No regret endorsing Obaseki’s second term – Danjuma
A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mrs Daisy Danjuma, on Monday said she had no regret supporting the second term bid of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. Danjuma, had on Sunday in Lagos at a town hall meeting organised for Obaseki, threw her weight behind the second term bid of the governor. She said...
Imo Supreme Court Judgment: We Stand By Our Declarations, Says INEC
The Independent Nation Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, said that it still stands by its declarations for the 2019 elections despite the Supreme Court judgments that reversed some of the election results declared by the Commission. The Commission has recently come under severe criticism following the reversal of the Imo State governorship election by the apex Court. INEC in the Imo...
No regret endorsing Obaseki’s second term – Danjuma
A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mrs Daisy Danjuma, on Monday said she had no regret supporting the second term bid of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. Danjuma, had on Sunday in Lagos at a town hall meeting organised for Obaseki, threw her weight behind the second term bid of the governor. She said...
Supreme Court Validates Bala’s Election As Bauchi Government
The Supreme Court, on Monday, validated the election of Governor Bala Muhammed of Bauchi State. A seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta unanimously dismissed the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress and its governorship candidate, Muhammed Abubakar. Justice Dattijo Muhammad, who read the lead judgment, held that the evidence of the appellants’ witnesses at the...
Supreme Court Validates Bala’s Election As Bauchi Government
The Supreme Court, on Monday, validated the election of Governor Bala Muhammed of Bauchi State. A seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta unanimously dismissed the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress and its governorship candidate, Muhammed Abubakar. Justice Dattijo Muhammad, who read the lead judgment, held that the evidence of the appellants’ witnesses at the...
PDP secretly inciting Imo lawmakers to impeach me – Uzodinma
Imo Governor Hope Uzodinma has raised the alarm over a secret plan by the opposition’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to incite the members of the House of Assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings against him. The Governor warned PDP members in the state to desist from false propaganda, mischief-making and malice against him or face the wrath of the law. Uzodinma’s alarm...
PDP secretly inciting Imo lawmakers to impeach me – Uzodinma
Imo Governor Hope Uzodinma has raised the alarm over a secret plan by the opposition’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to incite the members of the House of Assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings against him. The Governor warned PDP members in the state to desist from false propaganda, mischief-making and malice against him or face the wrath of the law. Uzodinma’s alarm...
Supreme Court schedules judgements on Plateau, Bauchi states for 3 pm
The Supreme Court has scheduled judgments for 3 pm on Monday in the appeals challenging the election of Governors Simon Lalong and Bala Mohammed of Plateau and Bauchi States. A seven-man panel of the court led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta stood down proceedings till 3 pm after lawyers to parties in the appeals adopted their written briefs and prayed the...
Kogi Guber: Court strikes out Natasha Akpoti’s suit against Yahaya Bello
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a suit filed by Natasha Akpoti, Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s candidate in the Nov. 16 governorship election in Kogi, against the Governor, Yahaya Bello, for lacking in locus stand. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who delivered the judgement, held that the alleged offence was criminal and not a civil case which could be instituted...
Imo: Supreme Court Will Revisit Judgment, Says PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday reiterated its confidence in the possibility of the Supreme Court to reverse its decision on the Imo state governorship election. The apex court, it would be recalled, had last week nullified the election of Emeka Ihedioha and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to issue a certificate of return to Senator Hope...
