Nigeria 2027

The presidential election petition court on Wednesday struck out some paragraphs containing allegations of irregularities and corrupt practices by Mr Peter Obi in his petition challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu as winner of the February 25 presidential election. The five member panel struck out the affected paragraphs on the...

The National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Lokoja has sacked the senator representing Kogi East, Jibrin Isah Echocho of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The tribunal Chairman, Justice K.A. Orjiako, who delivered the judgment on the petition brought before it by Dr Victor Adoji, Candidate of...

The Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC), has fixed August 31, 2024 for the conduct of local government elections in the state. Chairman of the NASIEC, Barrister Ayuba Wandai Usman, disclosed this during a meeting with members of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), at the headquarters of the commission, on...

…Tribunal fixes September 14th for adoption of written addresses The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State, has declared that the petitioners in the case instituted to challenge the victory of Governor Abdullahi Sule, have not discharged the burden placed on them at the ongoing proceedings of the Governorship Election...

As the November 2023 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo States approach, both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have enlisted Nyesom Wike’s involvement in their campaign councils for the South-South state. Wike, formerly the Governor of Rivers State, experienced a falling out with...

Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has closed his defence in the ongoing petition instituted against his victory at the March 18th gubernatorial election by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its gubernatorial candidate, David Ombugadu. At the continuation of proceedings at the tribunal on Saturday, Engineer Sule, through his...

…Tinubu’s purported errors on his certificate validates my discovery petition – Atiku Following a recent confession by lawyers representing the interest of President Bola Tinubu that documents of his academic records submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are fraught with errors and inconsistencies, there have been a closer...

A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, has raised alarm over plot by some stakeholders to compromise Imo State governorship election scheduled to hold November 2023. The CSO which petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu therefore, sought...

*Says even the arbiters of justice know that all eyes are on them because of the historic nature of their assignment Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communications to Atiku Abubakar says the destruction of billboards which put up adverts that read, “All Eyes on The Judiciary” was clear...

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Henieken Lokpobiri, who served as Minister in the first term of President Muhammadu Buhari. He also appointed former Governors Bello Matawalle (Zamfara), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Simon Lalong (Plateau), and Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe) and Isiaka Oyetola (Osun). Also appointed were Ahmed Tijani, Dr Isiaka Salako, Dr...