Know the 5 justices sitting on Atiku, Obi’s presidential election petitions against Tinubu (Photos)

As the hearings of presidential election petitions started on Monday, DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE examines the profiles of five justices who are members of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal The Presidential Election Petition Court on Monday began hearing the election petitions filed by five candidates in the last presidential poll. The candidates are challenging the victory of the President-elect, […]

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Disregard Apapa, other betrayers’ letters seeking to withdraw Obi’s, others’ cases against Tinubu, others ―Labour Party tells election tribunals

Labour Party (LP) has on Tuesday raised the alarm over an action taken by a self-acclaimed factional chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, asking the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to dismiss all cases by his party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi against the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the […]

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Why APC not at rest, having no peace of mind over Obi ―Fayose

Isaac Fayose, brother to former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has given reasons why the All Progressives Congress (APC) is rattled over the loss of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Fayose, while reacting to a video of how Peter Obi was received by some Nigerians in the diaspora, said the level of reception […]

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Obi, LP’s prayers are not grantable, INEC tells Tribunal

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to dismiss a petition filed by Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, saying the reliefs sought are not grantable. INEC, the 1st respondent, stated this in its reply filed on Monday night at the PEPC’s Secretariat by its […]

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Obi congratulates Afenifere leader, Ayo Adebanjo at 95

In a statement he personally signed, the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi has congratulated Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo on the 95th anniversary of his birthday. Obi stated that at a time like this, when Nigeria was in dire need of statesmen, Pa Adebanjo occupied a pride of place in the […]

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Audio conversation between Obi and Bishop Oyedepo is fake ―Diran Onifade, Obi/Datti spokesperson says

Spokesperson of the Obi-Datti media office, Diran Onifade, has dismissed a purported audio recording of a telephone conversation ‘between the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, and the Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo,’ as a product of the endless forgeries the All Progressives Congress (APC) has a notoriety […]

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Obi, LP Membership and 2023 Polls, By Onikepo Braithwaite

As the days go by and important events occur, we continue to see how inadequate and poorly drafted the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended in 2018) (the Constitution) is, leaving room for Government and the people to give provisions whatever interpretation suits their purposes. Many of our laws, also suffer the same […]

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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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We are with evidence to prove Obi won Akwa Ibom state ―PCC

Director-General Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Akwa Ibom State chapter, Capt. Augustine Okon, on Friday expressed confidence that the mandate given to Peter Obi during the just concluded presidential elections would be recovered through legal means. Addressing a conference on Thursday, the former governor of Anambra state indicated his readiness to challenge the result of the […]

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Obi briefs the press, vows to reclaim mandate (Full speech and Video)

Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, on Thursday, broke his silence on the outcome of last Saturday’s presidential election, claiming that the exercise was marred by irregularities. Mr. Obi, who addressed a world press conference in Abuja claimed that the process that produced Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as […]

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Obi defeats Tinubu, Atiku at Presidential Villa

Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday, defeated the presidential candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and that of the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, at the Presidential Villa, Asokoro, Abuja. Obi won the highest total number of votes cast for the presidential candidates at all […]

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Obi defeats Tinubu at Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila’s polling unit

Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) beat has beaten Tinubu at the polling unit of the Speaker of Nigerian House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. At the polling unit which is located at Elizabeth Fowler Primary School, Unit 14, Ward G2, Masha-Surulere, Obi polled a total of  89 votes to defeat Tinubu who had 59 […]

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Obi is the best candidate to lead Nigeria ―Afe Babalola

Senior Nigerian lawyer, founder and Chancellor of Afe Babalola University (ABUA), Ado Ekiti, Nigeria, Chief Afe Babalola SAN has said that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi is the most qualified person to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. Chief Babalola said the only people opposed to Obi are those who participated […]

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Forecast of What Atiku, Tinubu, or Obi Govts Might Be, By Farooq A. Kperogi

If the general election holds in February next year, one of three people will be declared president: APC’s Bola Ahmed Tinubu, PDP’s Atiku Abubakar, or Labor Party’s Peter Obi. Only a natural disaster, such as death, can change that reality. There is no foretoken of indications at the moment that can reveal with certainty which […]

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Atiku, Obi Split “Owners of Nigeria”, By Farooq A. Kperogi

Ovation publisher Chief Dele Momodu popularized the expression “owners of Nigeria” to denote a coterie of power brokers and traffickers of influence who habitually sit in conclave to teleguide the choice of political leaders, particularly presidents, and to whom everyday Nigerians are helpless political captives. Although they peddle influence and engage in elitist exclusion, “owners […]

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2023: It’s Tinubu or Atiku, not Obi, By Tunde Odesola

Broken in every bone, life hangs by the thread for 62-year-old comatose patient, Nigeria, inside the intensive care unit of the decrepit Ass-o-Rock hospital, Abuja, where it nurses diseased kidneys, liver cirrhosis and an enlarged heart while the Chief Physician, Dr M. Buhari, stands by with a shroud, clutching a book entitled, ‘From national hero […]

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Supporters of Atiku, Obi, Tinubu take ‘fight’ to New York, US

The three leading presidential candidates in the 25th February 2023 Nigerian presidential election, Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, took their campaign ‘fight’ to Nigerians in the United States. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the support groups for Messrs Abubakar, Obi and Tinubu converged on New York at the Nigeria […]

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Obi leads Tinubu, Atiku, Kwankwaso in presidential election survey

A survey conducted this month (September) by Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Polls and commissioned by the Atedo N. A. Peterside (ANAP) Foundation has shown that Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) would win if Nigeria’s presidential election was held today. Nigeria’s presidential elections will hold  in February 2023. The survey which described Rabiu Kwankwaso of […]

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Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, Where Will Multibillion Campaign Funds Come From?, By Festus Adedayo

Finally, the month is here. September is Nigeria’s presidential campaign flag-off, preparatory to the February 2023 election. It is a season to witness the ascendancy of a massive, multi-billion Naira campaign industry which rivals the national budget. So, how will Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and presidential candidates of other political parties in Nigeria […]

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