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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…

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…

Monday, 08 May 2023 04:19

Obi visits Soyinka - ‘father whom I hold in high esteem’

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has visited Wole Soyinka, the Noble laureate. Obi, in a post on his official Twitter handle on Sunday, described his visit to Soyinka as enriching, noting that he had a useful discussion with the Nobel laureate. “Today I visited one of Nigeria’s most revered figures and an international literary icon Wole Soyinka,” Obi said. “Soyinka has been my father whom I hold in high esteem for what he has achieved and stands for in the struggle for a better Nigeria. “His reputation as a fighter for justice and equity in our…

Sunday, 07 May 2023 03:56

Atiku, Obi meet in Bayelsa at Diri dad’s funeral

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the February 25 presidential election and his counterpart in the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, met on Saturday at the burial of the father of Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri. The duo got talking at the funeral held at Sampou community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state in what appears to be their first public meeting after the general elections. Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, former and several prominent Nigerian leaders, also bid farewell to Pa Abraham Diri. Others in attendance…

Saturday, 06 May 2023 03:36

‘Corruption cannot fight corruption’, PDP mocks Tinubu over President-elect’s pledge to fight corruption

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President-elect Bola Tinubu has no moral justification to speak on the issue of corruption. The party said this while reacting to Tinubu’s promise to fight corruption. While addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Abuja on Friday, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, said the statement by Tinubu is “completely sacrilegious and an assault on the sensibility of Nigerians, having regards to his records of alleged corruption and having been described variously as an embodiment of corruption in his public life.” The main opposition party also warned the “Judiciary to be…

Friday, 05 May 2023 03:45

INEC voters register ‘full of millions of people who are dead and non-existent’, Reps say

House of Representatives has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to remove fictitious names and those of dead Nigerians from its voters register, describing it as bogus. The House made the call at plenary on Thursday, following the unanimous adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by a member, Leke Abejide. The motion was titled ‘Urgent Need for Independent National Electoral Commission to Develop Mechanism to Clean Up Its System of Dead and Fictitious Registered Voters.’ According to Abejide, INEC’s register is “full of millions of people who are dead and non-existent persons.” He said, “In the…

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Thursday, 04 May 2023 03:16

Hearing of petitions against Tinubu’s election starts May 8

Hearing of the petitions challenging Bola Tinubu’s declaration as President-elect has been fixed for Monday, May 8 by the Presidential Election Petitions Court. The legal team of the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate Tinubu said the hearing is a pre-hearing session. Also, the hearing is to clarify if there are any applications before the main hearing will start.On March 1, Tinubu was declared winner of the 2023 presidential election by the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu. Tinubu polled 8.8 million to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 6.9 million Labour…

Wednesday, 03 May 2023 02:53

Suspended Adamawa REC arrested, Police say

Hudu Yunusa-Ari, suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa State, has been arrested. Muyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, confirmed Yunusa-Ari’s arrest on Tuesday. He said some of the persons who played roles in the controversy surrounding the election were also being probed. Yunusa-Ari had sparked a controversy after declaring Aisha Dahiru, aka Binani, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the election when collation of results had not ended. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had overruled the REC and summoned him to Abuja. But Festus Okoye, spokesman of the commission, later announced that his whereabouts were unknown…

Tuesday, 02 May 2023 04:09

Living, not minimum, wage is what I’ll pay you, Tinubu promises Nigerian workers

President-Elect Bola Tinubu has pledged to put in place a living wage for Nigerian workers. In a solidarity message to mark International Workers’ Day, he said his administration would leave no stone unturned to put in place measures aimed at empowering the Nigerian workers. Tinubu said in his administration workers will find a dependable ally and co-labourer in the fight for social and economic justice for all Nigerians, including all the working people. “Your fight will be my fight because I will always fight for you. My plans for better welfare and working conditions are clearly spelt out in my…

Tuesday, 02 May 2023 04:08

Obi attends Workers’ Day rally in Abuja, says workers key to moving Nigeria ‘from consumption to production’

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), on Monday, attended a rally organised by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to mark this year’s Workers’ Day. The rally took place at Eagle Square in Abuja. Obi in a post on his official Twitter handle said labour remains the backbone of productivity. “Today, I attended the solidarity rally of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Abuja,” Obi said. “I believe that Labour remains the backbone of productivity. We cannot talk about moving fromconsumption to production without caring about the welfare and well-being of the greatest tool of that revolution,…

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