Presidential Tribunal refuses request for live broadcast of proceedings, gives reasons

Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Monday dismissed the application seeking to allow the day-to-day telecast of the ongoing election petitions proceedings. The five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani dismissed the request which was made by the aggrieved parties and candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party as lacking in […]

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Onaiyekan joins call for live broadcast of presidential election petition proceedings

Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Abuja Archdiocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has on Sunday, joined in the call for live broadcast of the presidential election petition proceedings, saying it should not be “like a secret meeting”, because the voters needed to follow up on how their votes were being defended. Onaiyekan, in an interview with journalists after […]

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Peter Obi, Labour Party apply for live broadcast of presidential tribunal proceedings

Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, have filed an application asking that proceedings at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal be televised live. This is coming a few days after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar had applied for the same. Addressing reporters after the court proceedings […]

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IPOB leader, Kanu to give live broadcast on Sunday -Lawyer

Legal counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has confirmed that his client who was allegedly assaulted by the Nigerian soldiers, is alive. In a statement obtained by newsmen Saturday afternoon, Ejiofor revealed that he has been able to speak with the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu in […]

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