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Friday, 19 May 2023 05:02

Abure announces return as LP national chairman after Appeal Court ruling

National Chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure, and three other national executive members, on Thursday, announced their return to the party secretariat. The development is coming one month after they were barred by Hamza Muazu of Federal High Court in Abuja from parading themselves as national officers of the party. The judge ruled that Abure; his National Secretary, Farouk Ibrahim; National Organising Secretary, Clement Ojukwu and one other, should no longer be given recognition as party executives. The order was granted in an ex parte application argued by James Ogwu Onoja, in which he informed the court the affected national…

Thursday, 18 May 2023 04:16

Obi to PEPC: INEC still hasn’t given legal team 70% of election documents ordered by court

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has told the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja of his predicament in accessing electoral documents from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Obi, who came third in the February presidential election, is challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Bola Tinubu. He alleged that INEC manipulated the presidential election in favour of Tinubu. At the resumed hearing of Mr Obi’s petition on Wednesday, his lawyer, Livy Uzoukwu, informed the five-member panel of the court led by Haruna Tsammani that INEC “stubbornly refused to produce…

Thursday, 18 May 2023 04:15

INEC opposes live streaming of PEPC proceedings

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the presidential election petition court (PEPC) to dismiss an application filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, seeking to have the proceeding televised. Speaking with journalists after the tribunal pre-hearing session on Wednesday, Levy Ozoukwu, counsel to Obi and LP, said INEC opposed their application for a live broadcast. “Surprisingly, INEC is objecting,” the senior lawyer said. “A public institution that is being funded by the government and representing the people is saying they don’t want the people to enjoy live streaming. What are they hiding? “INEC sees…

Thursday, 18 May 2023 04:14

PDP, LP express concern over US Secretary of State Blinken, Tinubu phone call

Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party on Wednesday expressed anger over the telephone conversation between the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Blinken pledged stronger ties between the US and Nigeria during a 20-minute telephone call to Tinubu, who is in France. The US Department of State spokesperson, Matthew Miller, in a statement said Blinken spoke with the president-elect on Tuesday. The development came 24 hours after the Joe Biden administration announced the imposition of visa restrictions on Nigerians who allegedly disrupted the recently concluded elections. The US said the affected persons were…

Wednesday, 17 May 2023 04:37

Tinubu, Kwankwaso meet in France, agree on ‘govt of national unity’

President-elect Bola Tinubu has met with Rabiu Kwankwaso, one of his opponents in the February 25, 2023 elections. Kwankwaso, who ran on the platform of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), placed fourth in the election, winning only Kano State, a stronghold of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). According to sources, the duo met for hours in Paris, capital of France, on Monday. Tinubu reportedly told Kwankwaso to reach out to his political associates on the need to work together. The incoming president and his guest were said to have agreed to hold subsequent meetings. While Kwankwaso’s wife and…

Monday, 15 May 2023 04:03

Tinubu’s emissaries visited Bode George. This is what transpired behind closed doors

A former deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olabode George, has confirmed that a meeting did hold between him and some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress. The APC delegation, led by a retired Judge, Isola Olorunmibe, also included the leader of the Governance Advisory Council in Lagos State, Tajudeen Olusi, among others. According to George, an ardent critic of President-elect Bola Tinubu, he couldn’t turn down their request for a meeting because of his respect for Olorunmibe. He told our correspondent, “They were led by Papa Olorunmibe, a 94-year-old man. In Yoruba land, such a man…

Sunday, 14 May 2023 03:36

PDP declares 7-day fasting and prayer for Atiku’s victory in court

Peoples Democratic Party National Chapel has declared a one-week fasting and prayer for its presidential candidate at the just-concluded election, Atiku Abubakar, to come out victorious at the Presidential Election Tribunal which began days ago. The prayers are to begin on Thursday, May 18 and end on Wednesday, May 24. An ‘overcomer’s open-air thanksgiving service’ was also scheduled for May 25. The events are to hold at the party’s national chapel, PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja, and time is slated at 12 pm daily. The Presidential Election Petition Court had adjourned Atiku’s case to May 18…

