Labour Party
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A former spokesman of the Labour Party, LP, presidential campaign team in the 2023 presidential election, Kenneth Okonkwo has stated that there is anarchy in the opposition party. The actor-tuned politician, who spoke during an interview on Channels TV, said the party is currently functioning without leaders, rubbishing the authority of the National Chairman, Julius…
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Erstwhile presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, has said that there is no corresponding breakdown of expenditures to justify the increase in the 2025 national budget. The statement comes after President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, increased the appropriation bill for the 2025 fiscal year from N49.7 trillion to N54.2 trillion. MEZIESBLOG…
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The Court of Appeal Abuja has reiterated that Julius Abure remains the National Chairman of the Labour Party. A three-member panel of the appellate court in a judgement delivered by Justice Hamma Barka, held that its judgement of November 13, 2024, which recognises Abure as national chairman subsists and has not been set aside by…
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President Bola Tinubu yesterday declared that with the elections over, it was time to unite and build Nigeria, stressing that “no one of us has control of our mother tongue.” Tinubu has also made a firm commitment that his administration would complete the Eastern Rail line connecting Port Harcourt to Maiduguri while pledging to develop…
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The Labour Party, LP, has called on the federal government to prioritise improving the welfare of Nigerians. The National Secretary of the party, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, made this call in reaction to the recent stampedes that occurred in the country. MEZIESBLOG reports that stampedes occurred in Oyo, Anambra, and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in which over 50…
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The 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has stated that gender influences corruption. According to him, women are not as corrupt as men. Speaking on the Honest Bunch Podcast, the former Anambra State governor explained that because women are family-oriented, they are more determined to see society improve. He said when he was…
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A former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that Peter Obi’s group is now fighting him because he refused to join forces with them ahead of the 2023 general elections. Wike said Peter Obi and his lobbyists lobbied him so much prior to the polls but he turned them down, believing Obi would…
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The 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday, charged President Bola Tinubu to reverse the sudden hike in the pump price of fuel. Obi described the sudden price hike by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, as insensitive and unfortunate. Posting on X, Obi said the sudden hike in the pump…
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Chaos looms in Europe and Trump wants ‘retribution’ A new beginning for Britain and suddenly we find ourselves in a world turning itself inside out, posing clear challenges to the incoming Labour government. The swing to the left in the UK comes just as some of our closest partners appear to be veering in the opposite direction.…
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Governors of the 36 states of the Federation have rejected the N60,000 minimum wage proposed by the Federal Government. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the Director Media and Public Affairs of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, Hajiya Halimah Salihu Ahmed. The governors said the N60,000 wage is not realistic and unsustainable.…
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We are now hearing from our panel for the evening. Sir Ben Bradshaw, who was the Labour MP for Exeter until parliament was dissolved last week, says this election campaign is “a bit more restful than usual” for him as he is not standing for re-election. On serious matters, we turn to Nigel Farage having…
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Labour has added an amendment to the government’s Renters (Reform) Bill that would prevent landlords from selling a property for two years after a tenancy has begun. Under the rule, landlords would have to wait two years from the tenancy start date before initiating repossession proceedings. The bill aims to reform the private rental sector,…
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Labour “will get prisons built,” the shadow justice secretary has said. Shabana Mahmood made the pledge earlier today on Sky’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips. She was asked how a Labour government would deal with growing prisoner numbers over the next five years should they win the next election. Ms Mahmood said: “The money is…
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The UK economy has officially entered recession, figures show. A recession is defined as two consecutive three-month periods where the economy contracts rather than grows. A major measure of economic growth, gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 0.3% between October and December, the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows. It’s a steeper-than-expected fall, as…
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It’s been a tough week so far for Labour, with two of its parliamentary candidates accused of anti-Israel remarks in as many days. On Monday, Labour withdrew support for its candidate in the Rochdale by-election after “new information” emerged about comments he is alleged to have made. A report in the Daily Mail claimed that Azhar…
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Labour’s withdrawal of support for Azhar Ali ‘exposes quite serious things’ about party Andrew Fisher, former head of policy for Jeremy Corbyn, has said the situation around Labour’s Rochdale by-election candidate “exposes quite serious things” about the party. He told the media that Labour “have made the correct decision, they should have done it straight…
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