The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal will on Wednesday, September 6, give its verdict on the suits filed by five political parties; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), Action Peoples Party (APP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and the Action Alliance (AA), challenging the emergence of Bola Tinubu as winner...
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Ahead of the Wednesday’s judgment to be delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Court, the Presidency says that President Bola Tinubu is not worried about the outcome of the court. “He (Tinubu) is not worried simply because he knows he won the election,” said presidential spokesman, Ajuri...
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 to Channels Television on Monday, saying the proceedings will be open to live broadcast by interested television stations. The...
Sen Annie Okonkwo, who died in the United States on June 8, was buried at Ojoto, Idemili North Local Government of Anambra on Wednesday. He was aged 63. Our correspondent, who covered the burial, reports that Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Gov. Charles Soludo of Anambra and Mr...
The Presidential Election Tribunal has finally fixed a date to make public its verdict. This is coming barely four weeks after it adjourned for judgment. A usually reliable source disclosed Sunday that the five-member tribunal which sat at the Court of Appeal complex in Abuja from May...
Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday led a mega rally for the party ahead of the Sept. 2 Local Government Area election in Edo State. Addressing the teeming party members who trooped out for the event, Obi described the local government area system as “where development, ...
They are hopeful that the election tribunal will call for a re-election or rerun, which would see them merge to challenge Tinubu. Gearing up for possibilities as the country continues its transition process, the trio of Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and Peter Obi have begun to discuss the possibility...
The APC was birthed out of Mr. Buhari’s resilient appetite for presidential power. Its victory in the 2015 presidential election satisfied that hunger and lavishly fed it for eight years. His victory then was a product of both his northern regional cultic followership and a nationwide rejection of...
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has expressed sadness over the ill-fated Air Force helicopter that claimed 36 soldiers in Niger on Monday morning. Obi, the former Anambra governor made this know in a statement via his official X handle (formerly Twitter) in Lagos on...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Labour Party Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi has congratulated the former governor of Edo, Chief John Oyegun on his 84th birthday anniversary. Obi, in his congratulatory message on on Saturday, commended Edo State Governor, Godwin Obasaki for establishing an institution in Oyegun’s ...
Nollywood legend, Pete Edochie, sits with the host of the viral TV show #WithChude, Chude Jideonwo, on the first episode of the fifth season. On this episode, he spoke about May & Yul, condemning polygamy, the day he almost died, Peter Obi and why he has given up on Nigerian politics. “A lot of people say that history repeats itself because we...
The Presidential Election Petition Court on Tuesday reserved judgment in a petition filed by Mr Peter Obi and Labour Party (LP) challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu into power. Obi and LP are petitioners in the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 challenging the election which brought president Bola Tinubu...
Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2023 General Elections, Peter Obi, has described as fake, a photo of him and the Finland-based pro-Biafra agitator, Mr Simon Ekpa. The Head of the Obi-Datti Media Office, Mr Diran Onifade, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. The News...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A chieftain of the Labour Party, Rommy Okoli, has congratulated Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 election on the occasion of his 62nd birthday anniversary. Okoli in a birthday message made available in Awka on Wednesday, described ...
Mr Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate, Labour Party in the 2023 elections has dismissed media reports that he is looking forward to run for office in the 2027 presidential elections. The presidential candidate also denied commenting on appointees of the Federal Government. Obi, who is also a former governor of...
In the next few weeks the firepower at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) will ebb as the five-member panel of the court, headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani, has sent lawyers and petitioners back to their chambers to produce their final written addresses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
President Bola Tinubu, vice president Kashim Shittema and the All Peoples Congress (APC) on Wednesday closed their defence in Mr Peter Obi and his Labour Party’s petition. Counsel for Tinubu and Shettima, Wole Olanipekun , SAN informed the presidential election petition court (PEPC) that they are closing their case...
Lawyer to the Labour Party (LP), Levi Uzoukwu has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are not prepared to defend its case at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Uzoukwu made this comment on Monday, shortly after the court adjourned its resumed sitting, following the absence of INEC’s...
The Presidential candidate of Labour Party, (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has described the death of the late former Dean, Anglican Communion, His Grace, Archbishop Maxwell Anikwenwa, as a “painful loss”. Obi said this in his tribute during a day of tribute organised on behalf of the deceased by the...