BREAKING: Plateau tribunal dismisses APC’s petition, upholds Gov Mutfwang’s election

The petition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the election of Governor Caleb Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was dismissed by the Plateau State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos, the state capital. The Tribunal found that the PDP held a valid congress in Plateau State on September 25, 2023,... Read More

Presidential election tribunal admits Chicago University, NYSC, Mobil certificates against Tinubu

Certified copies of President Bola Tinubu’s academic and professional records that were submitted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, were accepted by the Presidential Election Petitions Court. The papers include a B.Sc. diploma from Chicago State University, a discharge certificate from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), and a... Read More

INEC announces date to begin review of 2023 general election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Thursday that a post-election review of the general election of 2023 will start in July. Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, made this disclosure in a statement that was signed by him. Following Thursday’s regular INEC meeting in... Read More

Obi tenders additional 188 exhibits against Tinubu’s election

The Labour Party (LP) candidate in the previous election, Peter Gregory Obi, on Tuesday submitted an additional 188 exhibits in an effort to substantiate his claims of irregularities in the administration of the February 25 presidential election against the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner. The exhibits, primarily the results sheets and... Read More

Court dismisses suit against Tinubu’s inauguration over 25% of FCT votes.

Five citizens of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) filed a lawsuit in an effort to halt President Bola Tinubu’s inauguration, but the petition has been dismissed by an Abuja-based Federal High Court. You might recall that five residents of Abuja—Anyaegbunam Okoye, David Adzer, Jeffrey Uche, Osang Paul, and Chibuike Nwanchukwu—filed a lawsuit on their... Read More

Obi, LP to challenge presidential election results in 18 states only

On Thursday in Abuja, Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) candidate for president in the February 25 presidential election, and his party reaffirmed their intention to contest the election results exclusively in 18 states before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). They maintained that in places where they won resoundingly and without... Read More

Again, tribunal steps down Obi’s petition over poor schedule of documents

The appeal brought forth by Mr. Peter Gregory Obi and the Labour Party, LP, challenging the election, resulted in the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, being compelled to adjourn hearings for the third time. Following an inadequate schedule of papers being requested to be produced in support of the charges of irregularities during the... Read More

BREAKING: Supreme Court dismisses PDP suit against Tinubu, Shettima

The inauguration of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima has received the legal seal of approval from the Supreme Court. On Friday, the Court denied the Peoples Democratic Party PDP’s request to be disqualified from the 2023 presidential election. The PDP’s petition for Tinubu and Shettima’s disqualification was declared to have... Read More

Atiku wins as court upholds consolidation of petitions against Tinubu’s election

In relation to the consolidation of the three petitions contesting Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s eligibility and the declaration of his victory in the presidential election of February 25, the Presidential Election Petition Court, or PEPC, has upheld the position of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate for president, Atiku Abubakar. The three petitions filed by... Read More

BREAKING: Court orders Obi to present petitions against Tinubu’s election in three weeks

The Labour Party’s Mr. Peter Gregory Obi has been directed by the Presidential Election Petition Court, or PEPC, to submit their joint petition contesting the February 25 presidential election within three weeks. The petition’s target, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was also ordered by the court to appear in court within five days alongside INEC to... Read More