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Nigerian Supreme Court has fixed Thursday for the judgment in the appeals filed by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi against President Bola Tinubu. Atiku and Obi are praying the Supreme court to set aside the judgment by the presidential election petition tribunal […]
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court of Nigeria has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, seeking to dismiss and set aside the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) ruling. The court similarly reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has urged the Supreme Court to declare that the Presidential Election Petition Court’s five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani erred in law when it dismissed his evidence allegedly showing he won the February 25 polls with about 8.7 million votes. INEC had declared on March 1 […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), sitting at the Court of Appeal premises in Abuja, Nigeria, has announced Wednesday, September 6, 2023 date to deliver judgment in the petitions filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi; the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]
Continue ReadingNational Secretary of the Labour Party (LP), Umar Farouk, and Tai Obasi, media aide to the LP flag bearer, Mr. Peter Obi have denied knowledge of any ongoing merger arrangement with the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and his counterpart in the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso. […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has through his media aide, Tai Obasi, said that his mobile phones were not stolen but in the custody of his aide at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPC) in Abuja on Tuesday. Media space had been awash with videos and memes of the perplexed former […]
Continue ReadingNigerian writer and award-winning author, Chimamanda Adichie on Tuesday, August 1, joined the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi; and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja. Adichie walked into the court room before the tribunal resumed hearing on the adoption of written address by LP […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last general election, Mr. Peter Obi has felicitated with the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on the occasion of his 89th birthday. The Playwright and Nigerian literary icon turned 89 on Thursday, 13 July 2023. Obi, in a message of goodwill posted on his Twitter handle, noted that […]
Continue ReadingAsiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has walked into a minefield with which he is very familiar. He had his own mines in the field, of course. They had been well laid out for over two decades, and with verifiable results. Many of his former opponents are either flat on their backs, are nursing injuries, or are […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Thursday admitted in evidence bundles of electoral documents from 6 states of the federation that emanated from the February 25 elections. The documents which consisted of forms EC8A which are polling units results were tendered by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate in the last election, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Tuesday gave the pre-hearing report and also presented the trial schedule on the ongoing petition challenging the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. Chairman of the five-man panel of the court, Justice Haruna Tsammani, read the pre-hearing report, which included the declaration of the court’s decision to consolidate […]
Continue ReadingIn a series of tweets, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has faulted the call made by the US Secretary of the State, Antony J. Blinken, to President-elect, Bola Tinubu, adding that he ought to let the court decide the legitimate president of Nigeria. Obi said: […]
Continue ReadingAs the hearings of presidential election petitions started on Monday, DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE examines the profiles of five justices who are members of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal The Presidential Election Petition Court on Monday began hearing the election petitions filed by five candidates in the last presidential poll. The candidates are challenging the victory of the President-elect, […]
Continue ReadingLabour Party (LP) has on Tuesday raised the alarm over an action taken by a self-acclaimed factional chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, asking the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to dismiss all cases by his party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi against the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the […]
Continue ReadingIsaac Fayose, brother to former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has given reasons why the All Progressives Congress (APC) is rattled over the loss of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Fayose, while reacting to a video of how Peter Obi was received by some Nigerians in the diaspora, said the level of reception […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) to dismiss a petition filed by Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, saying the reliefs sought are not grantable. INEC, the 1st respondent, stated this in its reply filed on Monday night at the PEPC’s Secretariat by its […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement he personally signed, the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi has congratulated Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo on the 95th anniversary of his birthday. Obi stated that at a time like this, when Nigeria was in dire need of statesmen, Pa Adebanjo occupied a pride of place in the […]
Continue ReadingSpokesperson of the Obi-Datti media office, Diran Onifade, has dismissed a purported audio recording of a telephone conversation ‘between the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, and the Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo,’ as a product of the endless forgeries the All Progressives Congress (APC) has a notoriety […]
Continue ReadingAs the days go by and important events occur, we continue to see how inadequate and poorly drafted the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended in 2018) (the Constitution) is, leaving room for Government and the people to give provisions whatever interpretation suits their purposes. Many of our laws, also suffer the same […]
Continue ReadingI had the privilege of a long conversation with the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, last Saturday morning. I was in the house of a mutual friend when Obi dropped by. For almost two hours he shared interesting insights into why he believes he won the election. But what I enjoyed most […]
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