Ex-presidential candidate fined N40m for seeking to stop Tinubu’s inauguration

Nigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, has ordered the presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) in the 2019 elections, Ambrose Owuru, to pay a fine of N40 million for filing a suit to stop the inauguration of president-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29. Delivering judgment on Thursday May 25, Justice Tukur who […]

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Why the rising opposition to Tinubu’s inauguration?, By Jide Ojo

Disputed election is not peculiar to Nigeria. It is a global phenomenon. We saw what recently happened in US after the November 2020 election won by President Joe Biden. I am referring to January 6, 2021 invasion of the US Congress by supporters of former president Donald Trump. When leftist Lula da Silva defeated his […]

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Hope ex-presidential candidate asks Appeal Court to stop Tinubu’s inauguration

A fresh motion on notice seeking to stop the inauguration of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s next President on May 29 has been instituted at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The suit marked CA/CV/259/2023 was instituted by Ambrose Owuru, who is constitutional lawyer and a past presidential candidate who ran for the presidency under the […]

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Former Lagos deputy governor vows to renounce Nigerian citizenship before Tinubu’s inauguration

Former deputy governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, on Monday, said the process of renouncing her Nigerian citizenship following the emergence of Bola Tinubu as the President-elect was ongoing. Ojikutu, who disclosed this while addressing the press at her Lagos residence said it would be completed before May 29. She said, “Before the results […]

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