Nigeria 2027

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reversed the election of the Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Ishaku Abbo. Abbo was elected in February 2023 under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). The court, ruled in favour of the candidate of...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has no plans to extend the Oct. 10 deadline for political parties to upload the list of their agents for polling units and collation centres for the Nov.11 Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo governorship election. Mr Sam Olumekun, INEC National Commissioner and the...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar has filed a fresh evidence of forgery from Chicago at the Supreme Court of Nigeria against the qualifications of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the February 25, 2023 presidential election. Atiku, a former Vice President asserted categorically and authoritatively...

…Asks judge to speed up process to beat time limit The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the last presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, that he cannot use the excuse of privacy law to stop the release of his academic records...

*Says justices exhibited bias through uncomplimentary remarks Amongst the grounds upon which the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the last presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is seeking an overturn of the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court is its failure to take into cognisance the “Doctrine...

…says former Governor out to persecute Christians The Civil Rights Movement in Nigeria (CRMN) has accused Mallam Nasir El-Rufai of a plot to join President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet through the backdoor. Describing the former governor as an evil genius, the group said he is out to continue the persecution of...

Following the outstanding victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), a rights group, Rising-Up for United Nigeria (RUN) has accused the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi who lost at the Tribunal of inciting the public by instigating armed groups and...

…Tasks APC to come clean The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded that the All Progressives Congress (APC) should come clean on the issue of the header of Tinubu Presidential Legal Team (TPLT) on the Certified True Copies (CTC) of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) judgement currently in circulation....

The National and State House of Assembly Election petition tribunal has on Monday sacked the member representing Kumbotso Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Idris Dankawu of New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP,  over certificate forgery. The three-man panel, led by Justice I. P. Chima declared the All Progressive Congress,...

Stakeholders of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Katsina State have rejected the both verdicts for presidential and National election tribunal while describing it as rape of democracy. Senator Ibrahim Tsauri in a press conference, spoke on behalf of the stakeholders said the judgments did not reflect the...