The Supreme Court will deliver judgement tomorrow (Thursday) on the appeals by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and that of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi. In a telephone discussion with The PUNCH on Wednesday, the Supreme Court’s Director of Information, Dr. Festus Akande said, “Tomorrow, Thursday, has been fixed for the judgement …

Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, who was disqualified by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on 10th October as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 11th November Bayelsa State election, is not on the amended list of governorship candidates released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday. …

The Peoples Democratic Party Governorship Campaign Council in Bayelsa State has advised the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 11th November governorship election, Chief Timipre Sylva, to honourably step down from the race as the odds were allegedly against him. The Director-General of the campaign council, Mitema Obordor, gave the advice during the party’s Sagbama Local Government …

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Senator Smart Adeyemi against the judgements of the two lower courts on the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC),which held in Kogi State on 15th April 2023. In a unanimous judgement on Monday, the court held that the appeal lacked merit, having failed to challenge the concurrent findings of …

The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in the appeal by Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) against the 6th September verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), which affirmed the victory of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last presidential election. Justice John Okoro, who led a seven-member panel that heard the appeal, …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday said the Chicago State University (CSU) evidence presented by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is inadmissible. President Tinubu made the submission at the Supreme Court proceedings on the appeal filed by Atiku to nullify his (Tinubu) victory at the 2023 presidential poll. This is the Supreme Court scolded …

The appeal challenging the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), which affirmed the 25th February election of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, begin this morning at the Supreme Court. Several appeals were filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; his counterpart of the Labour …

The Supreme Court has fixed Monday, 23rd October for hearing in the appeal by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, seeking the nullification of President Bola Tinubu’s victory at the 25th February election. On the same day, the apex court will hear the motion by Atiku seeking to bring fresh evidence to prove that Tinubu, …

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has assured that the results for 11th November Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi governorship elections would be uploaded on the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal. Yakubu, who was in Kogi State on Saturday to monitor the mock accreditation exercise, told newsmen at Ward 009, LEA School, Ganaja village in …

Saturday, 30th September 2023 was like no other in the political calendar of Ogun State. Although it was the day the state Governorship Election Tribunal delivered its verdict on the petition of Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) against the reelection of the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, the events following it symbolically brought the metaphor of …