President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, has assured Nigerians of his renewed and energised focus on delivering his vision of a unified, peaceful and prosperous nation, following the judgement by the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja. According to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President welcomed the judgement of the court “with …

The Labour Party (LP) has rejected the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court that dismissed the petitions of its candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, against the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the 25th February polls. On Wednesday, the tribunal struck out the various charges filed by Obi and the LP challenging Tinubu’s victory. In a statement, National Publicity Secretary …

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, on Wednesday, said the Electoral Act 2022 does not contain a mandatory provision for the electronic transmission of election results. The five-member panel, headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani, emphasised that the sole technological requirement mandated for use by the Independent National Electoral Commission during elections is the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System. Regarding allegations of non-compliance …

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has declared that the Federal Capital Territory does not hold a higher status than other states in the country. Justice Haruna Tsammani, the lead judge of the five-man panel declared this during the tribunal’s sitting on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, Section 134 (1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) …

The Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) on Wednesday ruled that the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi failed to prove that President Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 25th February election, was convicted for money laundering in the United States. The five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani ruled that …

The election petition tribunal sitting in Lokoja has declared, Barrister Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the 25th February Kogi Central senatorial election. In his ruling on Wednesday, the tribunal Chairman, Justice Kemakolam Orjiakoin said that Akpoti-Uduaghan scored 54,064 votes to defeat his closest rival Abubakar Sadiku Ohere of the All Progressives Congress, who …

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday struck out the petition filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) on the eligibility of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima to contest the 25th February 2023 election. The tribunal’s Chairman, Justice Haruna Tsammani, who read the judgement, said the tribunal lacks the …

One hundred and ninety three days after the presidential election, the first of two stages of judicial intervention in the process will be concluded today as the five-member Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) delivers verdict in the matters filed against President Bola Tinubu. By the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022, any party in disagreement with the judgement of the …

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s inauguration for his second term was held on Monday in spite of accounts from international observers who said the country’s August elections were flawed. Mnangagwa said that Zimbabwe had shown it is a “democracy with maturity” during the ceremony at the National Sports Stadium in the nation’s capital Harare. The 80-year-old said he would ensure that …

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje has tasked the Kogi State electorate to give the party nothing less than 99 per cent support and victory votes in the state’s 11th November governorship election. While addressing party members and supporters on Saturday at the official inauguration of the party’s National and State Campaign Councils for …