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The Lagos State Government says it has allocated N4.64 billion to upscale tourist sites within the state for this year. Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka, the state’s Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, disclosed this on Wednesday during the groundbreaking ceremony of the 100 million dollar Lagos Film City in Ejinrin-Epe. Benson-Awoyinka said that some of the […]
The Labour Party (LP) National Chairman, Julius Abure, has urged its members in the House of Representatives to kick against the purported N130 million worth car gift to them by the National Assembly. The lawmakers recently come under fire for collecting brand new Sports Utility Vehicles valued at N130 million each. The House had on Sunday admitted […]
A lawyer to the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 general elections has accused President Bola Tinubu of submitting a forged degree certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the election. The lawyer, Kalu Kalu, said this on Thursday during a press conference held by Abubakar […]
The Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State has commiserated with the families, friends and fans of late musician, Ilerioluwa Aloba, known as Mohbad. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that music lovers were on Sept. 12 hit with the news of the death of the 27-year-old singer. Pastor Dayo Ekong, the Lagos State Chairperson […]
The spokesperson of Peter Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko, has revealed that Peter Obi’s legal team may file an appeal at the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Obi is also said to have no plan of changing members of his legal team. Tanko and the National Legal Adviser of LP, Kehinde Edun, revealed this to […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees believes the par party will get justice in the Supreme Court over the February 25 presidential election won by Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a 12-hour marathon judgement on September 6, the Presidential Election Petitions Court dismissed the petitions filed […]
The National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu, on Tuesday, sacked Rep. Sunday Umeha of the Labour Party (LP), representing Udi/Ezeagu Federal Constituency of Enugu State. The panel, led by Justice A.M. Abubakar, declared Dr Festus Uzor of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the February 25 poll. Abubakar, while ruling […]
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Abia, has on Monday sacked the member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Ibe Okwara, of the Labour Party (LP). It declared the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Dan Okeke as the winner of the February 25, 2023 National Assembly election in the constituency. While the Independent National Electoral […]
Vice President Ksahim Shettima has extended an invitation to the Presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, the Labour Party’s Peter Obi, and the Allied Peoples Movement’s Chichi Ojei, urging them to join hands with the Tinubu administration in the collective endeavor to construct a new Nigeria. Following the unanimous decision by […]
The Labour Party, LP, has rejected the Presidential Election Petition Court’s judgement which upheld the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. A the reliefs sought by the Labour Party and its candidate, Mr Peter Obi were thrown out by the Tribunal on Wednesday. Reacting, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, […]
The Labour Party has raised concerns about retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Mary Odili’s, statement regarding the forthcoming judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court, describing it as a pre-emptive pronouncement. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, in a statement in Abuja, expressed the party’s concerns, stressing the need to draw […]
Palpable anxiety has gripped the country, especially the Federal Capital Territory, as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) delivers its much-awaited judgment on the February 25 election. Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Umar Mohammed Bangari, who confirmed the date on Monday, said live telecast of the judgment by interested Television stations would be allowed. […]
As the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa draws close, former state coordinator of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Comrade Alagoa Morris, has dumped the Labour Party (LP) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Morris announced his defection on Wednesday, August 30, and pitched a tent with Governor Douye Diri, the candidate of the […]
Reno Omokri, former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has strongly criticized Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. As Nigerians await the final verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), Omokri has expressed his view that Obi lacks a widespread national support base and therefore has little hope in his case. […]
Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, has blamed the clerk of the Chicago State University (CSU) for errors in his academic documents and certificate. The President made the disclosure in court filings before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in response to a legal process initiated by former Nigeria’s Vice President and […]
The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Lagos has nullified the return of the Labour Party (LP) ’s candidate, Seyi Sowunmi as the House of Representatives member for Ojo Federal Constituency in Lagos State. Instead, the three-man panel led by Justice Abdullahi Ozegya declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lanre Ogunyemi, […]
Lamidi Apapa, Labour Party (LP) factional leader, says only candidates endorsed by him can feature in the Nov.11 Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo governorship elections. Apapa said this when he spoke at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, saying that the judgement of the Court of Appeal in Owerri had affirmed him as the authentic […]
The Court of Appeal in Owerri, Imo State, on Thursday, sacked Julius Abure, and recognised Lamido Apapa as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to immediately recognise and publish the names of all the governorship candidates produced by the Apapa-led National Working Committee in Imo, […]
Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has boasted that his party will win the November 11 governorship election in Imo State, saying that the party is known for performance and excellence. Obi spoke in Owerri, the State capital, on Tuesday, during the flag off of the party’s gubernatorial campaign. The former Anambra State […]
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has reiterated that his party has all it takes to change Nigeria for good. Obi spoke in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Tuesday, during the flag-off of the campaign of the Labour Party governorship candidate in the state, Athan […]
