The Labour Party has faulted claims by President Muhammadu Buhari that opposition parties lost the 2023 general elections due to over confidence, complacency and bad tactics .The party described the president’s views as expressed by his Senior Special Assistant (Media), Mallam Garba Shehu, as unpresidential and disturbing.This was contained in a statement signed by the party’s Acting National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh.The LP noted that the President’s stateme...

Despite the provisions of Section 296 of the 2015 Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA, many accused persons in Akwa Ibom State have remained in prison custody awaiting trial for over 10 years.The long wait has not only contributed to the congestion of prison cells but has put pressure on the staff as well as the economic disposition of the Federal Government as the amount for feeding and medical care of those awaiting trial is overwhelming.Investigations re...

Barely two days that he was declared as the Abia State governor-elect, Alex Otti, has said he won the election even before the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, joined the party, and that he would have won the last Saturday's election without the influence of Peter Obi.Otti said this in an interview on Channels TV’s Politics TodayHe said, “In 2015 when I ran under APGA, there was no Peter Obi. And we have it on our record that I won that electio...