Saturday, 13 May 2023 04:13

5 Abuja residents file suit to stop Tinubu’s inauguration as president, extend Buhari’s tenure

Five residents of the federal capital territory (FCT) have sued the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) over the inauguration of Bola Tinubu as the nation’s president. Tinubu, standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared the February 25 presidential poll winner with 8,794,726 votes. However, the plaintiffs aver that Tinubu failed to secure at least 25 percent of votes cast in the FCT. The suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/578/2023 was filed before the federal high court in Abuja on April 28. The plaintiffs — Anyaegbunam Okoye, David Adzer, Jeffrey Ucheh Osang Paul and…

Thursday, 11 May 2023 04:31

Presidential election court adjourns Peter Obi’s petition against Tinubu

Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned hearing in Peter Obi’s petition challenging Bola Tinubu’s victory as Nigeria’s president-elect. Tinubu, who was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), defeated Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Obi of Labour Party (LP) in the 25 February presidential election. A five-member panel of the court headed by Haruna Tsammani adjourned the petition until 17 May following a request by Obi’s lawyer. At the resumed hearing on Wednesday, Livy Uzoukwu, Obi’s lead lawyer, informed the court of an agreement by lawyers to parties in the petition to…

Wednesday, 10 May 2023 11:52

Another party withdraws petition challenging Tinubu’s victory

Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by the Action Peoples Party (APP) seeking to upturn Bola Tinubu’s victory as Nigeria’s president-elect. A five-member panel of the court led by Haruna Tsammani had on Monday dismissed a petition by the Action Alliance (AA) following the party’s withdrawal of its case against Tinubu’s victory. Tinubu who contested the 25 presidential election on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), faced five separate petitions challenging his victory in the wake of his declaration by INEC as the winner of the poll. The petitioners included political parties and…

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Wednesday, 10 May 2023 03:41

Obi’s petition against Tinubu’s election for hearing today at Tribunal

Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal will today hear the motions brought by the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, over the outcome of the February 25 election. The presiding justice of the tribunal, Haruna Tsammani, had on Monday scheduled the hearing on the responses to pre-hearing questions by the parties on Obi and LP’s petition. The proceeding, which has been fixed for 2pm, is for the tribunal to review the compliance of parties to its directive to streamline issues they would rely on in the main hearing. Similarly, Obi and LP will bring their motion for the live broadcast…

Tuesday, 09 May 2023 15:07

Supreme Court affirms Adeleke as winner of Osun gov election

The Supreme Court has affirmed election of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, sealing his victory over then incumbent governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, in the keenly contested 16 July 2022 election in the state. The judgement of a five-member panel, on Tuesday, upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which had earlier on 24 March affirmed Adeleke’s victory. It lays to rest the dispute over the outcome of the governorship election, and extinguishes Oyetola’s hopes of coming back to office after his momentary victory at the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in January. Independent National Electoral Commission…

Tuesday, 09 May 2023 04:11

Presidential Election Tribunal to hear Atiku’s petition today, adjourns Obi’s case to Wednesday

The presidential election petition tribunal has adjourned for further pre-hearing, the case filed by the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi. Obi and the LP filed a petition challenging the victory of Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the election. In the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023, Livy Ozoukwu, lead counsel to LP and Obi, said Tinubu “was not duly elected by the majority of the lawful votes cast at the time of the election”. Amongst other allegations, they claimed that Kashim Shettima, vice-president-elect, had a double nomination in contravention of the electoral act. The petitioners are…

Tuesday, 09 May 2023 04:10

Supreme Court delivers judgment on Osun gov tussle today

The All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State have expressed hope for victory as the Supreme Court today determines the authentic winner of the July 16, 2022 governorship election in the state. PDP candidate, Ademola Adeleke, was returned elected by the Independent National Electoral Commission, but the APC candidate at the poll, Adegboyega Oyetola, rejected the result and approached the Election Petition Tribunal to challenge it. Independent National Electoral Commission had declared that Adeleke polled 403,371 votes, to defeat then incumbent governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the APC, who got 375,027 votes. But Oyetola and the APC…

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