With the pre-hearing stage over, legal fireworks kicked off at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) on May 30. The court held its inaugural session on May 8, the ritual that takes place to enable the bar and bench to agree on some ground rules before the actual hearing of petitions commences....
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Hearing of the petition of Mr Peter Obi and the Labour Party continued on Monday at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) with the petitioners tendering more documents in evidence. Mr Patrick Ikwueto, SAN, who conducted the proceedings for the petitioners tendered Form EC8A from eights states. The documents...
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has said that his administration will pursue policies and programmes that will create prosperity and security for the citizenry. Otti spoke at Sunday’s interdenominational open-air thanksgiving service held at the Trademore Event Center, Umuahia. The well-attended solemn event, with the theme, “The Lord has...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A Former Commissioner for Information, Edo State, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has alleged that the planned strike by The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) reportedly slated for Wednesday 7 June is politically motivated; because the Ajaero-led NLC has ‘become a partisan Congress, doing the bidding of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday in Abuja, seized an opportunity presented at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) to explain its reasons for refusing that its own documents be admitted in evidence. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP,) Mr Peter Obi and his party...
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), on Thursday in Abuja, admonished the legal team of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, for failing to properly organise its schedule of documents for seamless tendering as exhibits. Obi and his party filed a petition challenging the outcome...
In the last few days, infact, since President Tinubu made his inauguration pronouncement about subsidy, tongues have been wagging as to the propriety of this declaration. Let us first establish a few basic facts that are eternally unassailable. One, all the major contenders for the number one position, promised...
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) for the third time this week, has been forced to step down hearing in the petition filed by Mr Peter Obi and the Labour Party due to poor scheduling of documents. Obi and his party are before the election petition court challenging the...
Hearing in the election petition of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi was stalled at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) on Wednesday in Abuja. At the resumed hearing, counsel to the petitioners, Prof. Awa Kalu, SAN told the court that he was constrained to...
The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC), has admitted in evidence, documents tendered by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi in defence of his petition against President Bola Tinubu. The documents which were tendered on Tuesday in Abuja through the petitioners first witness, Mr Lawrence Nwakaeti,...
Pre-hearing at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), started on a light note on May 8. INEC on March 1, declared Sen. Bola Tinubu of APC winner of the Feb. 25 Presidential Election with 8,794,726 votes. It said PDP’s Atiku polled 6,984,520 to finish second while Obi came third...
The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) on Monday in Abuja, dismissed the application by the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and the Labour Party, for live broadcast of court proceedings. In a unanimous decision, the five-member panel held that the order sought by the petitioners lacked merit and was outside...
The Labour Party (LP) and its Presidential Candidate Mr Peter Obi have told the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) that they will call no fewer than 50 witnesses to testify in their petition. LP and Obi are challenging the election of Sen. Bola Tinubu. Counsel to the petitioners, Prof....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has indicated plans to call “no more than 100 witnesses” to the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT). Both parties are challenging the declaration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the February 25...
The Presidential Election Petition Court is set to streamline the hearing procedure for the petitions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP). They are challenging the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 presidential election. The court will agree on the schedule...
The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) will on May 22 deliver ruling on whether or not to grant the request by Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi for live broadcast of proceedings of the court. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the LP and...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has expressed displeasure with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s phone call to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, saying that its basis lacked clarity. On the call, the American government official was said to have emphasised his continued commitment to further strengthening the...
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Thursday resumed for continuation of hearing in the suit by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The court is presently hearing the application for live coverage of proceedings. Counsel for Atiku and PDP, Chris Uche, said the motion dated...
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned to Friday, May 19 for continuation of pre-hearing in the petition by presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi against the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu. LP National Chairman, Julius Abure was also in court on Wednesday. The...
Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, said that the challenges facing Nigeria were surmountable with the right leadership. Obi said this at the public presentation of the compendium on him entitled: “Many Voices, One Perspective” in Awka on Friday. The former governor of Anambra reiterated...