•Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission has called on political parties to call their supporters to order. The INEC also charged security agencies to take quick action against perpetrators of electoral violence, reports The PUNCH. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu gave this charge today at a meeting of the Inter-agency Co...
Edo State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Hon. Destiny Enabulele, member representing Ovia South West Constituency. The tribunal nullified the election of Enabulele on the ground of non-compliance with the Electoral Act, 2022 as amended. The tribunal led by Justice A.O Chijoke declared the APC candidate in the election,...
•Wamakko The Election Petition Tribunal in Sokoto state has validated the election of Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko representing Sokoto North Senatorial District and dismissed the petition filed by the opposition PDP and its candidate, Muhammad Manir Dan Iya for lacking in merit. The Tribunal also awarded N250,000 cost to the respondent, r...
•Paul Ananaba A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Prof. Paul Ananaba has advocated for all election petitions to be concluded within 60 days and before swearing-in. The Supreme Court had yesterday affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s election, 171 days after the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) lodged their appeal...
•Tinubu and Jonathan Former President Goodluck Jonathan has visited President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The visit comes 24 hours after the Supreme Court upheld Tinubu’s election in the keenly contested February 25, 2023 presidential poll, reports Channels TV. Though the reason for Jonathan’s visit co...
The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has asked his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to defend himself against allegation of malfeasance levelled against him by the State House of Assembly. The governor said this in response to the apology issued to him by the deputy governor, reports Channels TV. Akeredolu’s response was signed by Doyin Adeb...
I welcome the verdict of the Justice John I. Okoro-led Panel of the Supreme Court on the Presidential Election petitions filed by the candidates of the People’s Democratic Party and the Labour Party, challenging the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The court has done justice to all issues put up for consideration in [&hel...
•Atiku and Obi The Coalition for Good Governance and Change Initiatives has urged former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, not to leave the country in frustration following today’s verdict of the Supreme Court, which affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu. The coalition made the appe...
•Ozekhome Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and counsel for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the Supreme Court judgement, upholding President Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s President. Ozekhome spoke with newsmen after the Supreme Court delivered its judgement in Ab...
•Tinubu, Atiku and Obi President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, to accept the Supreme Court’s judgment and come together for Nigeria. After months of legal tussle, the apex court affirmed Tinubu a...

