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The State Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Lagos has nullified the return of the Labour’s Party (LP) candidate, Deji Doherty as the House of Assembly member for Amuwo-Odofin Constituency II in Lagos State.  However, the three-man panel led by Justice Muhammad Sambo declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Olawale Rauf […]

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The Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos in North Central Nigeria has upheld the election of Governor Caleb Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).  The three-member panel, in its judgment delivered on Friday,  unanimously held that the petitioner failed in its petition because it lacked merit. Justice Sunday Olorundahunsi, reading the judgment, dismissed […]

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Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has begged Governor Godwin Obaseki to forgive him. Shaibu fell out with the governor over his ambition to contest the forthcoming governorship election in the state. The rift led to the governor being moved to another office outside the government house. But speaking with reporters shortly after his […]

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New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has blamed its presidential candidate in the 2023 polls, Rabiu Kwankwaso, for the loss of Kano State Governor, Yusuf Abba, at the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. The party alleged that Kwankwaso sold NNPP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for a ministerial slot in the President Bola Tinubu-led government. […]

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Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has expressed his skepticism regarding the involvement of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State in the state House of Assembly’s move to impeach his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The Ondo State House of Assembly has raised various allegations against Aiyedatiwa as part of the impeachment proceedings against him. Aiyedatiwa […]

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The Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State has  commiserated with the families, friends and fans of late musician, Ilerioluwa Aloba, known as Mohbad. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that music lovers were on Sept. 12 hit with the news of the death of the 27-year-old singer. Pastor Dayo Ekong, the Lagos State Chairperson […]

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Abba Yusuf has vowed to appeal the judgment sacking him as the governor of Kano State. While the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Nasiru Gawuna was declared the winner of the March 18 election by the Kano Governorship Election Tribunal on Wednesday, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) flagbearer in the exercise claimed the judgment is […]

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 Sen. Athan Achonu, candidate of the Labour Party (LP) at the forthcoming Nov. 11 governorship election in Imo, has condemned Tuesday’s killing of eight security operatives in the state. Yet-to-be-identified assailants killed the security operatives at Umualumaku in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state. In a statement he issued on Wednesday in Abuja, […]

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The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has disclosed its plans to expel former Governor, Ayodele Fayose from the party. The party stated that its resolutions and decisions, seeking Fayose’s expulsion, have been forwarded to the National Working Committee, NWC. Chief Olalekan Amerijoye, the Publicity Secretary of the Caretaker Transition Committee, who […]

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The Ondo State House of Assembly has launched impeachment proceedings against the deputy governor of the state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The initiation of the impeachment process took place on Wednesday during an emergency plenary session convened by the House. It was gathered that the impeachment proceedings stemmed from allegations of gross misuse of office levelled against […]

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The Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, declaring Nasir Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner on Wednesday. In the judgment delivered via Zoom, the three-man panel led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the certificate of return which it presented […]

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The Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, declaring the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Nasiru Gawuna, as the winner of the March 18 election. Yusuf, who contested on the platform of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), was declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission […]

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Bauchi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has upheld the victory of Governor Bala Mohammed in the March 18, 2023 governorship election. Delivering the judgement on Wednesday, Chairman of the three panel of the Tribunal, Justice P.T Kwahar, dismissed the petition of the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakr (rtd), who challenged […]

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The Kano state governorship tribunal is set to deliver judgment on the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress and its candidate Yusuf Ganuwa. However, the three-member panel of judges are not physically present and will deliver the judgment via zoom. More to follow…

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Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, and Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, have taken separate legal actions in their determination to challenge the election victory of President Bola Tinubu, who represents the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Both Atiku and Obi filed appeals with the Supreme Court seeking to […]

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Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 Presidential Election, has launched  the party’s campaign for the November 11, governorship poll in Bayelsa. Obi, who spoke alongside the National Chairman of LP, Mr Julius Abure, assured the people that the party’s Governorship Candidate, Mr Udengs Eradiri, would emerge victorious […]

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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has appealed against the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) which upheld the victory of President Bola Tinubu. Obi in a 50 grounds notice of appeal by his lead counsel, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu, SAN, filed in the Supreme Court, challenged the decision of […]

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The Kano State governorship election petition tribunal will deliver the verdict in the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Yusuf Gawuna against Governor Abba Yusuf on Wednesday. The tribunal announced the date in a notice sent to the parties on Monday. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples […]

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The Ondo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has declared that it would punish a ward chairman of the party in Akoko North-West Local Government Area of the state, Mr Olumide Awolumate, for allegedly beating the state Commissioner for Woman Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Juliana Osadahun. The embattled chairman was seen in a […]

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The Zamfara State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Sokoto is set to deliver its verdict on the petition filed by the former governor of the state, Bello Matawalle challenging the validity of the election that brought in Dauda Lawal as the governor of the state. The Zamfara Tribunal had earlier fixed the Judgement for […]