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Tuesday, 18 July 2023 04:12

PDP condemns Tinubu over president’s threats of ‘anarchy’ if election nullified by court

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of trying to intimidate the judiciary and trigger crises in the country. Tinubu had asked the election tribunal to dismiss the petition seeking to nullify his election on the grounds that he did not secure 25 percent of lawful votes cast in the federal capital territory (FCT). In a statement on Monday, Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, said the threat of a crisis and anarchy by the president is not only subversive but an affront to democratic order and an assault on the corporate existence of the nation. “It is…

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 04:10

LP to Tinubu: You’ll be removed from power and ‘nothing will happen’

Labour Party (LP) has told President Bola Tinubu that his removal from office by the court will not cause anarchy in the country. Tinubu had asked the presidential election tribunal to dismiss the petition filed by LP seeking to nullify his victory on the grounds that he did not secure 25 percent of the lawful vote cast in the federal capital territory (FCT). Tinubu, through Wole Olanipekun, his counsel, in a final written address to the tribunal against the petition, said the FCT is the 37th state for electoral purposes and any other interpretation would “lead to absurdity, chaos, anarchy…

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 04:09

APC NWC meets after ‘voluntary resignation’ of national chairman, secretary

All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended its planned national caucus and national executive committee (NEC) meetings. Abubakar Kyari, acting national chairman of the APC, spoke to reporters after an emergency gathering of the party’s national working committee (NWC) on Monday. The NWC sit-down which was held at the party’s headquarters in Abuja was called after the “resignation” of Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore as national chairman and national secretary of the ruling party, respectively. Kyari said the change in the party’s leadership necessitated the postponement of the meetings. The acting national chairman said a new date for the meetings would…

Saturday, 15 July 2023 04:36

Tinubu’s palliative of N53 daily for one poor Nigerian can buy only ‘pure water’ - Atiku

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has described President Bola Tinubu’s plan to hand out N8,000 to 12 million households for six months as a brazen attempt to divert public funds. Special Assistant on Public Communications to Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, made this known in a statement on Thursday. He said Tinubu’s plan to spend $800m on palliatives under an opaque arrangement was reminiscent of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s conditional cash transfer and Covid-19 intervention initiative which saw politicians keeping food items and provisions in their homes while the poor went hungry. He…

Saturday, 15 July 2023 04:34

PEPC reserves judgement in APM’s case against Tinubu

The presidential election court has reserved judgement in the petition filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) against the election of President Bola Tinubu. The five-member panel of the court led by Haruna Tsammani, adjourned for judgement on Friday, after all the parties adopted their final briefs. In the petition marked CA/PEPC/04/2023, the party is contending that Tinubu was improperly sponsored by the All Progressives Congress (APC) since he nominated Kashim Shettima as his vice-presidential candidate for the election. It claims that at the time Shettima accepted to be APC’s vice-presidential candidate, he was still the party’s candidate for Borno…

Friday, 14 July 2023 04:04

Obi condemns sit-at-home in Southeast, says it’s criminal

Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party in Nigeria, has condemned the insecurity in the country’s Southeast, saying the frequent sit-at-home order in the region is criminal. “What is going on in the Southeast is essentially a criminal activity that must be nipped in the bud, with all hands being on deck, security agencies, and the people alike,” Obi tweeted on Thursday via his Twitter handle. Obi, who was making a general comment on the rising insecurity in Nigeria said it was “disturbing” that gunmen enforcing the sit-at-home order in the Southeast have continued to disrupt businesses…

Tuesday, 11 July 2023 05:12

LP to members: Tinubu is preparing for presidential election rerun; be prepared too

National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has charged members of the party to be prepared for a presidential rerun. He said he had been informed that President Bola Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress (APC) led government was also getting set for a rerun. Abure also urged millions of party members to be on the alert and get ready to “further humiliate” APC and its government at the polls. H said this during a virtual meeting held with Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy led by Eddie Oparaoji, who is the LP Diaspora Chairman in the United States, on Monday.…

