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,...
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Mr John Mayaki, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, has called on the judiciary and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to brace up against any blackmail being orchestrated by the opposition at the ongoing Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal. Mayaki, in a statement on Tuesday...
A select meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) held in Abuja on Tuesday to strategise for the future. The meeting was organised also to kick-start reconciliation of members after the 2023 general elections. The party’s acting National Chairman, Amb. Umar Damagum said the meeting...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his party will on Thursday, close their case at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) in their joint petition challenging the outcome of the Feb. 25 presidential election.tt The petitioners, according to a pre-hearing report were...
Mr Abdulazeez Adediran (a.k.a. Jandor), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate for Lagos State in the 2023 General Elections, on Monday said the process leading to the sponsorship of the candidacy of re-elected Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was unlawful. Adediran also claimed as unlawful the process that led to...
Three ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) who were Presiding Officers for the Feb. 25 general election have told the Presidential Election Petition Court ( PEPC) that only results of the presidential election refused to upload to IREV. The three presiding officers were subpoenaed by...
Mr Tajudeen Lawal, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, has said that members of the party that engaged in anti-party activities during the governorship and general elections in the state will not be spared. Lawal said this during a welcome home party organised by APC...
Prof. Jerry Gana, former Minister of Information and National Orientation, has assured the people of Lavun, Edati and Mokwa Federal Constituency that his son, Joshua Gana would provide quality representation. Gana said this at a civic reception on Saturday in Abuja in honour of Gana, a member of the...
The Labour Party in Enugu State says it will call 36 witnesses to testify against Mr Peter Mbah of the People Democratic Party (PDP) at the Governorship Election Tribunal over alleged certificate forgery. The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal is hearing the petition filed by Edeoga of the Labour Party...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood has tendered documents before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in respect of the petition of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The documents were tendered on Thursday through Mrs Morenikeji Tairu, Deputy Director,...
By MARTINS OGBEBE, Asaba – The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, the Delta State capital has adjourned hearing in the 79 pages petition of the Social Democratic Party governorship candidate, Mr Kenneth Gbagi against Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s victory. Oborevwori, who was the candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, was declared the...
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom on Wednesday confirmed the abduction of a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Eyo Edet. The victim, popularly known as Eyo Aswang, was abducted by gunmen in Oron Local Government Area of the state. The Command Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko...
Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Thursday appear before the Presidential Election Petition Court Thursday. This was stated on Tuesday by Chris Uche, SAN lead counsel to Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party in their ongoing petition. In a petition marked...
Former Vice President Atiku says for Nigeria democracy to be fully fledged, it must constantly evolve away from the current practice where the governing elite determines the outcome of elections. Abubakar, who was the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, said this...
Going by available information at public domain, Delta State Governor, Rt Hon (Elder) Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, will on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at the Delta State House of Assembly Complex, proclaim and inaugurate the 29 Member-elect of the Delta State House of Assembly. It is equally a statement of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted a Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of the Ekiti State Chapter of the party for a period not exceeding 90 days (3 months). The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, announced...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded immediate transfer of Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Ogun and Nasarawa Election Tribunals to Abuja for safety and guarantee of justice. The party made the demand at a news conference addressed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba in Abuja on...
As power brokers in All Progressives Congress (APC) slug it out in search of who will lead the two chambers in the 10th National Assembly, the Peoples Democratic Party is bracing up to provide a formidable main opposition to the ruling party. As part of the measures to achieve that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the party’s Ebonyi and Ekiti State executive committees with immediate effect. Mr Debo Ologunagba, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba said this in a statement in Abuja. Ologunagba said that...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday blamed the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), for clogging the wheel of progress in the prosecution of his petition. Atiku told the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) on Wednesday in Abuja that inspite of paying...