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Thursday, 09 November 2023 04:53

Afenifere condemns Supreme Court verdict affirming Tinubu’s victory, says electoral reforms wasted

Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, has condemned the supreme court’s verdict affirming President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 election. On October 26, the seven-member panel of the apex court in a unanimous decision dismissed the petitions of Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging Tinubu’s victory. Afenifere in a communique issued by Ayo Adebanjo, leader of the group, on Tuesday, said the electoral reforms achieved through agitations of Nigerians and the billions of naira spent in the conduct of the 2023 elections have been wasted by the judgement…

Wednesday, 08 November 2023 05:01

Tinubu and cohorts ‘in power for themselves, for their ego, for their wealth, for their comfort, not for Nigeria’ - Datti Baba-Ahmed

Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Presidential Election, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has called on President Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima to resign because their swearing in was “unconstitutional.” Baba-Ahmed said the Senate President Godswill Akpabio should be allowed to conduct another presidential election after the resignation of Tinubu and Shettima. He made the call during an interview on Arise Television while responding to a question about the possibility of working with Tinubu’s administration. The former lawmaker said that Tinubu and Shettima were fraudulently sworn in after the 2023 presidential election, adding that the LP would…

Tuesday, 07 November 2023 04:59

Supreme Court judgement ‘a show of unreasonable force against Nigerian people; validation of perjury, identity theft, forgery’ - Obi

PRESS RELEASE Full text of Peter Obi’s reaction to Supreme Court verdict: 1. Fellow countrymen and women. Gentlemen of the Media, Good day and welcome to this press conference. Kindly permit me to make some brief remarks on the recent ruling of the Supreme Court, the highest court in Nigeria. 2. About a fortnight ago, I was traveling abroad on a prior scheduled engagement when I received the notice that the Supreme Court would give judgment on Thursday 26th October 2023 on our challenge of the ruling of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC). That judgment has since been delivered…

Tuesday, 07 November 2023 04:58

Presidency reacts to Obi, says he ‘tried in vain to gaslight Nigerians with false claims and innuendos’

PRESS RELEASE Labour Party Presidential candidate in the last election, Peter Obi, addressed a press conference, just like Atiku Abubakar, where he cast aspersions on the Supreme Court and the Independent National Electoral Commission for not declaring him the winner of the February 25, 2023 election. We are at a loss as to how the copy-cat Obi and his faction of Labour Party convinced themselves they won an election in which they came a distant third. The grand delusion that made Obi believe he could have won a national election where he ran the most hateful, divisive and polarising campaign…

Monday, 06 November 2023 04:49

If US presidential election held today, Trump would defeat Biden – NYT poll

US President Joe Biden would likely lose a rematch against his Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, if the election were held now, according to polls from the New York Times/Siena College and CBS/YouGov published on Sunday. The New York Times poll showed Trump leading Biden significantly in five of the six critical ‘swing states,’ holding an 11-point lead in Nevada and smaller margins across Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Only Wisconsin favored Biden – and only by a two-point margin. Two thirds of respondents said the US was moving in the wrong direction, and a majority across all demographics…

Wednesday, 01 November 2023 04:40

Wike, Fubara meet at Aso Villa as Tinubu weighs in on Rivers crisis

Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State and Nyesom Wike, his predecessor, yesterday met at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The duo, who reportedly fell out less than six months after succession, have been in the news since the reported move of the Rivers House of Assembly to impeach the governor. Fubara had stormed the assembly while some lawmakers loyal to Wike were said to be planning his removal. Addressing youths who trooped to Government House, Port Harcourt, over the development, Fubara vowed to resist any impeachment attempt against him that is not justified. The governor also dared his political opponents…

Tuesday, 31 October 2023 05:36

Nigeria loses as ‘Supreme Court legitimizes illegality, forgery, identity theft, and perjury’ - Atiku

PRESS RELEASE Someone asked me what I would do if I lost my election petition appeal at the Supreme Court. In response, I said that as long as Nigeria wins, the struggle would have been worth the while. By that, I meant that the bigger loss would not be mine but Nigeria’s if the Supreme Court legitimizes illegality, including forgery, identity theft, and perjury. If the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, implies by its judgment that crime is good and should be rewarded, then Nigeria has lost and the country is doomed irrespective of who occupies the…

Tuesday, 31 October 2023 05:35

Supreme Court judgment: ‘It does not lie in Atiku’s mouth to declare what constitutes incontrovertible evidence’ - APC

