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 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 National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, on Monday nullified the election of Ngozi Okolie of the Labour Party (LP) for the House of Representatives. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Okolie winner of the Aniocha-Oshimili Federal Constituency election during last February’s presidential and National Assembly elections. But Ndudi Elumelu of the …

The Presidential Election Petition Court on Tuesday evening in Abuja admitted as exhibits the Chicago State University educational documents of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who formally opened his defence in a petition filed against his election by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. The educational documents tendered to establish his attendance and graduation at …

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu is seeking an order from the Court of Appeal to access sensitive materials used by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the 25 February presidential election. With  8,794,726 votes, Tinubu, who was candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the poll ahead of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), …