By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Presidential Election Petitions Court sitting in Abuja and being presided over by Justice Haruna Haruna Tsammani, on Wednesday, 6 September, 2023, dismissed the petition of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, alleging dual citizenship and drug conviction against President Bola Tinubu. In a judgment on the objections of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Tinubu grounds that the issues bordering on his non-qualification to contest the February 25 presidential election, Justice Moses Ugo held that the grounds were new issues. The five-man panel upheld the objections of the APC and Tinubu that the Atiku and…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Another set of 200 students in Nigeria are set to benefit from scholarship at the African School of Economics. This is a new collaboration between the Renewed Hope Initiative, a project of Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON, and African Union Development Agency (AUDA NEPAD) This was disclosed during a courtesy visit by Ms Gloria Akobundu, the National Coordinator, NEPAD and Mr Obinna Obiwulu, the Director of Communications, African School of Economics (ASE) to the First Lady at the State House, Abuja on Wednesday, 6 September, 2023. As evident from the National Scholarship Programme, NASP, Tertiary Education, the project…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has commenced an engagement with media organisations to enlist their support and collaboration in disseminating information on the activities and programmes of the Commission. Leading a delegation from the NDDC corporate communication team, the Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Pius Ughakpoteni, visited the Port Harcourt offices of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, the WAVE 91.7 FM, and MegaLectrics Limited, operators of Naija 92.7FM, Classic 91-1 FM and the Beat 99.9 FM. Speaking at the WAVE 91.7FM, Ughakpoteni said that members of his team, which included the Director, Branding and Standardisation, Mr. Erteka Oyo, were…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal presided over by Justice Haruna Tsammani has rejected 10 out of 13 witnesses presented by the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party(LP), Peter Obi. Tsammani, who took over to deliver judgment on the substantive petition filed by Obi and LP against the President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said this on Wednesday, 6 September, 2023. According to Tsammani, Obi called 13 witnesses, who testified as PW1 to PW13, explaining that that of the 13 witnesses, only three witnesses whose statements are on oath, were filed along with the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal presided over by Justice K. A. Orjiako on Wednesday, 6 September, 2023, nullified the election of Sen. Abubakar Ohere of the All Progressives Congress(APC) as the winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial election. In his place, the tribunal declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)as the actual winner of the Saturday, 25 February, 2023 senatorial election According to the court ruling, Natasha polled 54,074 against Ohere (APC) who polled 51,291 votes. Orjiako, who read the unanimous judgement of the three-man panel, said Ohere results were inflated in nine polling units of Ajaokuta…
By Chijioke Amu-Nnadi The appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, the managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to a fresh term in the newly announced governing board of the interventionist agency offers a few important lessons on how to manage opportunity and promise. Appointed first in January, 2023, by the outgone administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, Ogbuku, who as the managing director served with the former chairman, Mrs. Lauretta Onochie, the former executive directors of projects and finance and administration, Mr. Charles Ogunmola and Major General Charles Airhiavbere (rtd.), respectively, as well as…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, has stated that Labour Party(LP) and its Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, that they don’t have concrete evidence 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, which stated this on Wednesday, 6 September, 2023, explained that no record of criminal arrest or conviction was established against Tinubu by the petitioners According to Tsammani, the fine imposed by the US court did not qualify as a fine for fraud or dishonesty provided in Section 137(1)(d) of…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Presidential Election Petitions Court Tribunal led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, has stated emphatically that it is only the electoral body, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that has the monopoly to decide the mode of transmission of election results during the presidential election on February 25, 2023. The court made this declaration on Wednesday, 6 September, 2023, saying that according to Sections 52 and 65 of the Electoral Act 2022, INEC was at liberty to prescribe the manner in which election results were transmitted during the poll. Based on this section of the Electoral Act, the court instantly thrown out…
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has dismissed the petition of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) saying the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima was not qualified to contest, reports thegazellenews.com. The Tribunal Chairman, Justice Tsammani stated that the petition is a pre-election matter hence APM has no locus standi to institute the matter. Justice Tsammani stated that the APM case lacks merit. “Case of disqualification of Shettima to contest as running mate to Bola Tinubu is a pre-election issue, therefore incompetent and accordingly struck out. Besides, the Presidential candidate picks his Running Mate, according to the law. This petition lacks no…
All is set for the ruling on petitions filed by the Presidential Candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi; and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, reports thegazellenews.com As at the time of writing this report, both Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi are not in court. The National Chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure and Obidient activist, Aisha Yesufu are both in court. Also in court are: the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Umar Ganduje, representing his party as a respondent; the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, also a respondent; the National Security Adviser,…