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...
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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi has accused the state government of ”wasting” N20 billion in the last 100 days of the administration. Alhaji Usman Bello-Suru, the State PDP Chairman made the accusation in a statement in Birnin Kebbi on Friday, on the 100 days of the All...
The former Deputy Governor of Kogi, Abayomi Awoniyi, on Thursday, officially announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that his defection is contained in a letter, entitled, “Letter of resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party”, made available to newsmen...
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...
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:...
The Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, says he fully understands the grief of the opposition parties over the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). Okechukwu, also a foundation member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said this when he spoke...
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...
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal will on Wednesday, September 6, give its verdict on the suits filed by five political parties; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), Action Peoples Party (APP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and the Action Alliance (AA), challenging the emergence of Bola Tinubu as winner...
HiIt’s the D-day! For millions of Nigerians and international observers, the wait for the judgments of the Presidential Election Petitions Court is over with the cockcrow of Wednesday (today). With bated breath, many will stay glued to their digital devices for the televised live proceedings from the Tribunal...
The Deputy Governor of Edo, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has withdrawn the suit he slammed on Gov. Godwin Obaseki, seeking protection against his planned impeachment. Shaibu, in a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday in Benin, said the withdrawal was as result of the intervention by well-meaning individuals...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the launch of its campaign for the Nov. 11 Imo governorship election. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Ologunagba said...
The calls were coming as a starcato bark of gunshots; each caller wondered whether I was going home for Obaseki’s Local Government Elections slated for last Saturday, 2 September. I chuckled and laughed everytime. Did they really think Governor Obaseki was ready for elections? Or were they...
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, says the judiciary is facing an unprecedented blackmail and intimation over the presidential election petitions, saying that the blackmail is not necessary since there is still opportunity for an appeal at the Supreme Court. Falana, who was a guest on...