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Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Monday, urged the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja not to harmonise the three pending petitions challenging his victory. Mr Tinubu’s victory at the 25 February presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is being challenged in three separate petitions pending before the court. Atiku Abubakar … [Read more…]
The Presidential Election Petitions Court sitting in Abuja has rejected application for live transmission of its proceedings. Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party had made the request, which was objected to by Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the … [Read more…]
Residents of Sudan’s capital again awoke to heavy clashes Sunday morning just hours after rival generals agreed to an upcoming one-week ceasefire amid ongoing talks in Saudi Arabia. The ceasefire — the latest following many successive truces that have been systematically violated — is set to go into effect at 9:45 pm (1945 GMT) on … [Read more…]
In a bid to prove their petitions challenging the declaration of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election, the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and that of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Saturday disclosed that they would present no fewer than 150 … [Read more…]
The federal government and striking doctors have reached a truce over the ongoing industrial action. This followed a meeting the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, held with the leadership of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), where a Memorandum of Understanding was signed. The meeting, which started … [Read more…]
The Presidential Election Petitions Court has adjourned till May 22 to rule on the applications for a live broadcast of proceedings and the modalities for witnesses. A five-member panel of justices presided by Justice Haruna Tsammani Saturday also announced that the adjourned date will also be used to modify the modalities agreed by parties for … [Read more…]
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed, has distanced the Scheme from the Discharge Certificate in possession of the Enugu State Governor-elect, Mr Peter Mbah. Speaking on Arise News Channel’s breakfast show on Friday morning, the NYSC DG said the Certificate in possession of Mbah was not issued … [Read more…]
Justice Muhammad Nasir-Yunusa of the Kano Division of the Federal High Court said the candidates who participated in the 2023 general election in Abia were not parties before his court. He therefore denied nullifying the candidature of the Abia Governor-elect Alex Otti. Mr Nasir-Yunusa, however, said it nullified the election of the candidates for Kano … [Read more…]
Justice Hamza Muazu of a High Court in Abuja, on Friday, granted an order of stay of execution on the suspension of Julius Abure as the Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) and other officials of the party. The others are the National Organising Secretary, Clement Ojukwu and National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara. The court had … [Read more…]
The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in the last election, Abubakar Atiku told the Presidential Election Petition Court that the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC is a meddlesome interloper in its defence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the qualifications for the election. Atiku’s Counsel accused the electoral body of being a proxy … [Read more…]
There was a mild drama at the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday as the resumed Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal stopped a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Oba Maduabuchi, from representing the Labour Party. At the pre-hearing session, Maduabuchi tried to make a legal representation for the party, which is contesting the outcome of … [Read more…]
A member, House of Representatives Committee on Loans, Aids and Debt Management, Abubakar Yunusa Ahmad, says federal lawmakers have approved the $800 million loan request of President Muhammadu Buhari. The lawmaker however argued that the loan would not be utilised by the Buhari administration, saying the incoming government would deploy its own approach to utilise … [Read more…]