Gov Sanwo-Olu and wife voted with invalid voters cards ―Witness tells election tribunal

Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal (GEPT) headed by Justice Arum Ashom, continued on Monday, June 26, with a witness from Labour Party (LP), Dayo Israel, who told the tribunal that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his wife, Ibijoke were allowed to cast their votes, despite their voter cards being “invalid.” Channels TV reports that Israel […]

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Tinubu that attended South West College was female ―Atiku, PDP tell election tribunal as they tender Tinubu’s Chicago State University, NYSC, Mobil certificates

Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) sitting in Abuja, Nigeria has admitted certified copies of Academic and work records of President Bola Tinubu tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The documents include a B.Sc certificate from the Chicago State University, NYSC Discharge Certificate, and Mobil Nigeria Oil Plc certificate of […]

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Atiku heads to election tribunal, challenges Tinubu’s victory

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has also approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to contest the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as President-elect. This came hours after the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, approached same tribunal to challenge Tinubu’s victory. A […]

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Peter Obi formally files his petition at the election tribunal

Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has formally filed his petition at the elections tribunal to protest the outcome of the February 25 poll. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Chief Spokesperson of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Yunusa Tanko. Tanko’s statement read: “It is official the Labor […]

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Peter Obi makes U-turn on his claim at the election tribunal

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi has made a clarification on his earlier statement that he would only challenge the process that led to the declaration of Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election and not the outcome itself. He had said in an interview on […]

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INEC approaches election Tribunal to vary inspection order granted Atiku, Obi

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the Presidential Election Petition Court to vary the orders that were granted to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi respectively, to inspect materials used for the last presidential election. INEC, in a motion on notice filed on March […]

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Why Politicians Prefer Election Tribunal to Electronic Voting, By Onikepo Braithwaite

Greetings from Port Harcourt Greetings from the metropolitan garden city of Port Harcourt – well at the time of writing this piece anyway. I came to attend the 4th Memorial Emmanuel Chinwenwo Aguma, SAN, KSC Lecture/Public Discussion (he is the immediate past Attorney-General of Rivers State, who joined the saints triumphant on August 10, 2018 […]

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Election Tribunal removes Orji Kalu from Nigerian Senate

National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abia state has sacked former governor, Orji Uzor Kalu as senator representing Abia north in Nigeria’s National Assembly. Kalu, who is currently the senate chief whip, had been elected under the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC). But the tribunal nullified his election at its sitting on […]

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Osun election Tribunal restrains INEC from tampering with gov results, materials

Election Petition Tribunal constituted to hear the petitions arising from the Osun State governorship election has granted an ex parte order to Senator Ademola Adeleke, restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from altering election results as well as information contained in the card reader machines and other documents used for the poll. The tribunal, […]

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