Court of Appeal grants Atiku and Obi permission to inspect Inec's election documents

FORMER vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and ex-Anambra State governor Peter Obi of the Labour Party have been given the go-ahead by Nigeria's Court of Appeal to inspect elections documents used last Saturday.

 

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Six PDP governors drag federal government and Inec to Supreme Court over presidential elections

SIX Nigerian state governors have dragged the federal government to the Supreme Court over the conduct of the 2023 general elections which took place last Saturday demanding that the exercise be voided and the declaration of a winner nullified.

 

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Buhari apologises for hardship caused by currency redesign after Supreme Courts rules old notes legal until December

NIGERIA'S Supreme Court has ordered that all old naira notes must remain in circulation alongside the news one until December 31 this year ruling that anyone refusing to take them is acting illegally.

 

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Pesiero turns to Fulham's Tosin Adarabioyo in desperation as he faces a centreback crisis

SUPER Eagles head coach Jose Pesiero is being forced to step up his interest in Fulham centreback Tosin Adarabioyo given the dearth of depth in the heart of Nigeria's defence at the moment with all of her central defenders facing one problem of the other.

 

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10 thorny issues Nigeria’s Court of Appeal has to grapple with when it hears the appeals against last Inec declaring Tinubu president-elect 

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] First of all, both the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party are claiming victory. This means that at the very least, one of the appeals will have to be dismissed 

[2] Now, the court will have to look at hard evidence. All these claims being made on social media are not admissible in a court of law, so the appellants will have to provide evidence of result falsification or tampering with tallying 

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US and UK governments lead the way as the global community congratulates Tinubu on his victory

FOREIGN governments have continued sending congratulatory messages to Nigeria's new president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu after he was declared the winner of Saturday's presidential polls by the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec).

 

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PDP calls on Inec to withdraw the certificate of return it issues to Tinubu saying Atiku won

NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) to withdraw the certificate of return it issued to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

 

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Ayo Fayose and Bode George resign from partisan politics following Tinubu's victory

FORMER Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and retired from partisan politics following the party's recent loss in last Saturday's presidential elections.

 

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Peter Obi refuses to accept Inec declaration promising to challenge election results in court

FORMER Anambra State governor and Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has declared that believes he won last Saturday's presidential elections in Nigeria and will now seek legal redress to claim what he says was his stolen mandate.

 

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Iheanacho nominated for English Premier League's February Player of the Month Award

SUPER Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho has been nominated for the English Premier League player of the month for February following his string of successful outings that have seen him do well in consecutive games.

 

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