By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja — Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and 34 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the appointment of at least four members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and allies of high-ranking politicians as new Resident Electoral...
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The Benue State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Makurdi, is set to deliver judgment on the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Titus Uba, challenging the election of Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Alia was declared...
The National/State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Makurdi, has upheld the election of Rep. Solomon Wombo of All Progressives Congress (APC), for the Kastina-Ala/Ukum/Logo Federal Constituency election of Benue. Delivering the judgment on Monday, the Chairman of the panel, Justice Ory’zik Ikeorha, said the petitioners, Richard Gbande and...
Sen. Jarigbe Jarigbe of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), representing Cross River Northern Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has defeated former Gov Ben Ayade of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at the Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Calabar. Giving the judgement on Saturday, a three man tribunal...
The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has dismissed a petition, filed by All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Enugu North and South National Assembly Elections, Hon. Juliet Egbo, against the victory of Hon. Chimaobi Atu of Labour Party (LP). Delivering the ruling a hours ago, the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former Chairman Karu Local Government Council, Mr Akala Gajere, sys he is a bonafide member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr. Gajere stated this in a statement in Abuja on Monday, while reacting to his purported suspension from the ruling party. According to...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a suit brought before it against Sen. Elisha Abbo challenging his candidacy as the All Progressives Congress (APC) representative for Adamawa North Senatorial District in the last National Assembly election. Justice Inyang Okoro in a unanimous judgment of a five-member panel of Justices...
INEC assured in Abuja on Saturday that it would conduct credible supplementary governorship election in Adamawa that would be the pride of Nigerians and of the international community. INEC’s Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, gave the assurance when some women staged a protest at the...
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has granted permission to Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) to serve their petitions on Sen. Bola Tinubu though the All Progressives Congress (APC). A three-member panel sitting in Abuja on Friday,...
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has congratulated Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for his victory as Governor-elect in Sokoto State. Abubakar spoke through a delegation led by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, the Waziri Sokoto...
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 18 governorship election in Delta, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege has rejected the result of the election. INEC on Monday declared Chief Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner. In a statement issued by Mr Sunday Areh,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Umar Bago of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Niger. Prof. Clement Alawa, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) Academics, University of Abuja, the INEC Returning Officer, announced the results of the election on Monday in Minna....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Nollywood star, Olusola Elliot, and Songodara Mosunmola, the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winners of Surulere 1 and 2 State Constituency election in Lagos State. The Returning Officer for Surulere Constituency 1, Dr John Fenuga from the...
Labour Party’s Governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has lost his polling unit. Rhodes-Vivour lost to incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu after the results from his polling unit were counted. According to the Punch report, Labour Party got 18 votes while Governor Sanwo-Olu polled a total of 29 votes...
Dr Ifeanyichukwu Odii, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ebonyi governorship candidate says he will triumph over the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Saturday’s poll, in spite of the endorsement of Anyim Pius Anyim. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Anyim, a former PDP presidential aspirant on...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun, Ladi Adebutu, has accused All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state of planning to rig Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly elections with thugs. Adebutu made the allegation while addressing hundreds of PDP supporters at a mega rally in Abeokuta...
Mr Faliya Sharon, a public affairs analyst, has called on the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to support the aspiration of incumbent Deputy Speaker, Rep. Ahmed Wase, to emerge Speaker of the 10th Assembly. In a statement on Sunday, Sharon said that the APC should as...
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has expressed confidence that the All Progressives Congress (APC) party will win in the Governorship and State Assembly elections in the state. The governor stated this on Tuesday in Jos, while addressing newsmen at the end of his inspection of some ongoing projects in...
Despite threats received for prophesying the outcomes of Nigeria’s election, a Zimbabwean prophet Passion Java, has dropped a second prophesy on president-elect Bola Tinubu. Java, on Sunday, prophesied that he had seen the results of the election. The Zimbabwean who is the founder of the Kingdom Embassy church, is...
President Muhammadu Buhari has affirmed that Saturday’s presidential election, in which former Governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu emerged as the winner, was flawed. Present Buhari, however, charged Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), to challenge the outcome of...