POLITICS

Saturday, 16 September 2023 04:23

Democracy that promotes insecurity, poverty must be discarded - Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says a democratic system that promotes insecurity and poverty must be abandoned. Obasanjo spoke in Oyo town on Friday during the inauguration of the rehabilitated 34.8-kilometre Oyo-Iseyin road. The former president said a democracy that nurtures poverty, unemployment and insecurity should be discarded as it only denotes backwardness. In a recent interview with TheCable, the former president said Nigeria needed to rethink its democracy. Obasanjo had said the liberal type of democracy practised in the West would not work for the country. “Democracy that nurtures a lack of peace and security must be thrown overboard. Democracy…

Saturday, 16 September 2023 04:22

Nigeria sliding off the democratic path - Obi

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 election, says Nigeria is swinging away from the boundaries of democracy. In a post on his official X page on Friday to commemorate international democracy day, Obi called on Nigerians to remain committed to building and reinforcing the democracy of the nation. “As witnessed in the country today, the mindless erosion of the very ideals and tenets on which Nigeria’s democracy was built, if not checked, will only push the nation deeper into lawlessness,” Obi said. “The current trend of endemic corruption, abuse of the constitution, disrespect…

Friday, 15 September 2023 04:44

Global youth increasingly doubt benefits of democracy – Poll

A survey of more than 36,000 people in 30 countries has found that younger people increasingly believe that democracy is incapable of producing solutions to the issues that affect them most. The results of the wide-ranging poll, which was conducted between May and July of this year by George Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF), indicate that while democracy remains the preferred option for the vast majority of respondents, just 57% of the 18-35 age group view it as being preferable to other means of governance. “Our findings are both sobering and alarming,” OSF president Mark Malloch Brown said of the…

Wednesday, 13 September 2023 05:00

US court grants Tinubu’s motion to file PEPC judgement in move to prevent academic records being released to Atiku

A U.S. federal court has granted President Bola Tinubu’s motion to use documents from the Nigerian tribunal judgement passed last Wednesday to block his Chicago State University (CSU) records from being accessed by Atiku Abubakar, his main opponent at the February polls. Court filings obtained by Peoples Gazette showed that Judge Jeffrey Gilbert on Tuesday okayed Tinubu’s request to tender the tribunal ruling that upheld his election victory as exhibits to defend his cause at the U.S. Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago. “Intervenor Bola A. Tinubu’s Motion for Leave to File Sur-Response [27] is granted,” reads…

Sunday, 10 September 2023 04:47

Atiku, Tinubu lock horns over CTC watermark of PEPC judgement bearing ‘Tinubu legal team’

Phrank Shaibu, an aide to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, says the presidential election petitions tribunal should explain why “Tinubu Presidential Legal Team” is marked on the certified true copy (CTC) of the judgement. On Wednesday, the tribunal affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s victory at the February polls. In a statement on Saturday, Shaibu said the “inscription on the CTC” suggests that the tribunal accorded special privileges to Tinubu’s legal team. “It is very clear that there are many questions begging for answers, including why the PEPC came to the decision to avail the respondents, especially the Tinubu Legal Team to have…

Friday, 08 September 2023 04:56

Atiku, Obi instruct legal teams to appeal court verdict affirming Tinubu’s presidential win

Nigeria's main opposition candidates will appeal a tribunal ruling that affirmed Bola Tinubu's victory in a disputed presidential election in February that they claim was marred by irregularities, their lawyers said. Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party and Labour Party's Peter Obi, who came second and third respectively, had asked the court to cancel the election, alleging everything from vote fraud to failure by the electoral agency to post results electronically. They wanted Tinubu to be disqualified. But the Presidential Election Petition Court on Wednesday dismissed their petitions point-by-point in a judgment that lasted more than 11 hours. The…

Thursday, 07 September 2023 03:45

PEPC upholds Tinubu's presidential victory

Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) on Wednesday rejected challenges by opposition rivals to Bola Tinubu's win in February's disputed vote, following a pattern seen in previous election years in Africa's most populous country. No legal challenge to the outcome of a presidential election has succeeded in Nigeria, which returned to democracy in 1999 after three decades of almost uninterrupted military rule and has a history of electoral fraud. Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, who came second and third respectively, had asked the court to cancel the election, alleging irregularities. Justices of…

