Tag: Election Petition
Election petition: Appeal Court adjourns Ashiru, PDP’s suit to July 3
Justice Muktar Hussein of the Court of Appeal Kaduna, on Thursday adjourned hearing in the appeal of the Peoples Democratic…
Election petition: PDP candidate reduces number of witnesses
Rep. Aminu Shagari (PDP-Sokoto) on Thursday said he has reduced the number of witnesses he intends to call from 95…
Ambode lauds Supreme Court ruling on his election
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday described the Supreme Court ruling upholding his victory at the April 11, 2015…
I’ll still pursue election petition, ministerial nominee tells Senators
Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan, one of the ministerial nominees told Senators when she was being screened on Wednesday that her…
Why There Is Drop In Election Petitions —Edo REC
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Mike Igini, has attributed the sharp drop in the number of election…
Our improved democratic process has reduced petitions – Edo REC
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Mike Igini, has attributed the sharp drop in the number of electoral…
Varsity Don: ‘Oshiomhole was my classmate’
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A University lecturer, Professor Philip Agbebaku has told the Edo Election Petitions Tribunal that Governor Adams Oshiomhole was…
PDP boss: ‘They want to chop Airhiavbere’s money’
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The verbal altercation between members of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over the…
PDP opts out of Edo election petition
Nigeria’s ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has called on Edo Election Petition Tribunal to strike out its name…
Witnesses abandon election petitioner in court
Three witnesses summoned to testify in the petition challenging the result of the re run election for Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency…
Tribunal Dismisses Case Against Governor Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The reconstituted Rivers State Election Petitions Tribunal in Port Harcourt today dismissed the election petition of Mr…
Buhari Loses Petition against Goodluck Jonathan
Ayorinde Oluokun & Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Supreme Court this morning in Abuja affirmed the decision of the Court…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Retrial Ordered in Borno Election Petition
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A five-man panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja at about 4:43 pm on…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Tribunal Orders Presence Of Forensic Experts At Inspection Of INEC Materials
The election petition tribunal sitting in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, southwest Nigeria, today ordered the presence of hand writing…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Presidential Election Tribunal: CPC Suffers Setback
Hearing in the presidential election petition initiated by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) suffered a setback on Tuesday, when…
Acting Delta Gov To Be Sworn In, As Uduaghan Packs Out Of Govt House
Arrangements were in top gear this morning in Asaba, Delta State for the swearing in of the Acting Governor of…
Between Nwodo And ACN
The dust raised by the brickbat hauled at the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, by the National Chairman of the…
Kaduna Governorship Tussle: ANPP Loses Finally
The final attempt by Alhaji Sani Shaban; the All Nigeria Peoples Party’s candidate in the last gubernatorial election held in…
Oni V Fayemi: Final Judgement Day For Ekiti
Three weeks after the adoption of submissions by lawyers, the Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, capital of Kwara State,…
Tenure Elongation: Court Refuses To Make Orders Against INEC
Governors Ibrahim Idris, Temipre Silva and Aliyu Wamako of Kogi, Bayelsa and Sokoto states this morning failed to convince Justice…
Court Of Appeal Not A Trial Court, ACN Warns
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged the National Assembly to take another look at the Amended Electoral Act…
Falana Condemns Tenure Extension For Political Office Holders
Immediate past President of the West African Bar Association (WABA) and National Chairman of the National Conscience Party, (NCP) Femi…
Imo Governorship Tussle: Agbaso Loses To Ohakim
The three-year old legal tackle over the office of the governor of Imo state between Chief Martin Agbaso of the…
I Will Fight Till I Get Justice —Aregbesola
Action Congress, AC candidate in the 14 April 2007 Osun State, Nigeria governorship election, Engr. Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, has vowed…
Oyinlola’s Victory, A Daylight Robbery — Bisi Yusuf
The 28 May, 2010 judgement by the Osun state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal upholding the election of Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola…
Osun Tribunal Strikes Out AC Suits
Nigeria’s Osun State Election Petition Tribunal has struck out the petition instituted by the Action Congress (AC) candidate for the…
Police Deploy 5560 To Osogbo
As Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal delivers its judgment tomorrow on petition filed by Action Congress (AC) candidate, Engineer…