POLITICS

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 […]

Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, Edo State, has affirmed Julius Abure as national chairman of Labour Party (LP). In the case of Mr. Lucky Shaibu v. Julius Abure, Justice Theresa Ngolika Abadua, Fatima Akinbami and Justice Sybil Nwaka-Gbagi in a unanimous decision dismissed the appeal of the Appellant. LP’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora […]

The Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Peter Obi, has told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) how the Independent National Electoral  Commission (INEC), deliberately subverted the will of Nigerians by dishonestly manipulating the February 25 presidential election in favour of President Bola Tinubu and his All Progressives Congress (APC). The petitioners in their final […]

Former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, at the weekend cheated death as Police confirmed arrest of two suspected Boko Haram terrorists on a mission to attack his residence in Yola, Adamawa State. Spokesperson for the Adamawa State Police Command, Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed that operatives of the command […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by Senator Smart Adeyemi challenging the primary election that produced Ahmed Ododo as the candidate of the All Progressive Congress for the Kogi State Governorship Election scheduled for November 2023. Senator Adeyemi, a former lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District had approached the Federal […]