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President Bola Tinubu has appealed to justices of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PREPEC) in Abuja to exclude the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, and his party in the event of any rerun presidential election, claiming that…

Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives and member representing Bende federal constituency, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu has told the Election Petition Tribunal 4 sitting in Umuahia, that he did not forge his credentials contrary to allegations by the candidate of the Labour Party…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted Union Bank Plc. an interim order of Mareva Injunction restraining Swift Networks Limited and its agents from dealing or accessing monies up to the tune of N7bn in 25 banks pending the determination…

A Federal High Court in Kano has ordered the Kano State Government and other respondents to jointly pay two residents of Salanta quarters in Kano metropolis the sum of N1 million each for attempting to demolish their properties. The presiding judge, Justice Simon…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have said that the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) assertion that he won in 21 states has not been debunked by the commission or other parties before the Presidential Election Petition…

President Bola Tinubu has filed a motion to quash subpoena before the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Chicago, USA, against a fresh petition by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Atiku had on July 11 filed the…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Inspector-General of Police and his officers to immediately vacate the premises of popular Foreshore Towers in Ikoyi, Lagos. In a ruling issued on Thursday by Justice J. S. Ogedengbe, the court frowned at…

An official of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), Olufemi Olaleye, on Thursday, appeared before the Ogun State election petition tribunal without tendering a copy of Governor Dapo Abiodun’s certificate. Abiodun was the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ogun State during…

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to grant the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, access to a medical doctor of his choice on grounds that…

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, yesterday, rejected the pleas of counsel to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gordy Uche (SAN), seeking re-examination of his witness after certain inconsistencies were discovered in her statements. The party had called a…