A lawmaker in Ondo State, Mr Sunday Olajide begged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and his Labour Party counterpart, Mr Peter Obi, to accept defeat. This is as the duo are contesting the result of the Feb. 25 Presidential election in which INEC declared Bola Tinubu as winner. Olajide,…
Former Lagos State Deputy Governor, Kofo Bucknor-Akerele has made a plea to Labour Party (LP) supporters popularly called ‘Obidients’. Bucknor-Akerele who was Bola Tinubu’s deputy between 1999-2003 begged LP supporters to free the state from the “tyranny” of All Progressives Congress which she said has lasted over 20 years. Bucknor-Akerele made the plea on Wednesday…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reached a decision to postpone Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections to March 18, 2023, According to impeccable inside sources, the postponement was due to the commission’s inability to promptly commence reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines utilized during the February 25 presidential election to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been given the go-ahead by the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Wednesday, to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, which it used for the February 25th presidential polls. The court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel…
The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has wished the party’s candidate in the Lagos governorship election, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour a wonderful victory on Saturday. Recall that the Governorship and House of Assembly elections will hold this Saturday. Obi in a personally signed message on Wednesday prayed that Rhodes-Vivour’s victory would usher in a new…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has put together a legal team of 19 Senior Advocates of Nigeria to challenge the outcome of the February 25 election. Atiku briefed his legal team at his campaign Headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, March 8. The former Vice President asked them to “establish the…
The governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Adediran aka Jandor, has hailed the Igbo community in Lagos. According to him, Igbo people in the state deserve respect and protection for their immense contribution to the development of the state. Adediran, in company of his running mate, Funke Akindele and other PDP…
Bola Tinubu, President-elect has approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja asking it to order the Independent National Electoral Commission to grant him access to sensitive materials it used for the presidential election. Tinubu made the demand through his lawyer, Mr Akintola Makinde. He said he would need to inspect, scan and make photocopies of…
Legal icon Wole Olanipekun and 49 other lawyers have offered to defend the victory of President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Election Tribunal. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and one-time President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is leading the team of legal giants. The lawyers are waiting to be served with…
The president of Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Adesina Sodiya, has talked about why the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was unable to transmit results during the first phase of the general election. In an interview with Technology Times, Sodiya spoke on the technology challenges that hindered the conduct of the presidential and national assembly elections….