Category: Voting and Elections

Tribunal Nullifies LP House Of Reps Election In Lagos, Declares APC Candidate Winner

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Tribunal Nullifies LP House Of Reps Election In Lagos, Declares APC Candidate Winner

The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Lagos has nullified the return of the Labour Party (LP) ’s candidate, Seyi Sowunmi as the House of Representatives member for Ojo Federal Constituency in Lagos State. Instead, the three-man panel led by Justice Abdullahi Ozegya declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lanre Ogunyemi,…

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Voting and Elections

PEPC: Tinubu’s House Was Used As Drop-Off Point For Heroine – Peter Obi

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PEPC: Tinubu’s House Was Used As Drop-Off Point For Heroine – Peter Obi

The Lawyers representing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, have continued to drive home their points despite President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima’s final submissions that the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja should not nullify their clients election victory over a 30-year-old United States District Court judgement. In…

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Justice and Judiciary, Voting and Elections

Uphold INEC’S Submission That I Won In 21 States, Atiku Urged PEPC

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Uphold INEC’S Submission That I Won In 21 States, Atiku Urged PEPC

The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in the last presidential election, Abubakar Atiku, has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to uphold the admittance of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that he won 21 States in the disputed February 25 presidential election. Three of the lawyers representing INEC at the PEPC…

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Politics, Voting and Elections

INEC Denies Awareness Of Tinubu’s Drug-Related Forfeiture Of $460,000 Before 2023 Election

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INEC Denies Awareness Of Tinubu’s Drug-Related Forfeiture Of $460,000 Before 2023 Election

The Presidential Election Petitions Court sitting in Abuja has been told by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that it was unaware of the over 20-year old United States District Court judgment which ordered President Bola Tinubu to forfeit $460,000 suspected to be proceeds of narcotics trade. INEC at the court proceedings claimed that the…

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Voting and Elections

Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Admits EU Observer Mission Report

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Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Admits EU Observer Mission Report

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Monday admitted as exhibit the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the final report of the European Union Election Observer Mission, which faulted the conduct and outcome of the February 25, 2023, presidential election. The report, tendered by the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the…

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Justice and Judiciary, Voting and Elections

INEC Chair, Secretary To Stand In Witnesses Box ForAtiku and PDP

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INEC Chair, Secretary To Stand In Witnesses Box ForAtiku and PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and it’s presidential candidate in the last general elections, Atiku Abubakar has hatched the plan to call the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the commission’s Secretary and a National Commissioner as witnesses in their case before the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC), their counsel said yesterday….

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Justice and Judiciary, Voting and Elections

10th NASS Leadership: Abide By Party zoning, Caucus Tells Kalu, Yari

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10th NASS Leadership: Abide By Party zoning, Caucus Tells Kalu, Yari

Ex-senators on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday urged aspirants for Senate President to support Senator Godswill Akpabio, who has been endorsed by the party.The ex-senators under the aegis of ‘APC Non-serving Senators Group’, advised the other contenders – Orji Kalu, Osita Izunazo and Abdulaziz Yari – to respect party supremacy….

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Legislation and Legislature, Voting and Elections

Keyamo Appears In Legal Robe For Tinubu’s Defence At Tribunal

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The former Minister of State for Employment, barrister Festus Keyamo SAN, was today seen in court for the first time since the Presidential Election Petition Court began sitting. Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Spokesperson for Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council donned his legal robe for today’s hearing in defence of President Bola Tinubu….

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Justice and Judiciary, Voting and Elections

Apex Court To Decide, Shettima’s ‘Double Nomination’ Suit Today

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Apex Court To Decide, Shettima’s ‘Double Nomination’ Suit Today

The Supreme Court of Nigeria is expected to give judgement today in the appeal praying for the disqualification of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu and the vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima, over alleged double nomination. The panel of justices led by Inyang Okoro had on Monday fixed the date after listening to counsels in the matter. The…

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‘Stolen’ Mandate Will Be Reclaimed Even After May 29 Inauguration – Peter Obi

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‘Stolen’ Mandate Will Be Reclaimed Even After May 29 Inauguration – Peter Obi

The Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, has explained that he will reclaim the ‘stolen’ Mandate even after Tinubu’s swearing in just as he disclosed what he and the party are doing to reclaim their allegedly stolen mandate in court. Obi expressed optimism that he will still…

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