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 …

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who contested last February’s presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said in Abuja on Thursday that he vigorously challenged the academic record of President Bola Tinubu because of his “quest for the enthronement of truth, morality, and accountability in our public affairs”. Atiku, who is in the Supreme Court …

A political campaign rally in Koton-Karfi area of Kogi State ahead of the 11th November governorship election turned bloody on Friday with a woman reportedly killed and others injured. Supporters of the All Progressive Congress (APC), the governing party in the state, clashed with those of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) when the latter’s governorship candidate, Alhaji Murtala Yakubu Ajaka …

The Kaduna State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the 2023 election, Isah Ashiru against the victory of Senator Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who has been the state governor since 29th May. In a dissenting judgement of two against one, the panel, …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has raised the alarm that the growing level of violence and insecurity in Imo and Kogi States, is not only “unacceptable, unnecessary and worrisome”, but also capable of scaring potential voters. The INEC National Commissioner and member Information and Voter Education Committee, IVEC, Mallam Mohammed Kudu Haruna, raised the alarm yesterday, at a one-day …