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BREAKING: Court Orders Nigeria’s Electoral Body, INEC To Publish Audited Election Expenses Of Political Parties, Others

8 months ago1526 min

    A Federal High Court in Akure, Ondo State capital, on Thursday,  granted an Order of Mandamus compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the 2021 and 2022 Audited Financial Statements. The court also granted an Order of Mandamus to publish the Audited 2023 election-related incomes and expenses of all the registered political parties in Nigeria. The presiding judge, Hon. Justice T.B. Adegoke gave the order while delivering judgment in Suit FHC//AK/CS/72/2023...

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EXCLUSIVE: Labour Party Edo Gov Ticket In Jeopardy As Akpata’s Running Mate Submits False Information To Electoral Body, INEC; Claims She Was Born Same Year She Obtained First School Certificate
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EXCLUSIVE: Labour Party Edo Gov Ticket In Jeopardy As Akpata’s Running Mate Submits False Information To Electoral Body, INEC; Claims She Was Born Same Year She Obtained First School Certificate

9 months ago10310 min

The leadership of the Labour Party in Edo State has reportedly summoned an emergency meeting.   The meeting will have in attendance the party’s governorship candidate, Olumide Akpata and his running mate, Mrs Oluyinka Faith Alufokhai over concerns that some of the information contained in their forms EC9 submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may have been false and is capable of jeopardising their candidacies.   INEC recently published the list of governorship...

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BREAKING: Labour Party Crisis: Nigeria Labour Congress Writes INEC Chairman, LP Legal Adviser Not To Validate ‘Illegal National Convention’

9 months ago939 min

As the crisis in the Labour Party continues to fester, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the National Legal Adviser of the Labour Party to desist from validating the “illegal Labour Party National Convention” scheduled for March 27, 2024.   In separate letters dated March 22, 2024, addressed to the INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, the LP National Legal Adviser and obtained by SaharaReporters, NLC warned...

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Tinubu, APC, INEC oppose admission of Atiku’s documents in evidence
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Tinubu, APC, INEC oppose admission of Atiku’s documents in evidence

2 years ago5015 min

President Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) objected on Wednesday to the admission of some documents sought to be tendered in evidence by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. At the resumed hearing of Atiku and the PDP’s petition challenging President Tinubu’s election at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja, counsel to the petitioners, Mr Chris Uche, SAN, said the team had...

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Peter Obi, LP Not Willing To Pay Fees For Certification Of Exhibits, INEC Informs Tribunal
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Peter Obi, LP Not Willing To Pay Fees For Certification Of Exhibits, INEC Informs Tribunal

2 years ago4984 min

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has accused the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and the opposition party of refusing to pay the required fees for the certification of the election documents they requested in order to prosecute their petition before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. According to INEC’s lead lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), the head of the Labour Party’s legal team, Dr Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), stated in a letter that his clients...

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Lagos Election Petition Tribunal Starts Hearing Applications From Angry Petitioners
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Lagos Election Petition Tribunal Starts Hearing Applications From Angry Petitioners

2 years ago713 min

Governor Sanwo Olu has set up his legal team comprising of four Senior Advocates of Nigeria and several other lawyers. Governor Sanwo Olu has set up his legal team comprising of four Senior Advocates of Nigeria and several other lawyers. Today, the Lagos State National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal convened to hear eight petitions concerning the 2023 elections, which were held on February 25 and March 11. According to Shola Soyele,...

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