Labour Party Not Aware Of Coalition, Abure Tenure Has Expired — Interim Natl Secretary

The African Democratic Congress (ADC), according to Darlington Nwokocha, interim national secretary of the Labour Party (LP), notifying the party that it is unaware of any coalitions involving opposition figures like Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar, Nasir El-Rufai, and others. The LP has its internal structure and has not yet merged with any alliances.

Nwokocha distanced the party from the ADC-led coalition, which hopes to overthrow the All-Party (APC) in the 2027 general elections.

“Well, I don’t know about that, and I’m not sure if the rings have been opened up to me.”

Already the Labour Party has the tools for internal coalition, according to the article. When asked if the Labour Party was ready to join the coalition, Nwokocha claimed on Channels Television’s Politics Today that the party was becoming “extremely strong.”

Nwokocha noted Peter Obi’s involvement in the coalition activities does not equate to the party joining any alliance, even though the former Anambra governor is still revered as the party’s 2023 presidential flagbearer.

Peter Obi is a person, he says. We respect him because, like everyone else, he carried our flag in 2023.

We respect him in that way. Even if he makes a decision to relocate, it does not indicate that he has joined ADC or something similar. He is a mature person who should be open to discussion; it is possible to cross-pollinate ideas.

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Abure’s Tenure Was Expired

Julius Abure, the party’s national leader, is captured in a photo.

Nwokocha cited a “political accident” as the cause of the formation of the interim leadership in response to the leadership crisis in the Labour Party. He affirmed that Julius Abure’s tenure as National Chairman had come to an end.

Abure was, of course, our nation’s chairman. You should forget everything when your term is up. Additionally, the interim National Working Committee steps in if a political accident turns fatal.

There is no other thing to do after the term has ended, aside from creating an interim committee. The interim national secretary stated that the party cannot operate in a vacuum.

Nwokocha responded when asked if he was concerned that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) still recognized Abure as chairman on its website. “Putting your picture in a location does not make you the owner of the location,” Nwokocha said.

Have they (INEC) permitted him to attend any meetings? He has never been permitted. He has tried every method, but they have never let him attend the meetings.

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On November 26, 2022, Alex Otti addressed the Aba Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (ACCIMA).

In response to a question about Alex Otti’s role at Friday’s NEC meeting, he clarified that Otti was a legitimate NEC member in accordance with the party’s constitution.

He is a NEC member, he says. There are irregularities, and constitutions vary. The NEC is the next organ in the Labour Party constitution, followed by the NWC.

It is now the NEC, in place of the Administrative Arm of the National Working Committee. Since the National Working Committee was sacked in total, the NEC is made up of three members from the EUC, three from the NLC, and any elected governor and their deputy.

These are the National Convention’s statutory members. He said that the NEC, to which Otti belongs, is next in the hierarchy of our constitution.

Nwokocha further revealed that INEC had been properly informed of the NEC meeting and that Usman, the party’s former leader, was in an emergency and would return before the weekend was up.

He argued that the court had already decided the issue, adding that the focus should be on resolving it internally.

You can’t resolve a dispute that the Supreme Court has already resolved. The impact is different between political and legal resolution. Going to court to seek legal resolution is a requirement for legal resolution. He claimed that internal political resolution is carried out.

When asked if the Abure-led faction’s comments concerned him, he replied, “No, they are our former members. They have been suspended. We will forgive them for whatever reason, even if they come back and say “we are sorry.” Do they not belong to Nigeria?

Labour Party
Nenadi Usman/LP photo combination

Nwokocha made his remarks shortly after the Labor Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), which was led by Governor Otti, appointed Senators Darlington Nwokocha as interim national secretaries and Senator Nenadi as interim national chairman.

A temporary working committee will be established to manage party affairs until a new executive is elected at a national convention.

The schedule for the congresses’ ward, local government, state, and zonal meetings, which culminated in the national convention, was also approved.

On the same show, Kennedy Ahanotu, the Labour Party’s National Youth Leader, criticized the appointments, calling them “unconstitutional” and “illegal.”

He cited the Electoral Act and the constitution of the Labour Party to insist that Abure continue to be the party’s leader.

Since the 2023 general elections, the Labour Party has been at odds with its leadership.

Police Confirm Killing Of UNIMED Registrar

The death of Mr. Ezekiel Imoleayo Adeniran, the Registrar of the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo (UNIMED), has been confirmed by the Ondo State Police Command.

