The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday accused the legal team of the Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Mr. Peter Obi of constantly blaming the commission for withholding documents from them and urged them to desist from the “habit”. Displeased with the statement that implied that his client was uncooperative, counsel for INEC,  SAN who conducted Wednesday’s proceedings …

President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) vehemently kicked against the bid by the former Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku to engage ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to give evidence today in his petition challenging the declaration of Tinubu as winner of the 2023 presidential election. In a bid to establish the alleged electoral …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by five residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), who sought to stop the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as President. On Tuesday, Justice Inyang Ekwo ordered the lawyer representing the five residents to pay N10 million each to the Attorney General of the Federation and the Chief Justice …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, along with the party, on Tuesday in Abuja, opened their case at the Presidential Election Petition Court by tendering documents to support their petition. One of the documents tendered by counsel to the petitioners, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede was the Form EC 8E, which is …

The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A five-member panel of the apex court held on Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standi to institute the suit. The panel said that the PDP …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola will on Thursday in Abuja inaugurate the newly appointed 39 members of the Election Petition Tribunal, at the main hall of the Supreme Court of Nigeria Complex. A statement by the Director of Information and Press of the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande indicated that the CJN would perform the ceremony …

The Presidential Election Petition Court has been asked to dismiss in its entirety, a petition filed by the Allied People’s Movement (APM) challenging the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winners of the 25th February 2023 presidential election. Tinubu, who was declared winner of the poll and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) …

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Thursday heard the application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to allow for the live televising of the ongoing election petition proceedings. Parties to the petition adopted their processes and agreed that documents certified by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) will be tendered without objections. The …

The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) is to commence a post-mortem review of the 2023 general election on 29th May. At the council’s general assembly meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, IPAC National Chairman, Mr Yabagi Sani said the review was with no prejudice to pending petitions at the tribunals. “The Council is planning to carry out a post-mortem of the …

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has adjourned the hearing on the petitions filed by the Labour Party to Wednesday, 17th May 2023. A spokesperson for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, who appeared in court as one of the legal representatives of the party, said on Wednesday that the court adjourned after a brief hearing of petitions. He wrote: …