‘Tinubu Presidential Legal Team’ inscription in copy of court’s judgment stirs controversy

NewsNigeriaPolitics‘Tinubu Presidential Legal Team’ inscription in copy of court’s judgment stirs controversy

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 11, 2023

The dust has not settled seven months after Nigeria’s disputed presidential election of February 25 as the controversy takes a fresh plot. Following the court’s acknowledgment of President Bola Tinubu’s victory on September 6, the certified true copies of the judgment were released to the petitioners: Peter Obi and his party, Labour Party; Atiku Abubakar and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party and the Allied Peoples Movement, and the respondents: the Independent National Electoral Commission...

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NGO to partner with Anambra govt to eliminate witchcraft stigma against aged persons

NewsNigeriaRegionsNGO to partner with Anambra govt to eliminate witchcraft stigma against aged persons

PilotnewsSeptember 11, 2023

A non-governmental organisation, First Best Domiciliary Home Care World has sought partnership with the Anambra State Government to eliminate witchcraft stigmatisation and other form of inhuman treatment against aged persons in the State. The Caregivers group made the demand during the official launching/Inauguration of the programme in Awka. The programme is designed to take care of the aged people in the state, who are abandoned by their children, (particularly, their spiritual life). Speaking at the...

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President Tinubu’s Victory Challenged on Points of Facts, not Points of Law – Clark

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPresident Tinubu’s Victory Challenged on Points of Facts, not Points of Law – Clark

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)September 10, 2023

Chief Robert Clark, one of Nigeria’s longest Senior Advocate of Nigeria – SAN, has said that the challengers of President Tinubu’s election had confronted the President’s victory at the polls on points of facts, and not on points of law. This, the 85 years old Chief Clark said during his appearance on Channels Tv’s Politics Today, on Sunday. According to Chief Clark, the law on the question of 25% in FCT is clear and the...

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Gov. Abiodun orders demolition of ex-Gov. Daniel’s wife building

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGov. Abiodun orders demolition of ex-Gov. Daniel’s wife building

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 10, 2023

…Ogun govt. says structure contravened state’s physical planning laws Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun has ordered the demolition of Datkem Plaza, belonging to the wife of former Governor Gbenga Daniel’s wife, Olufunke. Gbenga Daniel, who is also the incumbent senator representing Ogun East is rumoured to have a rift with the governor, which many believe may have been responsible for the action by the state government. In a press statement on Sunday, Olusegun Lawal, the Project Manager and...

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Rivers APC members accuse Tinubu of turning his back on them

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRivers APC members accuse Tinubu of turning his back on them

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 10, 2023

Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) members have accused President Bola Tinubu of neglecting them and pitching a tent with the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike after they sacrificed so much to nurture the party from 2015 till now. A reliable source who doesn’t want his name on print confided told our reporter that they sacrificed their lives to keep the party since 2015, but rather...

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Insurgency: UNICEF Says Nigeria Lost Over $100bn In 13 Years

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInsurgency: UNICEF Says Nigeria Lost Over $100bn In 13 Years

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 8, 2023

The thirteen years of insurgency in the Northeast has cost Nigeria over $100bn, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The World Agency in its latest report indicates that the long-term economic impacts of the conflicts could be seen in areas of death and injury, loss of livelihoods, displacement, and damage to infrastructure. The Boko Haram terrorists have displaced millions of people and destroyed properties valued at billions of naira in the country’s Northeastern...

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Jubilation, dismay as election tribunal fails to discredit Tinubu’s victory

NewsNigeriaPoliticsJubilation, dismay as election tribunal fails to discredit Tinubu’s victory

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

Nigeria’s presidential election petition tribunal (PEPT), on Wednesday, rejected petitions by opposition parties seeking to overturn President Bola Tinubu’s election in February. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a lesser-known political party Allied Peoples Movement (APM) asked the court to invalidate the presidential election, alleging irregularities. But the five-member panel of judges unanimously picked holes in all three petitions and upheld...

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Imo 2023: Iyere to mobillise youths for Gov. Uzodinma

NewsNigeriaPoliticsImo 2023: Iyere to mobillise youths for Gov. Uzodinma

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 8, 2023

Comrade Kennedy Iyere, a Nigeria’s frontline humanitarian activist and social entrepreneur, has finalised  arrangements to flag-off a state-wide grassroots youth mobilisation campaign for Sen. Hope Uzodinma, the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate for the 11th November 2023 Imo State gubernatorial election. According to a press statement on Thursday signed by Iyere, he would mobilise Imo youths, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) for the support and re-election of Sen Hope Uzodinma in...

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PEPC Judgment: Verdict will deepen country’s democracy – Afenifere

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPEPC Judgment: Verdict will deepen country’s democracy – Afenifere

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 8, 2023

…Tells Tinubu to use the opportunity to enhance citizens welfare The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, Afenifere, has congratulated President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on his victory at the Presidential Electoral Court (PEPC), stressing that judgment will deepen democracy. The National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere  Comrade Jare Ajayi, in a press statement on Thursday expressed delight at the victory of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima at the judgment given on Wednesday. Afenifere, in...

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Full text: Peter Obi speaks on court’s ruling affirming Tinubu’s presidency

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFull text: Peter Obi speaks on court’s ruling affirming Tinubu’s presidency

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 8, 2023

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has said he will appeal the ruling of the appellate court which upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election in February at the Supreme Court. The LP candidate made his decision known at a press briefing in Onitsha, Anambra State on Thursday evening. Read the full text of his speech below. Yesterday, 6 September 2023, the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) finally delivered its long-awaited judgments on...

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