for Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Naija News recalls that following the APC presidential candidate, Bola Read more…
It is no longer news that former Secretary to the government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour party, Mr Peter Obi despite being a member of the All Progressive Congress. It would be recalled that Babachir Lawal was among the northern Christian members Read more…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has called for more investment in the education sector. The presidential hopeful said this while sharing his agenda for the education sector if elected in the 2023 election at a town hall meeting organised for presidential candidates by Arise TV, The Punch reported. Read more…
The Labour Party (LP) believes its presidential candidate Peter Obi will clinch the country’s number one seat in next year’s election despite the crisis in the party. The Ogun State chapter of the party suspended the Director-General of its presidential campaign Doyin Okupe, a move which was overruled by the Read more…
The vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed appeared in an interview on Channels television today where he said that PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu don’t have enough time to finish spending the money they’ve both ‘kept’. According to Channels Television, Read more…
In an interview with Arise News during the Morning Show program, Chris Nwaokobia, Convener, CountryFirst movement, asked that if 100 million were released to the Oyo state rally, how many states are in the southwest. Chris Nwaokobia was asked to react to the alleged financial misappropriation by the Ogun state chairman, Labour Read more…
The Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi while speaking at Arise TV Presidential Town Hall Meeting this evening said that if out of school children in the North Can learn Quran that means they are intelligent. According to his statement during the presidential town hall meeting, Peter Obi said; “When Read more…
With over 90 million registered voters for the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, it’s quite obvious that this election is going to be one of the most interesting one over the years. Concerning that, Labour party presidential election candidate, Peter Obi has just revealed his manifesto and there has been Read more…
The recent support thrown to the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, by a former speaker of the House of Representatives appears to have rattled many Nigerian politicians. Dogara, who is currently a card-carrying member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday, December Read more…
In this interview, National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mr Julius Abure, speaks on the party’s campaign and funding challenges. Abure also responds to the criticism of the party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, by Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, who is now under attack over his comment, and other Read more…
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Gregory Onwubuasi Obi, has released the Manifesto for his 2023 presidential campaign entitled “Our Pact with Nigerians: Creating a New Nigeria“. It can be recalled that Mr. Obi has faced criticisms over his refusal to release his plans for Nigeria and how he intends to Read more…
Amid ongoing internal squabble rocking the Labour Party (LP) ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Chairman of the Ogun chapter of the party, Michael Ashade has come out to shed more light on the reason why he and other executives in the state chose to expel the party’s Campaign Read more…
There was pandemonium in Lakowe town of Lekki, an area on Lagos Island, when some armed thugs invaded the sensitisation rally of the Labour Party ahead of the 2023 election. As reported by Daily Independent, the invasion by the armed thugs was launched on Friday, December 2. The Lagos state police command is yet Read more…
The Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council Director-General, Doyin Okupe, has been expelled by the party in Ogun State. The report has been attracting mixed reactions from members of the public, especially as this is coming about three months before the election. And some people have been wondering why the party Read more…
Minister of State, Labour and Employment and Director, Public Affairs and Spokespersons, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo (SAN) has debunked the claims of the Labour Party (LP) that he insulted Nigerians by listing conditions the party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi must fulfil before being considered for a Read more…