The Supreme Court will on Monday [Oct. 23] hear the appeals against President Bola Tinubu’s election in February. The Court served hearing notices to Peoples Democratic Party’s [PDP], Atiku Abubakar; Labour Party’s [LP], Peter Obi and the Allied Peoples Movement’s [APM] candidate Chichi Ojei on Thursday. The notices were signed by the court’s registrar, Zainab Garba. The three rival candidates are challenging the result of the last presidential election that favoured Tinubu and the verdict...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Monday sacked the Senator representing Adamawa-North Senatorial District, Elisha Ishaku Abbo, from the National Assembly. The appellate court has consequently declared Amos Yohanna, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the validly elected Senator for the zone. Reacting, Abbo, in his official Facebook page has appealed to his supporters and constituents to remain calm. Elisha Abbo’s ordeal started after the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly...

Atiku Abubakar has applied to file fresh evidence in his ongoing legal tussle with President Bola Tinubu that has been escalated to the Supreme Court. Atiku, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last general election, has remained steadfast in challenging Tinubu’s election despite the verdict of the presidential election petition tribunal on September 6. He exported the matter to the United States, requesting that Tinubu’s alma mater the Chicago State University release...