The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the non-availability of election results on the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) is no ground for the nullification of the February 2023 presidential election. Justice Inyang Okoro, leader of the five-panel of Supreme Court justices, gave the ruling in the appeals filed by Peter Obi of […]
In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court, on Thursday, gave permission for its judgement in the legal dispute trailing the presidential election that was held in the country on February 25, to be televised. The apex court gave clearance for live coverage of the proceeding, barely 15 minutes before the time (9 a.m.) that […]
THE die is cast. The legal fisticuffs over the February 25 presidential election will be concluded today as a seven-man panel of the Supreme Court rules on the appeals of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Mr. Peter Obi challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on Tuesday, said the military was prepared for the off-cycle elections in Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa states. Musa warned that any act of violence would not be condoned before, during, and after the elections. The PUNCH reports that elections in the three states have been marred […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it would deploy 46,084 ad-hoc staff for the November 11 governorship poll in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at a meeting with Residents Electoral Commissioners in Abuja on Friday. Yakubu stated that accredited national and international organisations will deploy […]
An opinion survey conducted by an independent opinion research firm, Concept Masters, has tipped Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the likely candidate to win the November 11 Imo Governorship election. The project director of the firm, Emmanuella Elendu disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, in the survey conducted between 1st […]
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has voided the election of the lawmaker representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Ishaku Abbo. Channels Television reports that Senator Abbo, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said the court voided his election in favour of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Amos […]
President Bola Tinubu has asked the supreme court to dismiss the appeal filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Abubakar and the PDP had filed a petition challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election. Among several issues raised, the petitioners alleged that the election was fraught with irregularities and […]
There is no evidence that the Chicago State University’s academic certificates of President Bola Tinubu submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission for the 2023 presidential election were forged, the BBC’s Global Disinformation Team reports. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the university released Tinubu’s academic records, which went viral on social media but […]
The chieftains of the Labour Party, LP, in Imo state, on Friday stormed the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and protested that the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Sylvia Agu, be removed ahead of the November 11, 2023 governorship election in the state. The protest was led by the State Chairman of […]
