INEC, in its affidavit to show cause pursuant to the court order, told Justice Inyang Ekwo that the plaintiffs’ suit was statute barred.
Browsing: LP
The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in the appeal by Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) against the September 6 judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) which affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the last presidential election.
The Labour Party in Lagos State has commiserated with the families, friends and fans of late musician, Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad.
The opposition Labour Party LP has chided Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, for accusing it of an attempt to deceive Nigerians to believe that its Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, won the last Presidential poll.
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia the Abia State capital, has sacked three House of Representatives members elected on the platform of the ruling Labour Party (LP).
Epele Asemota of the Labour Party and Omosede Igbinedion of the Peoples Democratic party filed the petitions.
The Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed as hogwash the claims by the South South Chairman of the Labour Party, Chief Tony Ezeagwu, that the 100 days administration of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori is a non-event for, in his words: “Lacking spark of governance.”
Five political parties including the PDP, LP, Action Peoples Party (APP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and the Action Alliance (AA) had lodged separate petitions before the tribunal seeking to annul Tinubu’s victory.
The National/State House of Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lagos on Wednesday upheld the election of Senator Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni of the All Progressives Congress as the duly elected representative of Lagos Central Senatorial District.
Lamidi Apapa, a Labour Party factional leader, says only candidates endorsed by him can feature in the November 11 Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States governorship elections.
The Court of Appeal, Benin, Edo State has affirmed Comrade Julius Abure,as the National Chairman of the opposition Labour Party (LP).
The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa, retired Commodore Benjamin Nathus, has assured the people of the State that the party will end their years of suffering caused by bad leadership.
The Lagos State opposition Labour Party (LP) said there is no crisis or faction in the chapter, describing any other group or exco as illegal and unconstitutional.
The Senate has described as misplaced, a comment credited to a chieftain of the Labour Party, Professor Pat Utomi, over the decision of the Senate to stop the planned increase of electricity tariffs which would further increase the suffering of the masses.
It alleged that the process that produced Ireti Kingibe, candidate of the Labour of Party, was marred by irregularities.
INEC’s Head of Department Voter Education and Publicity, Adenike Tadese announced this in a statement obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Tuesday in Lagos.
The conclusion therefore is that the outcome of the first leg of the Nigeria’s 2023 general elections is most likely to affect what happens in the next 24 hours or more – when the results from the polling units and final outcome of the elections from States begin to trickle in, one after the other.
The Labour Party has won 40 national assembly seats so far — according to records by INEC. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the party, put up a notable performance in the presidential election, though there are disputations over votes from the states he won as there are allegations that they were ballooned in his favour.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday, declared Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the presidential poll.
The vice presidential candidate of the parties addressed the press in Abuja as INEC kept announcing the results.