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Tuesday, 09 May 2023 04:10

Supreme Court delivers judgment on Osun gov tussle today

The All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State have expressed hope for victory as the Supreme Court today determines the authentic winner of the July 16, 2022 governorship election in the state. PDP candidate, Ademola Adeleke, was returned elected by the Independent National Electoral Commission, but the APC candidate at the poll, Adegboyega Oyetola, rejected the result and approached the Election Petition Tribunal to challenge it. Independent National Electoral Commission had declared that Adeleke polled 403,371 votes, to defeat then incumbent governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the APC, who got 375,027 votes. But Oyetola and the APC…

Monday, 08 May 2023 04:19

Obi visits Soyinka - ‘father whom I hold in high esteem’

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has visited Wole Soyinka, the Noble laureate. Obi, in a post on his official Twitter handle on Sunday, described his visit to Soyinka as enriching, noting that he had a useful discussion with the Nobel laureate. “Today I visited one of Nigeria’s most revered figures and an international literary icon Wole Soyinka,” Obi said. “Soyinka has been my father whom I hold in high esteem for what he has achieved and stands for in the struggle for a better Nigeria. “His reputation as a fighter for justice and equity in our…

Sunday, 07 May 2023 03:56

Atiku, Obi meet in Bayelsa at Diri dad’s funeral

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the February 25 presidential election and his counterpart in the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, met on Saturday at the burial of the father of Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri. The duo got talking at the funeral held at Sampou community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state in what appears to be their first public meeting after the general elections. Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, former and several prominent Nigerian leaders, also bid farewell to Pa Abraham Diri. Others in attendance…

Saturday, 06 May 2023 03:36

‘Corruption cannot fight corruption’, PDP mocks Tinubu over President-elect’s pledge to fight corruption

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President-elect Bola Tinubu has no moral justification to speak on the issue of corruption. The party said this while reacting to Tinubu’s promise to fight corruption. While addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Abuja on Friday, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, said the statement by Tinubu is “completely sacrilegious and an assault on the sensibility of Nigerians, having regards to his records of alleged corruption and having been described variously as an embodiment of corruption in his public life.” The main opposition party also warned the “Judiciary to be…

Friday, 05 May 2023 03:45

INEC voters register ‘full of millions of people who are dead and non-existent’, Reps say

House of Representatives has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to remove fictitious names and those of dead Nigerians from its voters register, describing it as bogus. The House made the call at plenary on Thursday, following the unanimous adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by a member, Leke Abejide. The motion was titled ‘Urgent Need for Independent National Electoral Commission to Develop Mechanism to Clean Up Its System of Dead and Fictitious Registered Voters.’ According to Abejide, INEC’s register is “full of millions of people who are dead and non-existent persons.” He said, “In the…

Thursday, 04 May 2023 03:16

Hearing of petitions against Tinubu’s election starts May 8

Hearing of the petitions challenging Bola Tinubu’s declaration as President-elect has been fixed for Monday, May 8 by the Presidential Election Petitions Court. The legal team of the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate Tinubu said the hearing is a pre-hearing session. Also, the hearing is to clarify if there are any applications before the main hearing will start.On March 1, Tinubu was declared winner of the 2023 presidential election by the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu. Tinubu polled 8.8 million to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 6.9 million Labour…

Wednesday, 03 May 2023 02:53

Suspended Adamawa REC arrested, Police say

Hudu Yunusa-Ari, suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa State, has been arrested. Muyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, confirmed Yunusa-Ari’s arrest on Tuesday. He said some of the persons who played roles in the controversy surrounding the election were also being probed. Yunusa-Ari had sparked a controversy after declaring Aisha Dahiru, aka Binani, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the election when collation of results had not ended. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had overruled the REC and summoned him to Abuja. But Festus Okoye, spokesman of the commission, later announced that his whereabouts were unknown…

