The Lagos Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Olajide Adediran against the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Ibafemi Hamzat.The tribunal upheld the election of Governor Sanwo-Olu and ...

The Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi on Monday alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) refused to provide the documents they asked for.Obi and the LP are petitioners in the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 challenging the election of President ...

In a bid to avert any possible impact of the lingering crisis in the Labour Party (LP) in his petition at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, the presidential candidate of the party, Mr. Peter Obi has reached out to some of the principal actors to sheathe their swords, THISDAY has learnt. ...

By Innocent AnabaLabor Party Presidential Campaign Council, LP-PCC, yesterday, accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of a well-calculated and orchestrated campaign of calumny to discredit and delegitimise Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate, to compel him to abandon his right ...

By Wale OdunsiThe Labour Party, LP, has announced its readiness to challenge its loss to the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the March 18 governorship election in Lagos State.The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu the winner after ...

As the electoral battle for the soul of Lagos State  gathers momentum, the Director-general of Labour Party’s Presidential Campaign, Akin Osuntokun, yesterday, accused the All Progressives Party (APC) in Lagos State of playing the ethnic card  ahead of the saturday’s governorship and state house of ...

Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Gift Habib, Dirisu Yakubu and Dirisu YakubuThe Labour Party, on Thursday, knocked the Independent National Electoral Commission, saying the electoral umpire deliberately came up with its idea of reconfiguring the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines after its ...

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere on Wednesday disclosed that the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi was the winner of the just-concluded presidential election.According to the foremost Yoruba group, the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All ...

Tinubu seeks order to inspect election materials•PDP raises the alarm over alleged plan to erase, destroy evidence of rigging•Opposition parties insist reconfiguration of BVAS will tamper with evidenceChuks Okocha and Alex Enumah in AbujaThe Court of Appeal in Abuja, yesterday, ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu are wide awake ahead of the next round of general elections.The governorship and House of Assembly polls will be held on Saturday, two weeks after the presidential and National Assembly exercise. ...

By Henry Umoru, Assistant Politics EditorON Tuesday, June 11, 2019, the 9th Senate came into being and the Senator representing Yobe North, Dr Ahmad Lawan, All Progressives Congress, APC, was elected the President of the Senate, with Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, APC, Delta Central becoming his ...

By  Gbenga OloniniranThe Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party and the African Democratic Party have asked the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, to step aside.The three parties in a joint press conference on Tuesday, alleged that the February 2023 ...

Early results from several polling units in most parts of Cross River State indicated that the Labour Party, LP, is winning the state.DAILY POST reports that the LP won by a larger margin in polling units declared.Closely followed was the APC in some of the units.Early results ...

By John Owen NwachukwuWith the 2023 general election around the corner, the leading political parties continue to lay claim to dominance across the country.The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, are all claiming to be in firm ...

By  Friday OlokorContrary to political permutations, the forthcoming presidential election in Nigeria would not be predictable, a United States-based election monitoring organisation, National Endowment for Democracy has said.While the 2023 election in Nigeria as “a consequential ...

By John Alechenu & Olayinka AjayiTHE camps of the three leading presidential candidates, yesterday, disagreed over the ANAP poll, which showed Labour Party, LP, Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, as the favourite to win the 2023 election.For the second time in four months, the ...