Tribunal Sacks LP House Of Representatives Member, Declares APC’s Ogunyemi 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, as the duly elected candidate...
Police Arrest Man, Ibezim Who Accused Fashola Of Writing Judgement To Be Delivered By Presidential Election Petition Court
The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has confirmed the arrest of one Chike Ibezim, an entrepreneur, following a petition by former Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola. On August 10, Chike was reportedly arrested by some police officers in Abuja, the country’s capital. Fashola was said to have written a petition against the entrepreneur about a report published by Reportera, a news established...
Presidential Election Petition Court To Deliver Judgement Wednesday
The much-anticipated verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPT) is expected to be delivered on Wednesday, September 6th. The Court of Appeal Registrar Umar Bangari confirmed this on Monday, saying the proceedings will be open to live broadcast by interested television stations. The Labour Party (LP), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), as well as...
Labour Party Unable To Prove Electoral Irregularities Against Tinubu, Tribunal Rules
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) sitting in Abuja, Nigeria's capital has ruled that the Labour Party (LP)’s petition of irregularities in the 2023 presidential election was generic and could not be proved. The party has challenged the election of the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu in the February presidential election, insisting that the electioneering process that...
Tribunal Says INEC Free To Determine Its Mode Of Transmitting Results
Nigeria's Presidential Election Petitions Court has said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was at liberty to deploy any suitable means in the transmission of the February 25 presidential election in the country. This is the ruling of a five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani on Wednesday. The tribunal said that sections 52 and 65 of the Electoral Act 2022,...
Tinubu Duly Elected President Of Nigeria, Court Rules
The Presidential Election Petitions Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria's capital on Wednesday upheld the election of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the country's duly elected President on the Feb. 25 presidential poll. The court dismissed suits filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar seeking the annulment of President Tinubu’s...
We Only Got Judgment Not Justice, Atiku Says As He Heads To Supreme Court
A former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has vowed to approach the Supreme Court to set aside the election of President Bola Tinubu. Atiku, said he was dissatisfied with the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, that affirmed President Tinubu as the valid winner of the presidential election held on...
Peter Obi Files 50 Grounds Of Appeal, Wants Tinubu’s Election Voided
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has appealed against the tribunal judgement which upheld the victory of President Bola Tinubu. Obi in a 50 grounds notice of appeal by his lead counsel, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu, SAN, challenged the decision of the presidential election tribunal. The notice of appeal partly read, “Take notice that the Appellants being dissatisfied with...
69 Gay Wedding Suspects Get N5m Bail In Delta
Sixty-nine gay suspects who were apprehended on Aug. 27 in Ekpan Community, Uvwie Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta during a gay wedding ceremony, have been released on bail. Counsel to the suspects, Mr Ochuko Ohimor, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Warri that they were admitted to bail with the sum of N500,000 and two...
Italian Man Who Killed Nigeria’s Ogorchukwu To Spend 24 Years In Prison
Filippo Ferlazzo, the Italian who killed an Italy-based Nigerian man, Alika Ogorchukwu, in July 2022 has bagged a 24-year jail term. The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement signed by NiDCOM spokesperson, Gabriel Odu, commended the Nigerian Mission in Rome, for following through with the case and other...