All Progressives Congress (APC) says Nigeria is greater than the “unrealised” presidential ambition of Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the February 25 election. The ruling party was reacting to a press conference by Abubakar on Monday organised to react to the ruling of the supreme court that upheld the election of President Bola Tinubu. Following his defeat at the supreme court, the former vice-president said the judiciary has become the lost hope of the common man. In a statement on Monday, Felix Morka, APC spokesperson, said Abubakar should accept defeat as a statesman. “It is…

Monday, 30 October 2023 04:58

Tinubu appoints associates, APC members as INEC RECs - Premium Times

At least two new Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) appointed by President Bola Tinubu may be card-carrying members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the president’s party. Two other nominees are also found to be long-term allies of prominent politicians serving in the Tinubu administration. President Tinubu last Wednesday announced the nomination of 10 Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC). The nominees are Etekamba Umoren (Akwa Ibom State), Isah Ehimeakne (Edo), Oluwatoyin Babalola (Ekiti), Abubakar Ma’aji (Gombe), Shehu Wahab (Kwara), Bunmi Omoseyindemi (Lagos) and Aminu Idris (Nasarawa). Others are Mohammed Yelwa (Niger), Anugbum Onuoha (Rivers), Isma’ila Moyi and (Zamfara). In announcing the…

Monday, 30 October 2023 04:56

‘We should cover our faces as Nigerians that the man produced to be our president has this baggage of certificate forgery’ - Ayo Adebanjo

Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-cultural group, says Nigerians should be ashamed to have a president with a certificate “baggage”. Adebanjo spoke in a 41-minute interview published by PUNCH on Sunday. During the presidential election tribunal, Atiku Abubakar, flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election, had contested the authenticity of the Chicago State University (CSU) certificate presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had said he lost his original certificates and presented a replacement of his CSU diploma to INEC for the 2023 presidential election. Following a court order,…

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Friday, 27 October 2023 05:01

Supreme Court affirmation of my election confirms that APC ‘freely and fairly won the popular mandate of Nigerians’ - Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu says the judiciary demonstrated a high degree of professionalism in the challenge to his election. Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), had challenged the outcome of the February 25 poll and Tinubu’s affirmation as winner by the petitions tribunal. In its ruling, the Supreme Court dismissed pleas of the petitioners and upheld Tinubu’s election. In a unanimous verdict, the court held that the appeals filed by Abubakar and Obi lacked merit and were “frivolous”. Reacting to the verdict of the…

Friday, 27 October 2023 05:01

Tinubu’s victory: Supreme Court’s verdict ‘portends grave consequences’ for democracy in Nigeria - PDP

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the judgment of the supreme court affirming President Bola Tinubu’s victory. On Thursday, the seven-member panel of the supreme court agreed that the petitions of Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of Labour Party (PDP) were devoid of merit. Obi and Abubakar had separately sought to overturn the judgment of the presidential election petition tribunal which upheld Tinubu’s election as president. In a statement, Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, said the opposition party is “appalled” by the verdict. Ologunagba said the majority of Nigerians are “alarmed, disappointed and gravely concerned…

Friday, 27 October 2023 05:00

‘Sacred fabric of justice and good conscience shredded by Supreme Court’s verdict’ affirming Tinubu’s flawed election - LP

Labour Party (LP) has rejected the judgement of the supreme court affirming the victory of President Bola Tinubu. In a unanimous decision on Thursday, the seven-member panel of the apex court dismissed the petitions of Peter Obi of the LP and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 election. Reacting to the verdict, Julius Abure, LP national chairman, called on the international community to rise and defend democracy in Nigeria. Abure also described the judgement as “shocking and surprising”. “The leadership of Labour Party watched as the sacred fabric of justice and…

Thursday, 26 October 2023 11:46

Supreme Court upholds Tinubu's election win

Nigeria's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld President Bola Tinubu's election win, bringing to an end a legal challenge brought by his two main rivals, who argued that his victory was marred by irregularities. The ruling will give the 71-year-old Tinubu a clear mandate to govern Africa's most populous nation, which is grappling with double-digit inflation, foreign currency shortages, a weakening naira, widespread insecurity and crude oil theft. Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999 after three decades of almost uninterrupted military rule, but accusations of ballot-rigging and fraud have followed its electoral cycles. The judgment by seven Supreme Court judges, which…

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