POLITICS

An FCT High Court sitting in Bwari has fixed Sept. 14 for definite hearing of a motion seeking an order to commit the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to prison over alleged disobedience to court order. Justice Mohammed Madugu fixed the date following a committal charge which emanated from a suit […]

The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Kogi State has nullified the victory of Senator Abubakar Ohere as the winner of the Kogi Central senatorial election and declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the February 25 parliamentary election. In a unanimous judgment of the 3-man panel, the tribunal chairman, […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) have rejected the verdict of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) which affirmed Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February 2023 poll.  While both parties, who were petitioners in the case are mulling their next line of action, President Tinubu has called on their candidates – […]

The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, has dismissed the allegation by the Labour Party, LP, and its candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, that the 2023 presidential election was rigged in favour of President Bola Tinubu. The court, in its preliminary ruling that was delivered by Justice Abba Mohammed, held that Obi and the […]

The Presidential Election Petition Court has dismissed the suit of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) seeking to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s election. The court, in its ruling delivered in Abuja on Wednesday, dismissed the petition for lacking in merit and being incompetent. The Chairman of the panel, Justice Haruna Tsammani, who read the judgement, held […]

The much-anticipated verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPT) is expected to be delivered on Wednesday, September 6th. The Court of Appeal Registrar Umar Bangari confirmed this on Monday, saying the proceedings will be open to live broadcast by interested television stations. “The Court of Appeal wishes to inform the General Public that judgment […]

A team of anti-riot policemen, on Thursday, cordoned off ‘Buhari House’, the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, along Blantyre Street in the highbrow Wuse 2 District of Abuja. The development was due to protests by youths and women from Kogi and Cross River states over the appointment of people they considered […]

Governor Abba Kabir of Kano State on Monday received protesting youths in Kano State under the aegis of Kano State Civil Society Forum as they called for justice at the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal.  According to them, a judge at the tribunal allegedly warned against people trying to bribe her. Although the Kano state Police […]

No fewer than 2,300 soldiers would be deployed for the Imo Sate governorship election on November, 11. The state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Sylvia Agu, disclosed this, yesterday, during a media roundtable/engagement on the governorship election organised by the International Press Centre (IPC) and supported by the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), and its governorship candidate in Benue State, Titus Uba, has prayed the governorship elections tribunal in the state to nullify the declaration of Hyacinth Alia and Samuel Ode as governor and deputy governor of Benue State. The petitioners stated this, yesterday, through their counsel, Efut Okon, while adopting their final […]