Athan Achonu has emerged as the Labour Party flagbearer for the Imo state guber race. Athan polled 134 votes to defeat fifteen other candidates. Achonu thanked the party’s stakeholders for his victory. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Senator Athan Achonu, the former senator who represented Imo North has emerged winner of the Imo State Labour … Read more
Omo-Agege denied working against Tinubu’s victory. Ojuogbo had alleged that the deputy senate president was involved in an anti-party activity during the Presidential election. Reacting, Omo-Agege described Ojuogbo as an “impetuous irritant”. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has reacted to the claim by Cairo Ojuogbo that he worked against … Read more
The recently concluded elections in Nigeria whipped up lots of ethnic sentiments. Some people were insulted because they refused to support candidates from their ethnic groups. Sulaimon Olamide is one of the people who insulted others because of their political choices. Eko Hot Blog reports that Sulaimon Olamide, a former aspirant for the Office of … Read more
Isaac Fayose has explained why the APC is troubled by the popularity of the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who lost the election. Fayose claims that the level of reception Obi received during his visit to Nigerians in the diaspora has unsettled APC members, who perceive him as still campaigning. The APC is concerned that … Read more
INEC has urged the election Tribunal to dismiss all the petitions that challenge the outcome of Tinubu’s win. The electoral umpire maintained that Tinubu won the 2023 presidential poll. INEC had declared Tinubu the winner of the presidential election after polling 8,794,726 votes. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission has urged … Read more
The Labour Party has rescheduled its ward and gubernatorial primary elections. Though no reason was given for the postponement. It was gathered that the National Executive Council (NEC) of the party ordered the postponement. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Labour Party has rescheduled its ward and gubernatorial primaries, which were originally scheduled to take … Read more
APC has denied any Involvement in the Crisis rocking Labor Party. The ruling party stated categorically that it is not behind the removal of the LP National chairman. Morka accused Abure of looking for who to blame over the leadership crisis rocking the party. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the The ruling All Progressives Congress … Read more
Opposition parties, including the Labour Party, are at the election petition tribunal to dispute the 2023 presidential election results. The LP vice-presidential candidate recently called on President Buhari to delay the inauguration of President-elect Tinubu until the judicial process concludes. The statement prompted an angry reaction from Prof. Soyinka, who called the LP VP candidate … Read more
Wole Soyinka has thrown down the gauntlet for a one-on-one interview with Baba-Ahmed. The Nobel laureate issued a challenge to the vice presidential candidate of the LP, inviting Datti to confront him on national television. During a conversation with Arise TV on Friday, Soyinka issued the challenge. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Wole Soyinka, the … Read more
A Court has stopped the suspension of Labour Party Chairman, Julius Abure and four others. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a State High Court sitting in Benin, the Edo state capital, has restrained the Labour Party and all its members from any suspension or purported suspension of its national officers till the determination of a … Read more
Omoyele Sowore has accused his counterpart in the Labour Party, Peter Obi, of lying about a phone conversation with Bishop David Oyedepo. Obi denied the conversation and claimed that the audio call was fake and doctored. The controversy sparked a Twitter feud between Sowore and Obi, as both political rivals disputed the alleged conversation. EKO … Read more
Tribunal has granted the Labour Party permission to inspect election materials. The court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to provide the Labour Party with the Certified True Copy of all governorship nominations. INEC had declared Otti of the Labour Party as the winner of the Abia Governorship election. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the … Read more
The Labour Party has accused the APC of doctoring a leaked audio allegedly of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and popular cleric, Bishop David Oyedepo. They claimed that the leaked phone conversation was distorted by the APC to convey a religious narrative against Obi. The LP deems the audio fake and accuses opposition parties of … Read more
Peter Obi has reacted to a leaked audio conversation between him and Bishop Oyedepo. Reacting, Obi warned that the APC is desperate to grab and retain power by creating lies. He maintained that APC’s latest move has failed woefully. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in … Read more
LP campaign spokesman has confirmed the authenticity of the leaked conversation between Obi and Oyedepo. The audio had attracted criticism for Obi, with some of his supporters saying it was doctored. Okonkwo who verified the authenticity of the audio said it was “taken out of context by critics”. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Kenneth Okonkwo, … Read more
APC asks DSS to invite LP’s VP for questioning over CJN swearing-in comment. LP’s VP had stated that swearing-in the President-elect would invite the military to take over Nigeria. APC chairman in Cross River State has called for clarification, saying it could be a circumstantial evidence of illegal means to truncate democracy. EKO HOT BLOG … Read more
By Tunde Odesola Was. Is. Will. The spellbinding sight of the throne would blush King Solomon green with envy. With a grin, the elephant walked majestically towards the throne, swishing his tail as its tree-trunk legs embossed map-like footprints in the brown earth. EDITOR’S PICKS Sanwo-Olu Receives Certificate Of Return, Vows ‘Next Four Years Will … Read more
The Lagos governorship election held on March 18, 2023. The electoral commission declared the incumbent governor as the winner of the election. However, his closest rival, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has refused to concede, accusing the ruling party of voter suppression and intimidation. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress … Read more
The LP has reduced the price of its governorship nomination form for off-cycle elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo states from N25 million to N15 million. Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate, had urged the reduction in price, which was previously identical to that of the APC and PDP. Obi thanked the party’s leadership for … Read more
Labour Party is under fire for fixing nomination form for N25m. EKO HOT BLOG reports that ahead of the Imo State governorship election scheduled for November 11, the Labour Party, LP, is under fire for fixing the price of its expression of interest and nomination forms at N25 million. Twelve aspirants, excluding the late Humprey … Read more