A bloodied picture of Olumide Oworu, the Labour Party (LP) candidate for Surulere LGA 1, in the Lagos house of assembly, has been circulating on social media. On Thursday, TheCable had reported that suspected thugs disrupted the campaign of Oworu in the Iponri area of Surulere, where one person was said to have been injured….
By Ayomide Otitoju The Institute of Counseling in Nigeria (ICN) has paid tribute to Hilda Adefarasin, the mother of Pastor Wale Adefarasin, the institute’s board President, who passed on at the age of 98 years and was buried in Lagos at the weekend after the service of songs & Tribute Night. The Provost of ICN,…
The Labour Party (LP) has alleged that some opposition parties are pressurising the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upturn the victory of its FCT senate candidate, Ireti Kingibe, in their favour. Peter Diugwu, the FCT LP chairman, said this at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. He alleged that the parties were frequenting…
Executive members of the Labour Party (LP) in Katsina State on Sunday unanimously adopted the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Senator Yakubu Danmarke. The excos led by the State Acting Chairman of the Labour Party, Comrade Mannir Salisu, said their decision was coming after their party chairman who was…
Top leaders and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) early Monday morning stormed the Court of Appeal in Abuja, in solidarity with Governor Ademola Adeleke.The governor’s legal team numbering over 15 were also at the court. The acting state Chairman of the PDP, Dr Adekunle Akindele, who led the party leadership was accompanied by…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has revealed the focus of his petition at the Presidential Elections Tribunal (PET).In a tweet on Monday, Obi said he wants to challenge both the electoral process of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its declaration of Bola Tinubu…
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Delta State, Ken Pela, has promised to increase the minimum wage for workers in the state to N60,000 and later N100,000 if elected in the March 18 election.Pela, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, also said that he guarantees the people…
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Oyo State, Michael Lana, has stepped down and endorsed Governor Seyi Makinde for a second term of office.Lana made this disclosure while addressing journalists in Ibadan on Tuesday. Contrary to speculations in some quarters that the former Attorney-General of Oyo had endorsed another candidate, Lana…
The police command in Ogun State says it has arrested five suspected members of a ritual gang which specialises in exhuming corpses from graves and removing body parts for rituals. The police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday, said the suspects were arrested on Saturday in Odogbolu. Mr…