Tuesday, 02 May 2023 04:09

Living, not minimum, wage is what I’ll pay you, Tinubu promises Nigerian workers

President-Elect Bola Tinubu has pledged to put in place a living wage for Nigerian workers. In a solidarity message to mark International Workers’ Day, he said his administration would leave no stone unturned to put in place measures aimed at empowering the Nigerian workers. Tinubu said in his administration workers will find a dependable ally and co-labourer in the fight for social and economic justice for all Nigerians, including all the working people. “Your fight will be my fight because I will always fight for you. My plans for better welfare and working conditions are clearly spelt out in my…

Tuesday, 02 May 2023 04:08

Obi attends Workers’ Day rally in Abuja, says workers key to moving Nigeria ‘from consumption to production’

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), on Monday, attended a rally organised by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to mark this year’s Workers’ Day. The rally took place at Eagle Square in Abuja. Obi in a post on his official Twitter handle said labour remains the backbone of productivity. “Today, I attended the solidarity rally of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Abuja,” Obi said. “I believe that Labour remains the backbone of productivity. We cannot talk about moving fromconsumption to production without caring about the welfare and well-being of the greatest tool of that revolution,…

Saturday, 29 April 2023 04:02

PDP accuses Buhari of bullying judiciary in presidential election matters, pleads for travel ban on president

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the international community to impose a travel ban on President Muhammadu Buhari after he leaves office on May 29. Addressing a press conference on Friday in Abuja, Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, alleged that Buhari undermined democracy by not giving Nigerians free and credible elections. The opposition party also asked the international community to impose travel sanctions on Bubari’s immediate family. Ologunagba said the presidential election was marred by a “brazen violation” of the electoral act 2022 and is the “worst in Nigeria’s history”. “The general despondency, resentment, and anger across our country; the damning…

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Saturday, 29 April 2023 04:01

LP replies Buhari, says president celebrating stolen mandate

Labour Party has rejected the statement by President Muhammadu Buhari that opposition parties lost the 2023 general elections because they were complacent and overconfident. The ruling party, APC, won the presidential election, defeating the two main opposition parties, PDP and Labour Party. APC candidate Bola Tinubu is expected to be sworn in as president on 29 May although the Labour Party and the PDP are challenging the results of the election in court. In its reaction to Buhari’s statement, Labour Party said contrary to the president’s claim, it won the election but was rigged out. The party said it was…

Friday, 28 April 2023 03:16

‘Why did Atiku, Obi fail to remove us? A combination of over-confidence, complacency, bad tactical moves’ - Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has described former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, and other key opposition figures as victims of over-confidence. Although the president did not mention their names specifically, he said while the All Progressives Congress (APC) was working hard to retain power, the combined opposition was basking in over-confidence. Atiku, who contested the Presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came second, while Obi of Labour Party came third. Speaking at his residence in the State House, Abuja, where he received the Progressive Governors Forum led by their Chairman, Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi…

Thursday, 27 April 2023 04:00

Tinubu ‘a giant in drug dealings, identity frauds’, Atiku tells Election Tribunal

Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 25 February election, says Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, is encumbered by drug and identity scandals. Atiku and his party are challenging Tinubu’s victory at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja. The drug allegation is part of the grounds on which Atiku anchored his petition. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Mr Tinubu the winner of the election with 8,794,726 votes, to defeat his closest challenger, Atiku, who polled 6,984,520 votes. But Atiku accused INEC and Tinubu of fraud and substantial non-compliance with the provisions of…

Thursday, 27 April 2023 03:59

Obi accuses INEC of betraying its bias for Tinubu with preliminary objections to petitions at Tribunal

Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of showing bias in favour of Bola Tinubu, president-elect. Obi and the LP filed a petition challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the presidential election. In the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 Livy Ozoukwu, lead counsel to LP and its presidential candidate, contended that Tinubu “was not duly elected by the majority of the lawful votes cast at the time of the election”. Amongst other allegations, they also claimed that Kashim Shettima, vice-president-elect, had a double nomination in contravention of the…

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