Tag: Election Tribunal
Akwa Ibom: Tribunal stops Akpabio from tendering witness voters card
The Member Representing Essien Udim State Constituency and immediate past chairman of the area, Hon Nse Ntuen on Thursday denied…
PDP chieftain admits to signing Akpabio’s form in error
Former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, opened his defense in the matter filed against him by the All…
Tribunal upholds Rep. Okwu’s election in Benue
The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi on Tuesday upheld INEC’s return of Mr…
Akwa Ibom senatorial: Akpabio’s plea to delay proceedings rejected
Former governor of Akwa Ibom State and Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio on Saturday told the tribunal that he is…
Akwa Ibom Guber: Two PDP witnesses claim to sign same result sheet
Barrister Bassey Okon Willie, a witness for the Akwa Ibom governor, Udom Emmanuel and the PDP, told the governorship tribunal…
Akwa Ibom Guber: PDP witness contradicts self at tribunal
The Akwa Ibiom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, on Wednesday opened defense in the election petition challenging his victory in the…
Rivers Guber: Tribunal dismisses APC’s application for forensic scanning
The Rivers Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Friday, dismissed an application by APC to scan and crop…
Tribunal dismisses Akpabio’s petition against Okori
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an application by embattled former Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Chief…
Akwa-Ibom: Umana takes stand as star witness
Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for Akwa Ibom state, Umana Okon Umana, took the stand at the…
Election tribunal admits 10 APC witnesses in Taraba
The Taraba Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Friday admitted 10 APC party agents as witnesses on oath.…
Tribunal dismisses Wike’s motion against Peterside
The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday dismissed a motion by Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike against…
Akpabio seeks leave to call additional 1,106 witnesses
Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and now senator, Godswill Akpabio has applied to the state’s national and state Houses…
Delta Guber Election: Appeal Court dismisses Okowa, PDP’s petition
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, on Wednesday struck out two related appeals filed separately by the…
‘Dead man’ testifies against APC at Delta Election Tribunal
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba There was drama at the Delta state Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday as a middle aged man who…
Wike loses bid to relocate election tribunal to Rivers
The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, has dismissed an application by Rivers Governor, Nysom Wike, seeking…
Election Tribunal Receives Evidence From Maku
The Election Petition Tribunal in Nasarawa State on Tuesday received evidence from 11 of the 13 local government areas presented…
Election Tribunal: CJN denies meeting Wike twice
Justice Mahmud Mohammed, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) did not meet with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike during his…
Election tribunal postpones ruling on Eti-Osa PDP petition
An election petitions tribunal sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State on Tuesday postponed ruling on a petition filed by the Peoples…
Court Dismisses Agbaje’s Petition Against Ambode
Henry Ojelu The Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, western Nigeria, on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed…
Elections tribunal turns down APC witness in Ekiti
The Legislative Election Petitions Tribunal for Ekiti State on Saturday, declined the APC lawyer from leading one Mr Aderemi Akinlade…
Aeroland Testifies Before Election Tribunal
Henry Ojelu The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the 28 March Lagos-West Senatorial election, Mr Segun Adewale also known…
Sylva vs Murray-Bruce: Elections tribunal adjourns till June 19
The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Yenagoa has adjourned to Friday, June 19, pre-hearing on a petition challenging the election…
Lagos Election Petition Tribunal Begins Hearing
Henry Ojelu The Lagos State National and State Assembly Election Tribunal on Tuesday officially began hearing of petitions brought before…
Ladoja challenges Ajimobi’s victory, heads to tribunal
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Senator Rasheed Ladoja, former governor of Oyo state and gubernatorial candidate of Accord Party in the last governorship…
Aregbesola Wins At Election Tribunal
The election tribunal sitting in Osun on Friday dismissed the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Tribunal Affirms Fayose’s Victory
Nnammdi Felix/Abuja The Ekiti state governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Friday affirmed the return of Governor Ayodele…
Section 285(6) Of The 1999 Constitution Should Go
By Babatunde Raji Fashola The subject affords the opportunity to examine wider issues of our national development beyond elections and…
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…
Oshiomhole’s certificates mere documents, alleges Airhiavbere
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin All certificates presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to contest the July…
Mimiko Is Clueless
Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 20 October polls in Ondo State, Dr. Olusola Oke, in…