A former governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has been declared winner of the February 25 Plateau South Senatorial District election. Lalong, who was Director-General of Tinubu/Shettima Campaign, was among the seven governors that lost their senatorial bids in the election. On Monday, the National and State Petition Election Tribunal sitting in Jos sacked the … [Read more…]
Collage of Thaddeaus Atta, Ibrahim Obanikoro, and Bankole Wellington (Banky W) The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) Lagos has nullified the return of Mr Thaddeus Atta of the Labour Party as the duly elected representative for Eti Osa Federal Constituency. In the lead judgment, which was delivered late … [Read more…]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will soon visit Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin, the two countries confirmed on Monday, a potentially landmark summit amid Moscow’s deepening isolation over the war in Ukraine. Kim will visit Russia in the coming days at the invitation of Putin, the Kremlin said, while North Korean state news … [Read more…]
…says commission a ‘monumental disgrace’ A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Osita Chidoka has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its conduct of the 2023 presidential election. The PDP and Peter Obi’s Labour Party (LP) had challenged the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner … [Read more…]
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the February 25, 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, and members of his team have queried the presence of the water mark of the Tinubu legal team on Certified True Copies of the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court currently trending on social media. In fact, … [Read more…]
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu yesterday convened a meeting with key stakeholders from Ondo State in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on arrival from medical leave. LEADERSHIP Weekend gathered that among the stakeholders present at the meeting included members of the State House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Hon Oladiji Olamide; members of the state executive … [Read more…]
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the contentious February 25th election, Peter Obi has instructed his lawyers to immediately challenge the ruling of the five-member Presidential Election Petitions Court led by Justice Simon Haruna Tsamani. Obi disclosed this at a press conference in the commercial town of Onitsha, Anambra state on Thursday in … [Read more…]
Former Vice President of Nigeria and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has denied congratulating President Bola Tinubu on his victory at the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC), saying he won’t validate what he called ‘electoral banditry’. Atiku said he did not issue any press statement congratulating Tinubu, who was the candidate … [Read more…]
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the judgements of the Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal that affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential poll in the country. According to a release issued on Wednesday night by former presidential spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu, Buhari expressed his happiness with ruling of the Presidential Elections … [Read more…]
The Kogi East Senatorial Election Tribunal sitting in Lokoja has sacked Senator Jibrin Isah, (Echocho), the Senate Committee Chairman on Customs Excise and Tariffs, cancelling the election in 94 polling units in the district. Consequently, the chairman of the Tribunal , Justice K.A. Orjiako, ordered Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a supplementary election … [Read more…]
A Kano State High Court has set aside the suspension of the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) from the party. Justice Usman Na’aana on Tuesday granted an interim injunction restraining Boniface Aniebonam, Agbo Major, and 16 other respondents from parading themselves as national officers or leaders of the party pending … [Read more…]
The National Executive Committee of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has expelled Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, following his alleged refusal to appear before the party’s Disciplinary Committee. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Kwankwaso, the 2023 Presidential Candidate of NNPP, had been earlier suspended by the party’s leadership at the National Convention on … [Read more…]