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Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has vowed to appeal the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, that upheld the election of President Bola Tinubu.Obi, whose petition was dismissed by the court, warned that if care was not taken, sound electoral jurisprudence will disappear in the country.He stressed that litigants thatContinue reading "Tribunal: If we’re not careful, our electoral jurisprudence will vanish – Peter Obi. Ikechukwu Nnochiri"

The President, immediately arriving India for the G-20 Summit, said this during an interactive session with Nigerian students studying in the South Asian country. This is contained in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, on Thursday, September 7, 2023. At the meeting, attended by a large contingent of NigerianContinue reading "I was a brilliant student, Tinubu recalls days in Chicago university. Nurudeen Shotayo"

Atiku, who spoke at a press conference organised by the PDP on Thursday, September 7, 2023, said that he may have lost the battle at the PEPC on Wednesday, "but the war is well ahead of us." The PDP candidate had challenged the President's election on several grounds, including claims that the latter was not duly qualifiedContinue reading "The war is well ahead of us, Atiku vows to fight on after tribunal defeat. Nurudeen Shotayo"

Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State has warned against any attempt by individuals, government officials, and groups to thwart the well-intended new educational policy of his administration to reposition the state on the petals of socio-economic growth and accelerated infrastructural development of the state.Speaking to a cream of Journalists during a Media dialogue held atContinue reading "New Education Policy:Govt Will Not Spare Saboteurs. Stanley Mijah, Jalingo"

The Police in Lagos have ordered the arrest of a University of Lagos, UNILAG lecturer accused of raping a 20-year-old student of the institution. The arrest warrant was issued by the Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunmi through the state High Court and involved the Vice Chancellor of the university.The student, name withheld, said the incidentContinue reading "Police arrest UNILAG lecturer accused of raping 20-yr-old student"

A major division between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has led to partial compliance in the two-day warning strike declared by Nigerian workers over the delay in the implementation of the palliatives announced by the federal government to cushion the effects of its removal of fuel subsidy.Across the statesContinue reading "Labour Strike Suffers Partial Compliance Over Cracks In Union  "

President Bola Tinubu, and his main challengers in the 2023 presidential election, former Vice President and presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and their counterpart in the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi are absent at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal where judgment in their petitions are to be delivered.Vice President KashimContinue reading "PEPT: Tinubu, Atiku, Obi absent as Tribunal delivers judgment"

The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, has dismissed as incompetent, the case the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, filed to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s election.The court held that issues the APM raised in its petition contained pre-election matters that could only be determined by the Federal High Court.Chairman of the panel, Justice HarunaContinue reading "Breaking: APM’s petition against Tinubu incompetent – Tribunal. Ikechukwu Nnochiri"

THE die is cast and the stage is set. After five months of legal fisticuffs, the Presidential Election Petition Court (Tribunal) will decide the fate of President Bola Tinubu, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, today.The trio were the leading presidential candidates in the February 25, 2023 presidentialContinue reading "Presidential Poll: Four men, woman who’ll decide Tinubu, Atiku, Obi’s fate today. 7 options before the court. Clifford Ndujihe"