The Action Alliance (AA) and its Presidential candidate, Solomon David Okanigbuan, withdrew their Petition challenging Bola Tinubu’s declaration as the winner of the February 25 presidential election on Monday. At the start of the pre-hearing session of the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja, counsel for the petitioners, Oba Maduabuchi (SAN), moved for the petition to be withdrawn. “We have a motion filed on May 3 seeking an order of the court for the withdrawal...
The Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC), which is currently sitting in the Appeal Court in Abuja, has started a pre-hearing of the petitions that challenge the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election that took place on February 25. On March 1, 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had been elected president. Tinubu had received 8,794,726 votes, which...
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the presidential election held on February 25, has petitioned the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) for an order allowing live broadcast of the day-to-day proceedings of the Court regarding his petition. This request was made to the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT). In their application that was submitted to the Tribunal on May 5th, Atiku and the PDP specifically prayed for “An order...
In the midst of a dispute between Prof. Wole Soyinka and the Obidients, Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party, visited the Nobel Prize winner. Playwright Soyinka had been dragged by Obidents, a nickname for Peter Obi’s supporters, over a comment he made criticising the LP’s vice presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed. On the other hand, Obi celebrated Soyinka’s success on the international stage and his fight for a better Nigeria on Sunday...
APC supporters in the North-Central region have protested what they believe to be their region’s exclusion from leadership of the 10th National Assembly, which will take office on June 5. The decision by the APC national leadership to elect Senators Godswill Akpabio (South-South) and Barau Jibrin (North-West) as Senate President and Deputy Senate President respectively was supported by the stakeholders, including lawmakers, who made this statement on Sunday. However, North-Central stakeholders unanimously criticised the...
The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Inauguration Entertainment Committee will be made up of a number of Nollywood celebrities that President-elect Bola Tinubu has appointed. The committee is headed by Eniola Badmus. The swearing-in ceremony is currently being prepared for as people count down to the inauguration ceremony in May. Members of the Committee also include singer Chuddy K, Seyi Law, Toyin Abraham, Saheed Balogun, and Lawal Olakekan, aka Konga. Before the general election, Eniola Badmus supported...
In order to avoid the mistakes of 2015, a pressure group within the All Progressives Congress operating under the banner of Renewed Hope Professionals called on Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, to remain impartial during the election for leadership positions in the 10th National Assembly. The group, which was responding to claims that it was planning to endorse candidates for important Senate and House of Representatives positions, cautioned that Tinubu’s attempts to show partisanship would...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has freed 58 hostages who were being held captive in the Udulu Forest, Gegu LGA of Kogi State, bordering Sardauna Forest, Nasarawa State, and other kidnappers’ hideouts in nearby communities. A shootout ensued after the bandits or kidnappers spotted the security team that had been organised by the police, according to the command’s spokeswoman, SP Josephine Adeh. The robbers were defeated and forced to flee while suffering varying...
Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, a former governor of Ondo State, and Mr. Kola Oyeneyin, chairman of the Opportunistic Global Fund, have urged the new administration to be prepared to “roll up its sleeves” and deal with the diversity-related problems that have eroded the nation’s social fabric. Speaking at the “Good Governance and Accountability” Dare Adeboye Foundation Change and Development Forum at Redemption Camp in Ogun State, the duo insisted that the theme is extremely appropriate because...
President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he did not favour one candidate over the others in the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary for president. The President stated that after failing to lead the nation three times before finally succeeding on his fourth attempt through a democratic process, he had learned from his mistakes. According to Buhari, the reason for his refusal to endorse a particular candidate is because he “contested the presidential election three times...
