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LP Crisis: Abure’s election as National Chairman didn’t follow due process- NEC
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Labour Party (LP) has said the elections that brought in Mr Julius Abure as the party’s National Chairman did not follow due process. The Labour Party NEC disclosed this at the stakeholders’ interactive town hall meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. According to them, the convention that brought Abure in did not follow due…
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LP: Otti submits Supreme Court Judgment’s CTC to INEC
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has officially submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Certified True Copies (CTC) of the Supreme Court judgment regarding the leadership of the Labour Party (LP). The 48-page judgment had removed Julius Abure as the national chairman of LP. However, Abure, the embattled party leader, maintained that the judgment did not dissolve the National…
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Police nab Lagos tout who assaulted female driver
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man named Friday Onu, after a video showing him attacking a female commercial driver, Yetunde Amole, on the Lekki-Epe Expressway went viral. Onu was reportedly trying to steal her car battery when the incident happened. This was disclosed in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Wednesday. Hundeyin explained…
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Ondo poly workers begin indefinite strike over salary arrears
Members of staff of the Ondo State-owned Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, have commenced an indefinite strike over non-payment of their salary arrears by the Lucky Aiyedatiwa administration. The workers, under their various unions, staged a peaceful protest on the polytechnic campus. The angry workers said that apart from being owed for six months, the state government has not…
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Usman-led LP Caretaker Committee holds NEC meeting in Abuja
The Labour Party is currently holding its National Executive Council meeting in Abuja. The meeting comes amid the controversy over the recent Supreme Court judgement on the national chairmanship position for the Labour Party. It is being held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel and is chaired by former Finance Minister Nenadi Usman. In attendance are the 2023 LP presidential candidate,…
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2027: Nigerians want coalition with clear ideology not coalition of politicians- Prince Adebayo
Recently, President Bola Tinubu changed the leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Speaking with journalists on the replacement, ongoing plan by oppositions to form coalition and other salient issues, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo, said Nigerians want coalition with clear ideology not coalition of politicians. In the next one…
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Aiyedatiwa approves dissolution of Ondo football agency board
The Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has approved the dissolution of the management board of the Ondo State Football Agency. A statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ebenezer Adeniyan, on Wednesday, said the dissolution was to take immediate effect. According to the statement, the governor has, however, immediately set up a caretaker committee to manage the affairs…
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Rivers Sole Administrator appoints Chairman, members for RSIEC
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved the appointment of a new chairman and members of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission. According to the statement, the new RSIEC Chairman, Dr Micheal Ekpai Odey, will work with six members and four professors. The appointment was announced in a Government Special Announcement issued on Wednesday by…
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Rivers: Ibas appoints Administrators for 23 LGAs
The Administrator of Rivers State, Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has appointed Administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state. According to the statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibibia Worika, the appointments are to take effect from Monday, April 7, 2025. The administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State include:…
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S’Court Judgment: NLC asks INEC to remove insignia of Abure, LP NWC from portal
Following crisis rocking the Labour Party, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday, said that it will no longer condone the antics of inconsequential characters in the party. In a statement titled: “Nigerian workers, genuine labour party members and lovers of democracy be on standby,” which was issued by its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, the Labour Center called on the…
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