DSS frees detained EFCC boss Abdrasheed Bawa

The Department of State Services, DSS, has freed the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa. Bawa has been in DSS custody since June 14 after his suspension from office by President Bola Tinubu. Bawa’s suspension was due to “weighty allegations of abuse of office levelled against him,” according to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation [SGF]. The secret police detained him without charges until his release was...

Supreme Court Aligns With Appeal Court, Affirms Tinubu As President

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, aligned with the Court of Appeal judgment affirming President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the valid winner of the presidential election that was held in the country on February 25, 2023. Delivering judgment, the 7- Man Panel of Justices led by Justice Inyang Okoro held that the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to transmit election results electronically does not warrant the nullification of...

Again, court refuses to sack Tinubu as president

The Supreme Court has defended the September 6 verdict of the Nigerian presidential election tribunal which affirmed Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the democratically elected president of Nigeria, a judgment that was the end of the road to Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi’s quest to unseat Tinubu. Tinubu won the February 25 presidential election with 37 per cent of the votes, according to official results by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, extending the rule of...

Transcript: We are disappointed with S’Court’s verdict, but we will move on – LP

Just like the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Labour Party, LP, has also rejected the outcome of the 2023 presidential election tussle. The national chairperson of the party, Julius Abure said the “sacred fabric of justice and good conscience was shredded.” Abure said the LP was “very shocked and surprised that even the apex court will toe the line of an earlier judgement despite all the flaws associated with the judgement delivered by the presidential...

APC, PDP and LP divided over the Supreme Court’s judgement

For President Bola Tinubu, his party the All Progressives Congress, APC, and supporters, it is a thrill of victory after the Supreme Court affirmed him as the duly elected president of Nigeria. But in the opposition’s camp, it is the agony of defeat. The national chairperson of the APC Abdullahi Ganduje via a statement on Thursday said the judgement of the apex court has laid to rest all claims by the opposition political parties and...

Supreme Court’s judgement is disappointing – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the Supreme Court failed Nigerians by affirming Tinubu’s election and the judgement of the presidential election petition tribunal on Thursday. In a statement released shortly after the Supreme Court gave its verdict on Atiku Abubakar’s appeal, Debo Ologunagoba, the national publicity secretary of the party said the judgement is a “sad commentary” for Nigeria’s democracy. Read the full excerpt of the sad commentary for our democracy press release,...

Supreme Court Verdict: Afenifere leader, Fasoranti, congratulates Tinubu

Lauds S’Court justices Recommends steps for tackling national challenges Chief Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, leader of Afenifere has congratulated President Bola Tinubu over his victory at the apex court. The felicitation by Afenifere leader was contained in a statement released by the organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi. Recall that the Supreme Court, after dismissing the appeals filed by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party, affirmed that Bola Tinubu was...

Supreme Court Judgment: Labour Party laments that executive, judiciary have been hijacked

…Says judgment didn’t meet expectations of Nigerians The Labour Party in reaction to the Supreme Court judgment which affirmed President Bola Tinubu as duly elected president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, says it has accepted the judgment of the apex court but lamented that the executive and the judiciary have been hijacked. While speaking to journalists during a press conference in Abuja, Julius Abure the national chairman of the Labour Party (LP) noted among...

Tinubu’s Supreme Court Victory: Gov. Bello says verdict reaffirms choice of Nigerians

Governor Yahaya Bello, of Kogi State has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima for their landmark victory at the Supreme Court, stressing that the verdict reaffirms the choice of Nigerians. Governor Bello in a press statement on Thursday signed by Onogwu Muhammed, his Chief Press Secretary, emphatically underscored the fact that the Supreme Court’s verdict is a resounding reaffirmation of the people’s choice, which signifies the enduring strength of Nigeria’s democratic institutions and...

Attack on bus driver: Awka Kingmakers visit GUO, beg for forgiveness

Following the assault on a bus driver with GUO Motors by Soludo’s aide, Ossy Onuko, kingmakers and Ozo titled holders from Awka town (Where Onuko hails from), on Tuesday visited Chief Godwin Ubaka Okeke, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of G. U. O. Transport Limited. They begged him to pardon their son, Mr. Ossy Onuko, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Awka Capital Territory Development Agency, ACTDA whose escorts attached to his office reportedly battered a driver...

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