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 …

Voting has commenced in Zimbabwe as President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks a second and final term in a country with a history of violent and disputed votes, according to Al Jazeera. The elections, being held on Wednesday, are the second since the removal of longtime repressive ruler Robert Mugabe in a coup in 2017. Twelve presidential candidates are on the ballot, …

The Chairperson of Panel Two of the Election Petition Tribunal (EPT), sitting in Kano, Justice Flora Azinge on Tuesday raised the alarm that some lawyers were attempting to bribe judges in her team. According to her, this was the second time a judge complained about how some lawyers prosecuting election matters before she tried to corrupt the system by offering …

Ahead of the 11th November governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted a special national media/publicity committee to sensitise the people to the party’s policies and programmes. According to a statement on Tuesday by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Barrister Debo Ologunagba, the 12-man committee is pursuant to Section 40 …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deploy 11,355 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines for voter accreditation in the 11th November governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo States. According to The Punch, a top official in the commission, who spoke on anonymity, disclosed this on Sunday. According to INEC, Bayelsa State has 2,244 polling units; Kogi, has 3,508 polling …

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) on Wednesday said that, contrary to perception, it had nothing to hide regarding the conduct of the 2023 general election. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this at the Post Election Review of the 2023 General Election with media stakeholders in Lagos. Yakubu said there were many …

The five-member panel of the presidential election tribunal has reserved judgement on the petition by the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi against President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressive Congress. Obi, who came third in the election, is challenging Tinubu’s victory. After adopting the parties’ final written addresses, the tribunal reserved judgement to a date to be communicated …