Many of the greatest crimes in history were caused not by hatred, but rather by indifference. They were caused by people who could have done something but did not even bother lifting a finger

The Court of Appeal in Lagos, yesterday, dismissed an appeal filed by the Labour Party (LP), challenging the judgment of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which affirmed the election of Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu as Lagos State governor.

The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has resumed hearing of two petitions filed by Alliance for Democracy (AD) governorship candidate, Chief Owolabi Salis, and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Ifagbemi Awamaridi.

The gubernatorial candidate of Alliance for Democracy (AD), Owolabi Salis and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Professor Ifagbemi Awamaridi, have asked the Lagos State Attorney General to investigate Governor-elect Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s voter card. They alleged that Sanwo-Olu, who stood for the election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared as winner…

Following motions filed by the African Democratic Party (ADP), Labour Party (LP) and African Action Congress (AAC), the Rivers State governorship election petition tribunal has granted their request to serve Governor Nyesom Wike through substituted service. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Governor Wike, who stood for the polls under the Peoples Democratic…

No fewer than 198 candidates from 13 political parties will be slugging it out in today’s House of Assembly elections in Ekiti state. INEC made this known yesterday in Ado Ekiti at an interactive session by the State’s Public Relations Officer of the Commission, Taiwo Gbadegesin, saying the contestants are from 13 political parties namely…

Dr. Olusegun Mimiko has lost his bid to be in the 9th Legislative Assembly to represent his people. His Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) could not fly. Mimiko had bestrode politics of Ondo State for over two decades like Colossus, but one of his political protégées, Ayo Akinyelure of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is the…

Celebrity lawyer and top politician, Kayode Ajulo, and his wife, Kofoworola, are surely in great mood, following the recent arrival of a baby boy into their fold. The family was devastated some months ago when they lost their six-year-old son, Kayikunmi, in an auto-crash in Abuja. But rather than wallow in endless grief, the activist…

However the Wednesday December 18 2018 judgment of an Ilorin High Court in favour of a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state turns out, may be the decider of who wins the February 2019 general elections in the state.  Technicalities of relevant laws rather than superiority at the polls may decide the…

The Labour Party (LP) has accused the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) of plan to organise an illegal convention to upset the party in 2019 elections. A statement issued yesterday in Abuja by the party’s Director of Publicity and Media Strategy, Yinka Richards, condemned in strongest term the move and dissociated…

Four members of the House of Representatives have dumped the All Progressive Congress for other political parties, citing internal wrangling. The decision was contained in their letters read on the floor of the chamber yesterday by Speaker Yakubu Dogara. While Biodun Awoleye Dada (Oyo State) defected to Accord Party, Olusegun Williams (Ogun), Lawal Hassan (Zamfara)…

Former National Secretary of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Kayode Ajulo has condoled with the world and the entire diplomatic family over the death of erstwhile Secretary General of United Nations (UN), Mr. Kofi Annan. In a condolence message, yesterday, Ajulo said one of Annan’s greatest quotes, which became his mantra came to mind: “If…