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Abure-led LP faults appointment of new interim leadership
The National Youth Leader of the Labour Party (LP), Kennedy Ahanotu, has faulted the appointment of a new interim leadership committee led by Senator Nenadi Usman as unconstitutional and illegal, insisting that the party’s leadership remains under Julius Abure. Ahanotu, a loyalist of the Abure-led camp made the statement during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday. He said…
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Okpebholo’s warning to Obi, a direct assault on constitutional rights- CUPP
The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has said Governor Monday Okpebholo’s warning to 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi not to enter Edo State, was a direct assault on the constitutional rights to freedom of movement, expression, and association, and it reflects a dangerous arrogance that has no place in governance. The group described it as a death…
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Okpebholo warns Obi against entering Edo without security clearance
The governor of Edo State, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, on Friday warned Peter Obi against entering the state without security clearance. Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, visited Benin on July 7 and donated N15m million to St Philomena Hospital School of Nursing Sciences for the completion of projects in the school. But the governor condemned Obi’s…
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Ex-Nigerian Ambassador to Japan, Prof. Gana joins ADC
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin – The immediate past Nigerian Ambassador to Japan, Professor Mohammed Yisa Gana, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State and joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Gana’s resignation was contained in a letter dated July 16, 2025, and addressed to the chairman of the PDP in Kpada Ward II, Patigi Local Government…
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Buhari’s inner circle bypassed protocol despite official directives – Gambari
By Kunle Sanni – Former Chief of Staff to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Gambari, has disclosed that members of the president’s inner circle often bypassed official protocol to gain direct access to him, despite clear directives to follow formal procedures. Speaking on Inside Sources, a Channels Television programme, Gambari said Buhari had ordered that all memos be routed…
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Buhari’s burial: Adebayo Commends Tinubu’s statesmanship
Buhari’s burial: Adebayo Commends Tinubu’s statesmanship The leader and candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has commended President Bola Tinubu for the way and manner he handled the state burial of late former President Muhammadu Buhari. The commendation was contained in his post on verified X handle, @Pres_Adebayo earlier today (Friday).…
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LP elects Nenadi Usman as interim National Chairman
The Labour Party (LP) statutory National Executive Committee (NEC) has elected Senator Nenadi Usman as the Interim National Chairman and Senator Darlington Nwokocha as the Interim National Secretary, among others, as members of the party’s interim working committee. Nenadi was elected on Friday during the party’s NEC meeting in Abuja. Other resolutions reached during the meeting include the approval of…
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PHOTO NEWS: Governor Umo visits President Tinubu in Abuja
By Kunle Sanni – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday received the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, alongside Senate President Godswill Akpabio, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. During the meeting, President Tinubu formally welcomed Governor Eno into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The visit marks a significant political shift in Akwa Ibom State, which was previously…
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2026: Beyond APC, PDP, Aregbesola bets on ADC to takeover Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – Barely three years after exiting office as Nigeria’s Minister of Interior and almost seven years since leaving office as Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola is back and not quietly. Declaring a full-fledged political comeback under the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Aregbesola is positioning his new party as a potent alternative to the ruling Peoples…
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Atiku hadn’t been active in PDP after 2023 general elections – Anenih
A former Minister of Women Affairs and Woman leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, Josephine Anenih has said former Vice President Atiku Abubakar had dumped the party after the 2023 presidential election, despite reports of his resignation on July 14, 2025. Anenih made this assertion when she appeared on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Thursday. “If you ask me, I…
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