The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu as the duly elected president of Nigeria in the February 25 poll. A panel of appellate court judges resolved petitions submitted by Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), […]

  The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has attributed the current power outage in parts of its franchise to the ongoing two-day warning strike led by organised labour, particularly the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). Mr. Emeka Ezeh, the Head of Corporate Communications at EEDC, stated this in a statement released in Enugu. EEDC stated that […]

  The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, on Wednesday, said the Electoral Act 2022 does not contain a mandatory provision for the electronic transmission of election results. The five-member panel, headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani, emphasised that the sole technological requirement mandated for use by the Independent National Electoral Commission during elections is the Bimodal Voter […]

  The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has declared that the Federal Capital Territory does not hold a higher status than other states in the country. Justice Haruna Tsammani, the lead judge of the five-man panel declared this during the tribunal’s sitting on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, Section 134 (1) and (2) of the […]

  The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, said the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, failed to prove that President Tinubu was convicted of drug-related charges in the United States of America. The five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani ruled that no record of criminal arrest or conviction […]

  The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has affirmed the Independent National Electoral Commission’s discretion to determine the mode of election result transmission for the presidential election held on February 25, 2023. The five-member panel, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, referred to Sections 52 and 65 of the Electoral Act 2022, which granted INEC the freedom […]

  The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, on Wednesday, rejected the European Union Election Observers Mission report on the 25 February presidential election tendered by Peter Obi and the Labour Party. The court said it rejected the report on the grounds that it was not tendered by an official of the body, which is the author […]

  The Kogi State Election Petitions Tribunal has declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial election held in February. It also invalidated the victory of Senator Abubakar Ohere of the All Progressives Congress. The Tribunal Chairman, Justice K. A. Orjiako, delivered the unanimous judgment of the […]

  At the end of the three day Africa Climate Summit held at Nairobi Kenya, Africa attracted the sum of $23 billion as funding for its climate adaptation and resilience efforts. Making this known at the close of the summit, Kenya President William Ruto, said the fund is a collective effort from various stakeholders, including […]

  Central African regional bloc, Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), has announced the suspension of Gabon’s membership. This came after General Oligui Nguema was sworn in as transitional president on Monday, consolidating his grip on power. Nguema led a coup last week that ousted Ali Bongo, who was declared winner of a controversial […]