The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Ikie Aghwarianovwe seeking the disqualification of the Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori for allegedly supplying false information about his academic qualification and date of birth to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In the lead judgement prepared by Justice Adamu...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) deployed to Adamawa State, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari. The case was filed at the Adamawa State High Court sitting in Yola, over his unprofessional conduct in...
A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be “accountable” to Nigerians just as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) treated the case of Mmesoma Ejikeme, a 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate, accused of result forgery. “Like JAMB,...
President Bola Tinubu, vice president Kashim Shittema and the All Peoples Congress (APC) on Wednesday closed their defence in Mr Peter Obi and his Labour Party’s petition. Counsel for Tinubu and Shettima, Wole Olanipekun , SAN informed the presidential election petition court (PEPC) that they are closing their case...
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the commission has received 216 case files from the Nigeria Police on the 2023 general elections. Yakubu stated this on Tuesday in Abuja l during the commission meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), which commenced the commission post-election...
President Bola Tinubu will on Tuesday, open his defence at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to defend his victory at the Feb. 25 presidential polls. This is in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. Counsel to President Tinubu,...
Lawyer to the Labour Party (LP), Levi Uzoukwu has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are not prepared to defend its case at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Uzoukwu made this comment on Monday, shortly after the court adjourned its resumed sitting, following the absence of INEC’s...
Mr Timipre Sylva, the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, says he was never elected as the state’s governor on two occasions. Sylva, the immediate-past Minister of State for Petroleum, refuted the allegations that he was previously elected as Bayelsa...
Now that the petitioners have closed their cases at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC), one can only wonder what strategy the respondents would employ to defend the legitimacy of President Bola Tinubu’s presidency. Well patience, they say is a virtue so Nigerians wait patiently as the respondents...
Mr Clement Onwuenwunor (SAN), the lead counsel for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Abdulazeez Adediran (Jandor), has accused the West African Examination Council (WAEC) official of compromising evidence in his testimony. The official was subpoenaed by the court to give evidence on the...
Mr Dayo Israel, a Labour Party agent at the last Governorship Election in Lagos State, on Monday told Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal that Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his wife cast votes with invalid card readers. Israel, LP’s agent for Unit 006, Ward 15, Lagos Island Local Government,...
Witnesses from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, INEC and NECO have testified for Sen. Lawal Adamu-Usman at the Elections Petitions Court in Kaduna. The witnesses told the court presided by Justice HH Kereng, that the academic credentials presented by the Senator representing Kaduna North were valid. Also, an official of...
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the Feb. 25 presidential election on Friday in Abuja, closed their case at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC). The petitioners closed their case after calling 27 out of the 100 witnesses they had said they would call to...
The Presidential Election Petitions Court has admitted certified copies of the academic and work records of President Bola Tinubu tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The documents include a B.Sc. certificate from Chicago State University, an NYSC Discharge Certificate, and a Mobil...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will begin post-election review of the 2023 general election in July. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. Okoye said that the decision...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Sokoto State, has adjourned its sitting to July 11 for continuation of hearing, as the PDP governorship candidate, Sa’idu Umar, presented 31 witnesses. Umar approached the tribunal, demanding the nullification of March 18 election that produced Gov. Ahmad Aliyu of APC and his Deputy,...
A cyber security expert, Dr Chibuike Ugwuoke tendered documents at the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday in support of a petition filed by Mr Peter Obi. Obi, candidate of Labour Party (LP) at the Feb. 25 presidential election is challenging the victory of President Bola...
UpThe Ebonyi government on Wednesday, said it will soon apprehend the killers of Mr Sunday Igwe, a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Igwe was killed by gunmen along Mpu (Enugu)-Ishiagu (Ebonyi) road on June 18...