Olusola Ayanlade, the command’s public relations officer, confirmed the incident in a phone call with Channels Television.

The university registrar died early on Thursday, July 17, according to Ayanlade, adding that Fanibi, Akure Division, of the Command, was the site of the incident.

He said, “I can confirm the death of the man.” Two men forced a substance into another person’s mouth using the information I have at my disposal. An autopsy will do that, but I can’t confirm to you that the substance was poisonous.

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According to Ayanlade, the investigation has been thorough and has been moved to the State Criminal Investigative Department. He urged people to share relevant information with the police about the criminals responsible for the wicked act.

Isaac Oluyi, the university’s public relations officer, has also confirmed Adeniran’s death.

He described the incident as shocking, saying that it had sparked a nationwide mourning flurry among the University students.

Oluyi stated that the late registrar had been working at his place of worship on July 14, 2025, and that the cause of his death was still unknown.

Petrol Tanker Explodes In Ibadan

A tanker and a private car were involved in an explosion in Ibadan, the capital of the Oyo state.

At the intersection of Celica and Adegbayi, new Ife Road, Ibadan, reportedly on Thursday July 17th, at 6:30 PM.

Akinyinka Akinyemi, the general manager of the Oyo State Fire Service, made this disclosure in a statement released on Friday.

A crew of firemen led by ACFS Adeniyi Adesina arrived at the scene right away. A car was engulfed in flames and a tanker with a 33, 000 litres of premium motor spirit (PMS) on board when it arrived. &nbsp,

Apparently, the explosion occurred at the Celica junction in Ibadan’s new Ife road, Adegbayi.

He claimed that the firemen “swung into action” by quickly containing the fire with chemical foam by preventing it from spreading to the nearby NNPC petrol station and nearby properties.

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The federal and state fire services jointly extinguished the incident.

Officials with the fire service prevented it from spreading to the NNPC petrol station and nearby properties.

The fire incident occurred as a result of a brake failure and a tanker’s failure, which caused it to lose control, hit a Prado jeep and a car, then fell onto an open road and caught fire in the process, according to the release’s preliminary investigation&nbsp.

The fire affected the tanker and a car, but no one was hurt, despite the jeep being pushed into a nearby gutter on impact.

No injuries were reported.

The fire officials’ prompt action saved the nearby NNPC filling station and adjacent properties from the devastating fire, according to what was discovered.

Alleged $12m Fraud: My BDC Company Was Registered With CAC — Witness 

Suleiman Ciroma, the prosecution’s witness, disclosed to the Federal High Court Abuja that his business, Funnacle BDC Ltd., had been properly registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) while the jury is still in progress in the case involving Halima Buba, the Managing Director of Sun Trust Bank, and her co-defendant.

He testified against the first defendant, Johnson Usman, under the direct supervision of his attorney.

The witness acknowledged running the Bureau De Change (BDC) as of 2021.

He claimed that Buba and her co-defendant, Innocent Mbagwu, the bank’s executive director and chief compliance officer, were not bankers.

According to Ciroma, who had previously admitted to the court that he was no longer engaged in BDC’s business, Funnacle BDC Ltd. had not been liquidated in accordance with the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA).

He claimed to have met Aisha Achimugu at Sun Trust Bank in 2021.

The PW-1 acknowledged that she soon gave him the $1.8 million to exchange her for the naira equivalent and that she soon gave it to him shortly after meeting her.

He claimed that the funds were distributed in tranches.

The witness confirmed that he was not present at Sun Trust Bank’s Lagos branch on March 10 and March 13 and March 14 respectively.

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He also confirmed that he was not at Sun Trust Bank’s Abuja branch on March 10.

He claimed to have been informed of the EFCC’s invitation to him during the April 11 or April 12 transaction and that he received his same day release.

He claimed to have signed two to three extra-judicial statements at the anti-graft agency’s office.

He acknowledged that the charges against him were related to the case.

However, Rotimi Oyedepo, the EFCC’s attorney, objected when the defendant’s attorney attempted to prosecute him on the charge.

In response, Usman and Oyedepo both sought to tender the charge’s Certified True Copy (CTC) to Justice Nwite and both disagreed.

Pages 10 to 12 of the charge, according to the commission’s attorney, were EFCC-related letters of investigation.

He claimed that upon paying the required fee, the EFCC officer would be the one who could certify the document.

Only the EFCC can certify the defendants’ statements, the attorney claimed, pages 32 to 83 are extrajudicial statements provided by the defendants to the EFCC and other witnesses called in the proceedings.

