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The Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday nullified the victory of Sen. Abubakar Ohere as the winner of the Kogi Central senatorial election. The court further declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan as the actual winner of the February senatorial election. The Tribunal Chairman, Justice K.…

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) has ruled that the Labour Party (LP)’s petition of irregularities in the 2023 presidential election was generic. “Pleading must set out material facts and particulars. In the instant petition, there was no effort to prove specific allegations,…

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja has struck out the suit filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) accusing Vice-President Kashim Shettima of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of double nomination in the 2023 general elections. The Chairman of the panel,…

The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the Presidential Petition Election Tribunal on Wednesday said the Allied Peoples Movement’s petition challenging the qualification of Vice President, Kashim Shettima, was a pre-election matter. Reading his verdict, Tsammani said the matter ought to have been…

The Kogi East Senatorial Election Tribunal sitting in Lokoja has sacked Senator Jibrin Isah, (Echocho), the Senate Committee Chairman on Customs Excise and Tariffs, cancelling the election in 94 polling units in the district. Consequently, the chairman of the Tribunal , Justice K.A.…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered parties in the suit filed by three aggrieved shareholders of First Bank against FBN Holdings to file written addresses on whether the court can proceed with the hearing of the matter despite the…

Election petition Tribunal sitting in Kano on Tuesday terminated the ambition of the eldest son of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Abba Ganduje to the Green chamber following dismissal of his petition with cost. ABBA Ganduje…

A Kano State High Court has set aside the suspension of the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) from the party. Justice Usman Na’aana on Tuesday granted an interim injunction restraining Boniface Aniebonam, Agbo Major, and 16 other respondents…

Suspended Law Faculty Dean of University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof Cyril Ndifon has sued the Institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi for character defamation and alledged sponsorship of protest against him just because she wanted him out from position of Dean. In Suit…

The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has upheld the election of Jesse Okey-Joe Onuakalusi of the Labour Party (LP) as the duly elected House of Representatives’ member for Constituency ll, Oshodi-Isolo, Lagos. In a unanimous decision, the tribunal dismissed…