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 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 …

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 …

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Mr. Peter Obi has denied reports alleging that he bribed a Nigerian television presenter, Rufai Oseni. Rufai of Arise Television was recently accused of receiving bribe from the former Anambra State governor with the aim of promoting his good reputation. It was alleged that Obi had financially sponsored the burial …

The National Secretary of Labour Party (LP), Alhaji Umar Farouk, and the media aide to party’s presidential flag bearer in the 2023 elections, Mr. Tai Obasi have denied knowledge of an ongoing merger arrangement with the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his counterpart in the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso. …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi has explained that his mobile phones were not stolen at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja on Tuesday. Obi, who spoke through his media aide, Mr. Tai Obasi, told Newsmen that the phones, believed to have gone missing, were in the custody of his aide. The media had …

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 …

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 Labour Party in the last general elections, Mr. Peter Obi has said that he would maintain his decision not to celebrate his birthdays in today’s Nigeria due to its current deplorable state. In a tweet on Monday via his Twitter handle ahead of his 62nd birthday, which comes up on Wednesday, Obi said that a birthday …

Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the last general elections, Mr. Peter Obi has decried what he described as an “emerging pattern of fake media reports” predicated on interviews and press remarks he never granted. Obi said that it is regrettable that the nation’s politics had sunken to an abysmal level where manipulation of the media space is now a trade, …