Thursday, 06 July 2023 04:32

PEPC: Tinubu, APC open, close defence in Obi’s petition with only one witness

President Bola Tinubu and his party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), have closed their defence in Peter Obi’s suit challenging Tinubu’s victory at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja. Obi of the Labour Party came third in the 25 February presidential election, but he is urging the court to overturn Tinubu’s victory on account of electoral fraud and non-compliance with statutory provisions in the conduct of the poll. Tinubu and the APC had on Wednesday opened their defence after Obi finished presenting his own case on 23 June, Tinubu, APC and Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, are respondents in the…

Wednesday, 05 July 2023 04:36

INEC opens, closes defence in Peter Obi’s petition at PEPC

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, closed its defence after calling its only witness to testify in opposition to the petition filed by Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). INEC’s lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud, announced the closure of the first respondent’s case after its witness, Lawrence Bayode, a Deputy Director in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Department of the commission, finished testifying. The electoral commission similarly closed its case concerning the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with Bayode also testifying as its sole witness.…

Wednesday, 05 July 2023 04:35

PEPC: Tinubu tenders US embassy’s clearance for criminal conviction, Chicago university certificate

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday presented his academic records before the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja. Tinubu tendered the academic records obtained from the Chicago State University in the United States of America to counter a suit lodged by Atiku Abubakar challenging his victory as Nigeria’s president. The electoral commission, INEC, had declared President Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the presidential election, which was held on 25 February. But Atiku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) disputed the election outcome. Subsequently, he filed a petition before the court on 21 March, urging it to…

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Wednesday, 05 July 2023 04:34

Reps announce Ihonvbere, Chinda, others as House principal officers

Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives, has announced the principal officers of the majority party – the All Progressives Congress (APC) – in the lower legislative chamber. At plenary on Tuesday, Abbas announced Julius Ihonvbere, lawmaker representing Owan east/Owan west of Edo as the majority leader; and Abdullahi Ibrahim Halims, legislator representing Ankpa/Omala/Olamaboro of Kogi, as the deputy majority leader. The speaker also named Bello Usman Kumo, representing Akko federal constituency of Gombe as the chief whip; and Adewunmi Oriyomi Onanuga, representing Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo north federal constituency in Ogun, as the deputy chief whip. For the minority leadership, Abbas…

Tuesday, 04 July 2023 04:52

INEC opens, closes defence against Atiku’s petition at PEPC

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, closed its case after calling a witness in Atiku Abubakar’s petition contesting the election of President Bola Tinubu on 25 February. Atiku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is urging the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja to set aside Tinubu’s victory on account of gross non-compliance with Nigeria’s electoral laws in the conduct of the presidential poll. INEC on 1 March declared Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) election winner. At the resumed proceedings on Monday, INEC’s lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud, called the first witness, Lawrence Bayode, an assistant director in charge…

Tuesday, 04 July 2023 04:51

PEPC admits EU’s Election Report against INEC, Tinubu

Presidential Election Petition Court has admitted the final report of the European Union Election Observer Mission in Nigeria which faulted the conduct of the February 25 presidential election. A five-member panel of the court presided by Haruna Tsammani admitted the document yesterday after it was tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Lawyers to President Bola Tinubu, Wole Olanipekun, the All Progressive Congress (APC) Lateef Fagbemi, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Abubakar Mahmoud objected to the admissibility of the document. The EU mission had in its report claimed the presidential election did not…

Monday, 03 July 2023 03:19

Tinubu rejects EU Report on 2023 elections

The Presidency has rejected the report of the European Union on the outcome of the 2023 general elections. In its final report on the Nigerian elections, the globally acclaimed body said trust in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had been severely damaged, especially as a result of the failure to upload the result of the presidential election electronically. But responding in a statement on Sunday, Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, described the report as a product of a poorly done desk job that relied heavily on few instances of skirmishes in…

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