Wednesday, 06 September 2023 04:53

Heavy nationwide security deployment as PEPC delivers judgement today in petitions against Tinubu

There was heavy security deployment at the Presidential Election Petition Court and other flash points and dark spots in Abuja on Tuesday ahead of the delivery of the judgment on the election petitions challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday (today). This was as the supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party standard bearer, Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, and President Tinubu awaited the verdict with earnest expectations. In preparation for the judgment, scores of armed riot policemen, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and other security operatives in plainclothes were deployed at strategic locations in the…

Wednesday, 06 September 2023 04:52

Fayemi agrees with Obasanjo, says Nigeria’s ‘democratic’ system not working

Former governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi, says democracy in the country is not working despite the end of the military administration in 1999. This is as Fayemi said the protest that trailed the fuel subsidy removal during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 was due to political interests. He spoke Tuesday in Abuja while delivering a keynote address at a national dialogue organised to celebrate the 60th birthday of Udenta Udenta, founding national secretary of Alliance for Democracy (AD). In January 2012, President Goodluck Jonathan announced the removal of fuel subsidy, causing a significant increase in the…

Wednesday, 06 September 2023 04:50

INEC appoints replacement for Festus Okoye as national commissioner for information, voter education

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the appointment of Sam Olumekun as its new national commissioner and chairman of the information and voter education committee. The electoral body announced Olumekun’s assumption of office on Tuesday in a statement issued in Abuja. Olumekun’s appointment marked the end of Festus Okoye’s five-year tenure as INEC’s national commissioner for information and voter education. Okoye’s tenure, which began on July 25, 2018, as representative of the south-east geopolitical zone in the commission, came to an end on July 24, 2023. According to Section 155(1)(c) of the constitution, national commissioners of INEC hold a…

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Tuesday, 05 September 2023 04:54

PEPC: Appeal Court staff directed to stay away on Wednesday slated for judgement

Staff of the court of appeal have been asked to stay at home on Wednesday which has been fixed for judgment in the petitions challenging President Bola Tinubu’s election. Umar Bangari, chief registrar of the court, had earlier announced the decision of the presidential election petition court to deliver judgment on September 6. “In a bid to promote transparency and openness, these judgments will be televised live by interested Television Stations for the public to follow, ” Bangari had said. “Access to the Court premises will be strictly on accreditation. “Only accredited individuals, including counsel and representatives of political parties,…

Monday, 04 September 2023 12:00

PEPC: Wednesday is judgement day

The much-anticipated verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPT) is expected to be delivered on Wednesday, September 6th. The Court of Appeal Registrar, Umar Bangari, confirmed this to Channels Television on Monday, saying the proceedings will be open to live broadcast by interested television stations. The Labour Party (LP), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), as well as their presidential candidates, had petitioned the tribunal seeking to nullify the election of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election. The results of the polls announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission…

Friday, 01 September 2023 04:31

Focus on underlying causes of coups, not symptoms, Atiku tells African leaders

Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has called on African leaders to focus on the causative factors of the recent spike in coups across the continent, and not the symptoms. Atiku stated this in a post via the social media platform, X (xormerly known as Twitter) on Thursday while reacting to the recent coup in Gabon — the eighth in Africa since 2020. He said the coup in the Central African country is condemnable, adding that everything should be done to sustain democracy on the continent. “The coup in Gabon stands condemned. Democracy and democratic governance have come to stay as…

Wednesday, 30 August 2023 04:37

Chicago varsity locks its X account as Nigerians besiege social media accounts over Tinubu’s academic records

Chicago State University has locked its X microblogging handle from the general public as Nigerians intensify pressure on President Bola Tinubu’s controversial certificate from the institution. With a padlock icon appearing on the account, a check by Peoples Gazette on Monday showed that only “confirmed followers” of the institution could see its tweets now, contrary to how it was before. A notification telling the general public that the institution had locked its X handle from the general public reads: “These posts are protected. Only confirmed followers have access to @ChicagoState’s posts and complete profile. Tap the ‘Follow’ button to send…

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