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25% Votes Requirement: Supreme Court Upholds Appeal Court’s Ruling On FCT On Thursday, a significant legal precedent was set by the Supreme Court, which upheld the ruling previously handed down by the Appeal Court. This ruling clarified a fundamental aspect of presidential elections in Nigeria – that a presidential candidate does not necessarily need to…
2023 Polls: Tinubu, Atiku, Obi Absent As Supreme Court Delivers Judgment On Thursday, during the momentous judgment delivery at the Supreme Court regarding the presidential election that took place on February 25, 2023, there were notable absences. Notably, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his counterpart from the Labour Party, Peter…
The amended list of candidates for the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State, released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), does not include the name of Chief Timipre Sylva, the governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC). This decision came after Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court in Abuja had…
The Federal Government has granted Ogun State’s request to reconstruct the Abeokuta-Ota Expressway, as announced by Minister of Works, Dave Umahi. He noted that the state will recover the expenses through toll collection and will not receive a refund. Umahi also revealed that a coastal road project spanning four states would be executed in two…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its results viewing portal is to enhance election transparency and not a result collation or transmission system. INEC ICT director Paul Omokore clarified this in a presentation titled ‘The role of BVAS, IReV for Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo Governorship elections’ at a two-day capacity workshop for journalists on…
Adamawa North senator, Elisha Abbo, who was ousted by the Court of Appeal on Monday, claims that Senate President Godswill Akpabio orchestrated his dismissal. During a press conference at his Abuja residence on Monday, a few hours after the Court of Appeal in Abuja invalidated his win in the February 25th election, Mr. Abbo asserted…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu contends that, at this juncture, the Supreme Court cannot entertain the new evidence that Atiku Abubakar is attempting to submit in his appeal challenging the February 25 election results. Tinubu urges the highest court to reject the alleged fresh evidence supposedly obtained from the Chicago State University (CSU) by Atiku and…
Governor Dapo Abiodun received in audience on Friday, October 13, 2023, his brother colleague from Osun State, Senator Adeleke, who paid him a visit in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Read also:DapoAbiodun reads the Riot Act to APC members to behave Governor Abiodun expresses great joy for the courtesy visit by Governor Adeleke.…
President Bola Tinubu, through his lawyers, has responded to the appeal made by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, stating that it lacks merit, substance, and genuine intent. Tinubu, in his response conveyed by his lead counsel, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, regarding Obi’s appeal challenging the tribunal’s decision, argued that the presidential election…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State is set to swear in 20 Commissioners-designate and 22 Special Advisers today, Friday, October 13, 2023. The nominees have been screened and approved by the Ogun State House of Assembly for their roles in the governor’s second-term cabinet. Many of the commissioner-designates have previously served in Abiodun’s first-term cabinet.…
