Controversies dogged the proceedings and the eventual judgement passed by the Presidential Elections Petitions Court (PEPC) last Wednesday. The election court, which was empanelled to interrogate the results of the 25th February presidential poll, stoked misgivings beginning from the cobbling together of the body. The five-member team of judges are: Haruna Tsammani, Stephen Adah, Monsurat Bolaji-Yusuf, Moses Ugo and Abba …

It is no longer news that the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has given its verdict on the petitions challenging the declaration of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the winner of the 25th February 2023 presidential election, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), defeating 17 other presidential candidates, three of whom …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has rejected the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court. Atiku, who is no stranger to legal battles, has asked his lawyers to file an appeal at the Supreme Court (PEPC). Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi had earlier said he would appeal the judgement of the PEPC. At a press …

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 …

English humorist, satirist, and author Terry Pratchett once said: “If you do not know where you come from, then you don’t know where you are, and if you don’t know where you are, then you don’t know where you’re going. And if you don’t know where you’re going, you’re probably going wrong”. Origins are important because they give a sense …

The presidential election petition court has reserved judgement in the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Atiku is challenging the outcome of the 25th February election and praying the court to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s victory. Among several issues raised in the joint petition, Atiku and the PDP are alleging that President …

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has fixed next Tuesday for the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; and the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, to adopt their final addresses in their petitions against the 2023 election. Both Atiku and Obi are challenging the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu by the Independent National Electoral Commission …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last February presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has insisted that the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president is unlawful and unconstitutional. He stressed that President Tinubu must be removed from office to sanitise the country’s polity. In his final address to support his petition seeking nullification of Tinubu’s …

A suspected Boko Haram member planning to attack the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in Yola, Adamawa State, has been arrested. The suspect was among three others apprehended in Atiku’s residence in Yola and handed over to the police. The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Jubrila Mohammed, is a native of Damboa in Borno State. Mohammed said …

The presidency on Saturday insisted that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last February’s presidential poll, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu won “a free, fair and credible election”. It described the ballot as the “most transparent election ever conducted in Nigeria since 1999”. In response to the alarm raised on Friday by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic …