Tag: Labour Party

Ex-minister, Nenadi Usman, Emerges Labour Party’s Caretaker Chairman

ADEOLA YUSUF

Former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, has emerged as chairman of the national caretaker committee of the Labour Party (LP). This decision was taken on Wednesday at the Labour Party’s extended stakeholders meeting held at the Banquet Hall of Abia State Government House in Umuahia, Abia State capital. Usman, who defected to LP during the 2023 general elections, heads the caretaker committee consisting of 29 persons. She was elected senator to represent Kaduna South Senatorial District in the April 2011 elections on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party…

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Labour Party Suspends National Chairman Abure For Anti-party Activities

Ganiyu Amodu

The national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure has been suspended over alleged anti-party activities. He was suspended by the LP in Ward 3 in Arue-Uromi, in Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. Letter of his suspension dated May 14, 2024, was approved on Friday night by the state executive committee in Benin. The suspension letter was signed by the Chairman of the Ward, Thompson Ehiguese, and the Ward Secretary, Stanley Usiomoh. READ ALSO Sanwo-Olu, Cabinet Members Visit Obasa Over Father’s Demise Kano Gov Orders Deposed Emir…

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How Enugu Govt Awarded N100bn Contract To 4 Day-Old Company

Ganiyu Amodu

. “We smell a rat,” Labour Party speaks on what it knew about deals   The Enugu State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has called on Nigeria’s anticorruption agencies to investigate the agriculture partnership agreement recently signed between the Enugu State Government and Pragmatic Farms Limited alleging that the transaction might be a conduit to siphon the resources of the state. The party, in a statement on Sunday signed by its Chairman, Comrade Casmir Uchenna Agbo, and Publicity Secretary, Onuora Odo, questioned the propriety of the transaction, pointing out…

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JUST IN: Appeal Court Affirms Julius Abure As Labour Party’s National Chairman

Ganiyu Amodu

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, affirmed Mr. Julius Abure as the authentic National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, vacated an order of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, which barred the Abure-led Executives from piloting the affirms of the political party. The high court order was a fallout of a suit that was filed by the Chief Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the party. In the ruling he delivered…

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Why We Sacked Okupe, DG Obi Presidential Campaign Council – Labour Party

Gbenga Adeoti

Doyin Okupe, who was once Peter Obi’s deputy place holder did not pay membership dues, Labour Party’s Ogun chapter lists out ‘crimes’ allegedly committed by party’s top chieftain . The Labour Party in Ogun State has dismissed the Director General of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe, and 10 others over alleged non-financial membership status, high-handedness and financial recklessness. The State Chairman of the party, Michael Ashade who announced this in Abeokuta on Thursday, said the offences allegedly committed breached the LP’s constitution. READ ALSO: United Nations Institute…

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