Politics

Presidential election tribunal begins pre-hearing today. The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal Abuja will today begin pre-hearing in the petitions challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election. The Independent National Electoral Commission declared that Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress polled 8,794,726 votes to win the election. The commission declared that Atiku came second with 6,984,520 votes, ...

It was gathered that President-elect Bola Tinubu hosted two governors of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Defence House, Abuja, on Friday. Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike and his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde, held a meeting with the incoming president. The two governors were among the aggrieved G-5 governors of the PDP who refused to work for former ...

Newsmaxngr gathered that the All Progressives Congress, APC, has dissolved its Presidential Campaign Council. The campaign council was constituted to ensure the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu in the last election. The dissolution was disclosed in a statement signed by the council’s Director General, Governor Simon Lalong and the Secretary, James Faleke. Lalong commended President Muhammadu Buhari for supporting ...

Binani loses bid to stop governorship election result as court declines her ex-parte. The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, declined to hear an ex-parte application the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed, filed for an order to halt further action on the ongoing governorship election in Adamawa State. Rather, the court, in a ...

The United Kingdom immigration officials in London last Friday detained the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, for hours. The revelation was made by Professor Chinyere Okunna, a former commissioner for information during the administration of Peter Obi in Anambra State. According to Okunna, Obi was detained after his British Airways plane landed in Heathrow Airport. Okunna said: “I ...

“As of today, I am the acting national chairman of the party… Lamidi Apapa has said that he is the acting National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) and enjoys the support of the party’s presidential candidate Peter Obi’s followers better known as “Obidients”. The deputy national chairman (south) had last week declared himself as the LP national chairman following ...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, set aside the judgement of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal delivered on January 27, 2023, which had sacked Governor Ademola Adeleke from office. The appeallate court gave the judgement in a 31-grounds of appeal filed by Adeleke. Senator Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party had won the said election ...

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, president-elect of Nigeria, has described the certificate of return presented to him by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a “World Cup” trophy. Tinubu spoke during a visit to the palace of Rilwan Akinolu, oba of Lagos, on Sunday. Last week, INEC announced Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State capital, has affirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe North senatorial district in the 2023 elections. The position is currently held by Ahmad Lawan, Senate President who returned to claim the ticket from Machina after losing the APC presidential ticket to Bola ...

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APCPCC) has postponed the kick-off of its campaigns earlier slated for Wednesday. Simon Lalong, governor of Plateau State and Director-General of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to him, the adjustment of the timetable and schedule of activities is in order to accommodate growing interests shown ...