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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Drama As Emefiele Hides From Cameras In Court (Photos)
Godwin Emefiele, suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), avoided cameras when he arrived at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Thursday. Emefiele, who has been in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since his arrest after President Bola Tinubu suspended him on June 9, exchanged pleasantries with his team of lawyers in court. When...
Fashola Denies Drafting Final Judgement For President Election Petition Court
The immediate past Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN, has denied what he called baseless and defamatory allegation that he was involved in drafting the judgement for the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) Judges. Fashola, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Media, Hakeem Bello, expressed his disappointment with the spread of this false information on...
Court Stops Obaseki’s Move To Impeach Deputy, Shaibu
Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court Abuja has issued a temporary order stopping the move by the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to impeach his Deputy, Phillip Shaibu, over their irreconcilable differences. Justice Mohammed issued the temporary order while ruling in a motion on notice filed by Shaibu praying the court to stop the move to ease him...
Court Throws Out Fresh Bid By DSS To Detain Emefiele For More 14 Days
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Maitama, on Thursday, rejected a fresh application the Department of State Services, DSS, filed for an order to further detain the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, for another 14 days. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Hamza Muazu, held...
Ibori To Face Fresh Seizure Of £100 Million, Fresh Jail Term In UK
A court in the UK is set to order the seizure of more than £100 million ($129 million) from former Delta State Governor James Ibori. This comes about six years after Ibori’s return to Nigeria after serving a prison sentence for money laundering and fraud charges. The British authorities had indicted him for stealing public funds and laundering them through UK...
