The Labour Party, LP, has rejected the judgement of the Enugu State governorship election petition tribunal which affirmed the declaration of Peter Mbah as winner of the March 18 election. According to the party, the September 21 judgement “against Labour Party is absurd, (and) stark reality of future of judiciary in Nigeria.” In a statement…
Gov Peter Mbah Was Validly Elected-Tribunal
The Enugu State Gubernatorial Election Tribunal has ruled that Peter Mba was validly elected. Governor Peter Mbah of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday, September 21, won the first leg of the election petition challenging his election as governor of Enugu State. Labour Party, LP, and Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, had challenged Mba’s election based…
24-Hour Curfew in Kano Following Yusuf’s Sack
Kano state is on total lockdown, and the security services are on patrol. This follows a 24-hour curfew imposed on the state after the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in a judgement on Wednesday sacked the governor, Kabiru Yusuf of the New Nigeria Political Party, NNPP. The tribunal ruled that ballot papers were neither stamped nor…
Why I am Happy Over Tribunal Victory- Bala Mohammed
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has expressed happiness over his victory. He said though his supporters would expect him to host a big celebration. he is however happy that the distraction caused by the petition instituted by his opponents has been put to rest. He, therefore, implored his opponents to shield their sword and…
Obi and Atiku Appeal PEPC Judgment at Supreme Court
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party at the 2023 election and Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, filed their separate appeals at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, September 19, against the Judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC. In the Judgment of the trial court delivered on September 6, the…
Bala Mohammed’s Election Confirmed, As Tribunal Removes Kano Governor
The governor of Kano State, Mr. Kabiru Yusuf has been sacked by the Election Petition Tribunal, while Bala Mohammed, his Bauchi state counterpart has defeated Sadique Abubakar, retired Air Commodore and former Chief of Air Staff who ran on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the March 18, 2023 governorship election. Justice…
Alaafin’s Stool is Not for Sale
An oba is put on the throne to keep “the bush at bay.” Collectively and individually, the successful oba is praised as “so’gbó di’lé/sò’gbé dì’gboro/ oba a s’ààtàn d’ojà – the successful king is he who turns forest to home; the one who turns bush to town. Karin Barber’s ‘I Could Speak Until Tomorrow’ (published…
The Many Firsts of Akintola Williams
By the time he died on Monday morning Akintola Williams had become synonymous with accounting in Nigeria. There is no way the story of the growth of accounting practice in the country would be told, now or in the future, without a notable mention of him. He was the first Nigerian to qualify as a…
The Presidential Election Petition Judgment and Watermark Controversy
The Judgement of the presidential election petition court delivered on September 6 has come under heavy criticism just 24 hours after the judgement. Things fell apart when the Tinubu Presidential Legal Team, TPLT, and All Progressives Congress, APC, obtained a Certified True Copy, CTC, Of the judgement with the header “Tinubu Presidential Legal Team” on…
Late Esogban Died Same Age, Same Circumstance like His Father, Says Eldest Son as he speaks on burial arrangements
The eldest son of the late Esogban of Benin Kingdom, Rev. Collins Edebiri on Tuesday disclosed that his father, Chief David Uyunmwun Edebiri, who passed on Thursday, July 20, died at the same age of 93, and a few weeks to his 94th birthday like his own father, a former Esama of Benin Kingdom. The…
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