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The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has strongly criticized the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s ruling on Wednesday, which upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election, deeming it a mere spectacle. The MBF expressed disapproval of the Tribunal’s decision to focus on technicalities as a basis for dismissing the petitions, despite cautionary measures against such actions in resolving election…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mandate Secretaries for the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). The appointment of the mandate secretaries was announced by the Director of Press, Office of the Minister of the FCT, Anthony Ogunleye, in a statement on Tuesday. Ogunleye said the swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed mandate…
On Monday, Ladi Adebutu, the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, made a request to the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta. He urged the tribunal to declare him the rightful governor of the state and the winner of the March 18 election, emphasizing that such a declaration would not…
A three-time governorship candidate in the state, Gboyega Isiaka, has been declared winner of the Egbado-North and Imeko-Afon Federal Constituency election. Isiaka, popular known as GNI in Ogun politics was the governorship candidate of the People’s Party of Nigeria in 2011, 2015, and African Democratic Congress in 2019, but failed on all 3 occasions to…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has thrown out an appeal by a former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, challenging the candidacy of the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Delivering judgement on Friday, the appeal court three-member panel held that Nwajiuba’s appeal was without merit. They backed…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has encouraged prospective voters to locate their polling units in preparation for the February 25 and March 11 election days. To assist with this task, Ogun Today has published an article detailing the steps on how to find your polling unit where you will cast your votes for your favourite…
Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, addressed critics of his state-of-the-nation address on Sunday, claiming that he scored zero in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) primary with true identity and original credentials. He said, “Can someone tell these people that scoring zero in a primary election with one’s…
The National Chairman of the Zenith Labour Party, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, has cleared the air on the party’s affiliation with Akin Osuntokun, the newly appointed Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council. In a statement made available to The PUNCH on Friday, ZLP stated that Osuntokun resigned from the party in August 2022…
Akin Osuntokun, the new director general of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, claimed he took the position without any bias toward any particular religion or race. He also denied rumours that he might have pushed for or advocated for his new position. In response to inquiries from The PUNCH, Osuntokun discussed how he would handle…
Adekunle Akinlade, the Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council in Ogun State, has stated that the people of Ogun State will vote for the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, regardless of ethnic sentiments. Akinlade stated that Atiku would defeat All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Tinubu and other candidates in…
