A legal luminary, Mr Paul Erokoro, SAN, says tendering additional evidence at the Supreme Court is an uphill task that requires a great deal of effort. According to him, the rules admitting fresh evidence at the Supreme Court are very stringent. Erokoro made the remark on Sunday in...
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A coalition of youths group and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have thrown its weight behind President Bola Tinubu, insisting that the president’s certificate submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was genuine and not forged. The group comprising of Ohanaeze Ndigbo youths,Arewa youths, Niger Delta youths, Afenifere...
Team Beta Naija, a Non-governmental Organisation, said that the deposition on President Bola Tinubu’s academic records by Caleb Westberg, the registrar of Chicago State University, has vindicated him. The group said now that the matter had been laid to rest, President Tinubu should be allowed to concentrate on...
With the release of his academic records by Chicago State University (CSU), the identity crisis that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has created for nearly three decades since he started his journey in public life and aspiring for political office is mercifully coming to an end. The papers that...
A United States (U.S.) court has reportedly ordered Chicago State University (CSU) to release the academic records of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, within two days and also certify its authenticity under oath. The federal court in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) has expressed optimism that the Supreme Court would right the wrong in the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) upholding the victory of President Bola Tinubu. The BoT Chairman, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, said this when he read...
The Katsina State chapter of the PDP says the recent judgment by the presidential election tribunal in favour of President Bola Tinubu is far from justice. Alhaji Umar Tsauri, the former Chairman of Atiku/Lado Campaign Team, stated this in Katsina while addressing newsmen on the recent judgment. ...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the All Progressives Congress (APC) explanation on the Tinubu Presidential Legal Team (TPLT) header inscription on the Certified True Copies (CTC) of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) judgement. The PDP stated this in a statement...
The 2023 General Election will go down in history as the most significant opportunity lost in the country’s electoral history. Going by the presidential tribunal judgement, the general election is just another disturbing illustration of the tactics utilised by the cabal in Nigeria that has been in control...
A public affairs commentator, Prof. Isaac Albert, on Saturday advised the country’s leading opposition parties to stop any further challenge of the outcome of the Feb. 25 presidential election. Albert told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that this would be better and help prevent a...
A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), South Africa, Mr Bola Babarinde, has advised INEC to use lessons learned from the Wednesday’s tribunal judgment to improve on the conduct of future elections in the country. Babarinde gave the advice on Saturday in a congratulatory message to President...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, says he has not issued any statement congratulating President Bola Tinubu over the outcome of the election petition tribunal in Abuja Mr Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to Abubakar, stated this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja in...
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, has urged the opposition political parties to accept the verdict of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal validating President Bola Tinubu’s victory at the Feb. 25, presidential election. Ganduje, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, described the judgement as thorough,...
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, struck out the testimonies of 10 out the 13 witnesses called by Mr Peter Obi and the Labour Party to defend their petition challenging the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. The PEPC ruled that the petitioner’s request for an...
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 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...
There is heavy security presence at the Court of Appeal Complex located in the Three Arms Zone, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District of Abuja, as the Presidential Election Petition Court gets set to deliver judgment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the judgment is three cases challenging...