THE leadership of the Labour Party is shocked to hear the assassination of one of our leaders and a lawmaker representing Onitsha 1 North Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Justice Azuka. The lawmaker was abducted on Tuesday, December 24, 2024 by gunmen while returning home on Ugwunaobankpa Road in … Read more
A group, the Alliance for All Labour Party Professionals and Stakeholders (AALPS) has warned that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi may face his worst electoral defeat in the 2027 presidential election if he continues to destabilize and unnecessarily factionalising the party. The group also called … Read more
THE National Secretary of the Labour Party, Alhaji Umar Farouk said the Party is petrified over the stampede to death of about 65 Nigerians in the last few days in Oyo, Anambra states and the FCT. Alhaji Farouk thinks that the stampedes have become one too many and that the loss of this magnitude … Read more
THE attention of the leadership of the Labour Party has been drawn to a video making the rounds in the social media where a lawyer, Deji Adeyanju made a disparaging and slandering comments against our party and particularly, our National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure. My first response is to say that all what he … Read more
IN its desire to exceed a membership size of 20 million before 2027 general election, the opposition Labour Party, has launched an online membership registration and revalidation application. The party also announced the release of its timetable for the congresses starting with the ward up to state levels which will commence immediately with membership … Read more
IT has come to the attention of the leadership of the Labour Party of the illegal activities of a former National Treasurer of the party, Ms Oluchi Oparah who is reported to have been parading herself as the National Women Leader of the party. Ms Oparah was in November 2023 suspended indefinitely as a … Read more
… Accuses NLC, others of falsehood, demarketing LP to favour rival parties It has become imperative for the leadership of the Labour Party to quickly respond to the handwork of our adversaries and those who want to desperately frustrate the leadership of the Labour Party at all cost. Recently, after the landmark court judgment affirming … Read more
THE Labour Party has chided President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima for leaving the country almost at the same time. While Tinubu is on annual leave in Paris, France, Shettima is attending an event in Stockholm, Sweden. The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, said the least Tinubu could have … Read more
OVER the past several years, the Labour Party has consistently stood as a vanguard of democracy and good governance, particularly in our advocacy for functional and autonomous local government councils in Nigeria. Our unwavering belief is that one of the primary impediments to Nigeria’s sustainable development is the inefficiency and underutilization of local government councils. … Read more
THE National Executive Council (NEC) of Labour Party has withdrawn its presidential and governorship election tickets for the 2027 poll which it earlier gave to Peter Obi and Alex Otti (Abia State Governor) respectively. Recall that the party had, at its national convention in Nnewi, in 2023, adopted its presidential flag bearer in the last … Read more