President Bola Tinubu has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately vacate the court order freezing the accounts of Osun Government, citing concerns about the timing of the action ahead of the state’s governorship election. In a statement personally issued on Thursday in Abuja, the President said he became aware that the […]
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Former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has said that it is impossible for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be re-elected in 2027. The Social Democratic Party, SDP chieftain made this known in an interview shared on X, stating that anybody who thinks otherwise does not live in Nigeria. According to El-Rufai, Nigerians have […]
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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25, 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the October 26, 2023 verdict of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had affirmed Bola Tinubu’s election as president in February 2023. The court also refused to admit fresh evidence of forgery against Tinubu which […]
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The Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Thursday affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 presidential election. In its ruling, the apex court dismissed the appeals by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart Peter Obi. The supreme court, in its lead […]
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The presidential candidates of both of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, have rejected Wednesday’s tribunal judgement declaring Bola Tinubu as duly elected president of Nigeria. The Labour Party similarly criticised the judgement on Wednesday, stating that the verdict did not reflect the “desires of the people”. They have […]
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President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the judgement handed down by the presidential election petition tribunal, stating that it has renewed his goal of building, unifying Nigeria. The president was quoted as speaking in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, his spokesperson. After months of legal fireworks at the tribunal, Tinubu was returned on Wednesday by […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Siminialayi Fubara, the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the winner of Rivers State governorship election held on Saturday 18 March. Fubara scored a total of 302,614 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Tonye Cole, the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 95,274 votes, according […]
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The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has the described Nigeria’s electoral process as a rape of democracy in areas where voter intimidation took place. The governorship and state houses of assembly elections took place across the country on Saturday. Julius Abure, LP national chairperson, in a statement on Saturday, also asked INEC to conduct […]
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Mr. Chukwudi Ogbonna, the Accord Party (AP) candidate for Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni state constituency for Rivers state assembly, has been abducted by gunmen. The abduction was confirmed on Tuesday by Ifeaka Nwakiri, a relative of the politician. It is understood that Ogbonna was kidnapped on Monday at Rumuigbo, near Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. Nwakiri said the abduction […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that it will appeal the Thursday’s ruling by the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordering it to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards (TVC) in the March 18 governorship and state houses of assembly elections. Mr. Rotimi Lawrence Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. […]
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