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PEPT Judgement: INEC fought petitioners to standstill — Adegboruwa
Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, in a chat with Daily Trust, said INEC largely created the grounds for why most of the petitions failed at the tribunal. He said the judgement was not totally unexpected, given the stark…
Why We Dismissed Atiku, Obi’s Cases – Tribunal
The Presidential Election Petition Court yesterday upheld the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after dismissing the petitions of Atiku Abubakar (Peoples Democratic…
Kogi Central: ‘Victory for Nigeria’ – Natasha reacts to Tribunal verdict
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial candidate in Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has reacted…
2023 poll: Tinubu hails PEPT judgement
President Bola Tinubu has hailed Wednesday’s judgement of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT),…
PDP rejects PEPC judgement
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) which affirmed the election of President Bola…
JUST IN: Tribunal knocks down Tinubu’s perjury on technical grounds, says Guinean passport not…
President Bola Tinubu’s lie under oath that he did not obtain foreign citizenship cannot be used to nullify his election because his foreign passport was not adequately submitted in court, a panel of appellate judges ruled…
Peter Obi’s petition against Tinubu on 25% votes in FCT irrelevant – Tribunal
The Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal has declared that the petition of Peter Obi claiming President Bola Tinubu did not secure 25 per cent votes in the FCT is irrelevant. Justice Haruna Tsammani on Wednesday said…
Tinubu’s Chicago drug-dealing forfeiture baseless because he wasn’t banned from entering U.S.,…
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday said President Bola Tinubu cannot be disqualified on the basis of his forfeiture of drug money in the United States. The court said Mr Tinubu was previously…
BREAKING: Natasha Akpoti Wins, As Tribunal Declares Her Winner of Kogi East Senatorial Election
The election petition tribunal sitting in Lokoja has declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as the winner of the February 25 Kogi Central Senatorial election.…
BREAKING: Election Tribunal Rubbishes Peter Obi’s Case Against Tinubu’s Victory
The Presidential Election Petitions Court has held that the Labour Pary (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, failed to specify how they scored the majority of lawful…
Court sets aside Kwankwaso’s suspension from NNPP
Justice Usman Na’aana on Tuesday granted an interim injunction restraining Boniface Aniebonam,…
100 DAYS: Tinubu’s politics: As it was in Lagos…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu assumed power on May 29, 2023, amid huge expectations. He came at a time when Nigerians were facing an avalanche of economic, socio-political, security and developmental challenges needing…
If I Had Power, I Would’ve Expelled Wike From PDP Long Ago – Momodu
Dele Momodu, the Director of Strategic Communications for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council on Tuesday said…
Presidential Election Judgment: Nigerians open viewing centres
As the judges prepare to deliver judgements regarding the February Presidential elections, Nigerians have undertaken to create viewing…
Off-cycle elections: PVC collection commences Sept 11 – INEC
Ahead of the off-cycle governorship elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission has said that the collection of the Permanent Voter’s Cards will commence on September 11, 2023, in Bayelsa, Kogi and…
Anxiety, apprehension as Nigerians await tribunal verdict
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) will today deliver judgment on the petition filed by two major contenders in the last February…
BREAKING: Police warn against unguided utterances ahead of presidential tribunal judgement
The Nigeria police have warned against the spread of misinformation and unguided utterances ahead of the presidential tribunal judgement on…
JUST IN: PDP Staff Resort to Prayers for Atiku’s Victory Ahead of Wednesday’s Tribunal Verdict
Staff of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretariat have resorted to prayers ahead of Wednesday’s judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the prayer…
Election Tribunal: First time voters blackmailing presidential tribunal – Falana
Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has said that those attempting to blackmail the judiciary to give their political candidate a favourable verdict are “first-time voters.”. He made this statement while…
BREAKING: NNPP expels Kwankwaso
The National Executive Committee of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has expelled Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, following his alleged refusal to appear before…
Meet the five judges set to decide Bola Tinubu’s fate tomorrow
Five justices of the Court of Appeal, led by Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani will tomorrow pronounce their verdict in three cases challenging the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The cases were filed by…
No candidate deserves win, says George as PEPC delivers verdict tomorrow
A former deputy national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olabode George, yesterday, said it would be a…
Tinubu Confident About Tribunal Judgement – Ajuri Ngelale
Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has said the president is confident about the presidential tribunal judgement. Ngelale stated this during an interview on…
Sack Abiodun, Heavens Won’t Fall – Adebutu tells Tribunal
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, has asked the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta to sack Governor Dapo Abiodun and declare him winner of the…