He claimed that the eligibility requirements set forth in section 232 of the Evidence Act can only be satisfied when giving extrajudicial statements to various witnesses.

He asserted that he would not be requesting the court’s rejection of the document but instead resisted that it be rejected.

However, Usman disagreed with Oyedepo’s submission.

He argued that the EFCC lawyer’s statements did not apply to the current situation.

The circumstances and the facts are, in his opinion, distinct.

Additionally, he claimed that their argument is supported by Section 104 (1) of the Evidence Act, 2011 (as amended).

He made an effort to segmentate written statements, immigration documents, and documents from Sun Trust Bank, among others.

According to him, “The law is settled upon which there is no radical departure, and its attachment automatically becomes admissible in law once it is accepted,” citing the apex court’s previous case.

The charge that the prosecution has filed is what we want to tender. They are therefore not separate documents, he continued, and they can never be taken as such.

The senior attorney added that other documents that had been included in a document would be included once it had been accepted as an exhibit.

It is a strange legal principle, he claims.

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They are charged with the offense they are trying to tend. What then are they fleeing? Air cannot be blown out of your mouth. One is “hot” and “cold,” he continued.

Usman requested that the court reject EFCC’s argument.

Case Interrupted

Justice Emeka Nwite extended the trial’s adjournment until October 13 for a decision and continuation.

Innocent Mbagwu, the executive director/chief compliance officer of Sun Trust Bank, and Buba, her co-defendant, are facing money laundering charges totaling $ 12 million.

In a six-count charge, it was claimed that the duo had allegedly facilitated high-value cash transactions without utilizing a financial institution to facilitate them.

The crime is alleged to be against Sections 21 (a), 2 (1), and 9 (d) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, and is punishable by Section 19 (2) (b) of the same act.

The anti-graft agency arraigned the defendants on June 13.

Sultan Of Sokoto Seeks Peace, Dialogue At Oxford Summit

Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, has urged dialogue and cohesion to promote world peace.

He made the call during a two-day summit in England at the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies in Oxford along with leaders from other Muslim countries.

In July 2025, The Sultan visited the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies in Oxford, England.

The event also marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the center, according to a statement released by a Sultan’s delegation official, Danladi Bako, on Friday.

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In his remarks after the meeting, His Eminence Sultan Saad Abubakar urged people everywhere to embrace peace and dialogue in order for us to promote social harmony and peaceful coexistence as our guiding principles, keeping Islam a religion of peace.

Kabir Tafida, the Sultan’s Sarkin Fada, traveled with him to England.

King Charles III, the OCIS’ Grand Patron, opened the event on Thursday with a well-attended ceremony starring a former Turkish President, Abdullah Gul, which included an annual general meeting of the center’s Board of Trustees.

Sultan Nazrin San and Saudi Prince Turki Al Faisal, both of whom are BoT members, were also present at the ceremony.

UPDATED: Tinubu Pays Condolence Visit To Dantata’s Family

On Friday, President Bola Tinubu visited the family of late businessman Aminu Dantata in Kano State, where he paid a condolences.

On Friday, at three in the afternoon, the plane carrying Tinubu entered Kano’s Aminu Kano International Airport.

Along with him were government officials, Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf, and other officials from his entourage.

The President will visit the North-West state on Thursday, according to Sunusi Bature, the governor’s spokesman, who expressed condolence for the Dantata family and the Kano Statene population.

President Tinubu had earlier stated that Dantata’s passing had a profound impact on the lives of countless Nigerians. &nbsp,

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We lost a prominent business mogul, patriot, and elder statesman who significantly influenced our country’s development, the president said in a statement released by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga. &nbsp,

Through his numerous business ventures and philanthropic activities, which have affected countless lives of Nigerians, Alhaji Dantata will be remembered for his industry, diligence, steadfastness, and great commitment to national unity.

The visit comes about three weeks after the 94-year-old business icon’s passing in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) was announced.

Aliko Dangote’s business mogul’s uncle is Dantata, an elder statesman.
Dantata was also well-known for his charitable endeavors, including his investments in real estate and agriculture.

He gave N1.5 billion to the Maduguri flooding victims in Borno State last year.

In a ceremony attended by dignitaries from various political, religious, business, and political circles, among others, he was laid to rest at the resolute Baqiya Cemetery in Madina, Saudi Arabia. Additionally, Middle Eastern countries’ members of the Nigerian community were present at the event. &nbsp,