Labour Party
24 Nov
The flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP) during the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, on Friday said that agriculture remains critical to Nigeria’s economic development.
21 Nov
The Labour Party (LP) in Imo, on Monday, embarked on a protest march against the alleged delay by INEC to release the Certified True Copies (CTCs) of documents of the November 11 Governorship poll. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state party Chairman, Mr Callistus Ihejiagwa, led the protest by party supporters…
16 Nov
The Labour Party (LP) has urged Nigerians to disregard the news that the party is working out a merger arrangement with a political party. Mr Obiora Ifoh, National Publicity Secretary, Labour Party, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to Ifoh, it is purely a news item twisted and sensationalised by…
11 Nov
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Imo State, Athan Achonu, has emerged victorious in his polling unit.
9 Nov
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has declined to grant a motion ex-parte brought by Alhaji Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) to stop Athan Achonu as governorship candidate of Saturday’s election in Imo. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling, refused to grant the prayer of the plaintiffs for an order of interim…
7 Nov
Eleven days after the Supreme Court pronouncement on the February 25 presidential poll, which validated the victory of President Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, yesterday broke his silence, expressing disappointment that the apex court judgment...
1 Nov
Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said change will not come until Nigerians destroy the structure of criminal enterprises established by politicians. He also lamented the purchase of vehicles worth N160 million for each federal lawmaker at a time when “people are suffering”.
27 Oct
Comrade Faduri Oluwadare Joseph, aka Fadojoe, who was the former Presidential aspirant under Labour Party, has called on Nigerians interested in building a new nation to wake up to the reality that it takes a united people to rescue the country from sit-tight politicians. According to him, the old generation of politicians have destroyed and…
24 Oct
A crucial trajectory could be beckoning for Edo State, when the electorate march to the polls to elect their next governor in 2024.. Earlier this year, first in February, and then in March, a new kid on the block, the Labour Party shook the Nigerian political landscape, to its very foundations and out of its…
24 Oct
The flagbearer of the Labour Party (LP) during the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, on Tuesday called on the judiciary to uphold democracy and the rule of law in Nigeria.
9 Oct
The national leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has been asked to zone its governorship ticket to Edo Central in the interest of fairness, equity, brotherhood and justice.
1 Oct
Mr Peter Obi, 2023 presidential candidate, Labour Party has urged Nigerians not to despair after 63 years of their nationhood, but to remain hopeful that a better Nigeria is still possible.
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