By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Bola Tinubu has approved the construction of 1,000 houses in Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, Niger and Benue States as part of a broad plan by the Federal Government to address the conflict in the north, according to Vice President Kashim Shettima....
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Mr. Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) says he rejected the Presidential Elections Petition Court judgement delivered on the outcome of February 25, 2023. Obi spoke during a news conference at his Onitsha residence on Thursday. He acknowledged that though the PEPC’s adhered to the...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said that the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) delivered a clear verdict on the integrity of Nigeria’s electoral process. Akpabio in a statement on Thursday lauded the court, judgment which affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima in...
The Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, says he fully understands the grief of the opposition parties over the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). Okechukwu, also a foundation member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said this when he spoke...
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, has urged the opposition political parties to accept the verdict of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal validating President Bola Tinubu’s victory at the Feb. 25, presidential election. Ganduje, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, described the judgement as thorough,...
The People’s Democratic party (PDP) has rejected the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) judgment affirming the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the Feb. 25 presidential election. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said that the judgment was against reason, facts and evidence...
The Presidential Election Petition Court,(PEPC) on Wednesday, struck out the testimonies of 10 out the 13 witnesses called by Mr Peter Obi and the Labour Party to defend their petition challenging the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. The PEPC ruled that the petitioner’s request for an...
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Wednesday in Abuja said that one does not need to score 25 per cent of votes in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) to win presidential elections in the country. Delivering the lead judgment in the petition filed by Mr Peter Obi and...
President Bola Tinubu has pledged that Nigeria would give the best returns for any new investment as well as create best business friendly incentives for foreign businesses. The president said this at the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and Conference in New Delhi, India as part of activities on sidelines of...
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has declared the All Progressives Congress, APC’s petition challenging Mr. Peter Obi’s membership of the Labour Party (LP) as incompetent. Justice Abba says membership in a political party is an internal affair. The Tribunal also touched on the issue of non-joinder of Atiku...
Vice President Kashim Shettima, Femi Gbajabimila, were all present in the Court of Appeal complex, venue of the presidential election petition court (PEPC) for the judgment in the petitions challenging the election of. President Bola Tinubu. Also present in court are Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, APC National chairman, governors...
The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, seeking the nullification of the election of President Bola Tinubu. Delivering judgment, Chairman Justice Haruna Tsammani said that the suit lacked merit. The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in a a petition marked...
There is heavy security presence at the Court of Appeal Complex located in the Three Arms Zone, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District of Abuja, as the Presidential Election Petition Court gets set to deliver judgment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the judgment is three cases challenging...
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...
Former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, says the protest launched against the fuel subsidy removal during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 was mere politics. Fayemi stated this while delivering his keynote address at a national dialogue organized to celebrate the 60th birthday of the...
HiIt’s the D-day! For millions of Nigerians and international observers, the wait for the judgments of the Presidential Election Petitions Court is over with the cockcrow of Wednesday (today). With bated breath, many will stay glued to their digital devices for the televised live proceedings from the Tribunal...
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, says the judiciary is facing an unprecedented blackmail and intimation over the presidential election petitions, saying that the blackmail is not necessary since there is still opportunity for an appeal at the Supreme Court. Falana, who was a guest on...
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...
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The Arewa Economic Forum (AEF) has drawn the attention of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to what it termed ‘Yorubanisation’ and ‘Lagoslisation’ of his appointments. According to the socio-cultural pressure group, most of the persons President Tinubu has appointed as Heads of strategic government agencies in Finance and ICT...