The National/State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi has affirmed the election of Rep. Philip Agbese of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency of Benue. Delivery the judgement on Saturday in Makurdi, Justice Emeka Dada in a unanimous judgement dismissed the petitions of...
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The Election Petition Court, Kaduna State on Saturday affirmed the election of Sen. Lawal Adamu-Usman of the PDP as Senator representing Kaduna central. The petition which was filed by the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Abdullahi Muhammad-Sani is challenging the election of the PDP senator, on...
Rep Paul Nnamchi (LP-Enugu State) has rejected the judgment of the three-man panel of the National Assembly Election Tribunal which nullified his election. The panel on Friday sacked him from the NASS and declared the candidate of PDP winner of the election. This is contained in a...
The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Benin has dismissed two petitions filed against the declaration of Dennis Idahosa as winner of the Feb. 25 Ovia Federal Constituency election for lack of merit and being incompetent. The petitioners, Epele Asemota of the Labour Party (LP) and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Bloggers and Vloggers, Content Creators Association (BVACCA) has debunked corruption allegations leveled against the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Chief Judge, Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf. The National President, BVACCA, Comrade Ikechukwu Chukwunyere, stated this in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja....
The National/ States Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Yenagoa, on Friday nullified the election of Mr Fred Agbedi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency of Bayelsa. The tribunal directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately withdraw the certificate issued...
Mr. Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) says he rejected the Presidential Elections Petition Court judgement delivered on the outcome of February 25, 2023. Obi spoke during a news conference at his Onitsha residence on Thursday. He acknowledged that though the PEPC’s adhered to the...
One Malam Ali, has reported his wife to a Sharia Court sitting in Rijiyar Lemo, Kano State after she threatened to renew his circumcision. Malam Ali told the court that his wife has been threatening him for long that she would renew his circumcision, adding that she even...
A man has been accused on Thursday of murdering his 100-year-old grandmother with an axe as she sat in a wheelchair. He went on a trial in the northern German city of Hamburg on a charge of homicide. “He could not cope with looking after...
The Election Petition Tribunal in Benin on Thursday dismissed the petition by Mr Okhuarobo Henry of the PDP against the INEC’s declaration of Mr Omoruyi Murphy Osaro of LP as winner of the Feb. 25 Egor/Ikpoba Federal Constituency election of Edo Delivering the unanimous judgment in Suit NO:...
Rep. Amobi Ogah (LP-Abia) has rejected the judgement of election petition tribunal which nullified his election, saying he plans to appeal the judgement at the Appeal Court. Ogah who represented Isiukwato, Umunneochi Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. “I want...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Labour Party (LP) has rejected the judgment of the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani which dismissed the petition of the party against the election of President Bola Tinubu. LP National Publicity Secretary, Obiora...
The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) has affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu. The court dismissed the petitions filed by Mr Peter Obi of Labour Party and his Party and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Delivering the lead judgment, Chairman...
The People’s Democratic party (PDP) has rejected the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) judgment affirming the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the Feb. 25 presidential election. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said that the judgment was against reason, facts and evidence...
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Wednesday in Abuja said that one does not need to score 25 per cent of votes in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) to win presidential elections in the country. Delivering the lead judgment in the petition filed by Mr Peter Obi and...
The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) has held that the Labour Party and it’s Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi failed to provide and proof of a criminal conviction against President Bola Tinubu. The News Agency of Nigeria,(NAN) reports that the petitioners had prayed the court to nullify...
The Kogi Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday declared Natasha Akpoti- Uduagan of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the Feb. 25 senatorial election in Kogi Central. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that her declaration as winner by the tribunal followed its nullification of the victory of...
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has declared the All Progressives Congress, APC’s petition challenging Mr. Peter Obi’s membership of the Labour Party (LP) as incompetent. Justice Abba says membership in a political party is an internal affair. The Tribunal also touched on the issue of non-joinder of Atiku...
Vice President Kashim Shettima, Femi Gbajabimila, were all present in the Court of Appeal complex, venue of the presidential election petition court (PEPC) for the judgment in the petitions challenging the election of. President Bola Tinubu. Also present in court are Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, APC National chairman, governors...
The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, seeking the nullification of the election of President Bola Tinubu. Delivering judgment, Chairman Justice Haruna Tsammani said that the suit lacked merit. The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in a a petition marked...