The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the application for a live broadcast of the court proceedings. The Labour Party, LP, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had requested for a live coverage of the court proceedings of their petitions against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. Delivering the unanimous decision of the five-man panel on Monday, Justice Haruna Tsammani said the application by Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, presidential candidates of the PDP and LP lacked...

With the conclusion of the eight-year, two-term tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the State House’s media department has produced a documentary highlighting the outgoing administration’s achievements. In a press release on Sunday, the State House said the 55-minute documentary titled, ‘Muhammadu Buhari Was Here’ will be aired between Sunday, May 21, 2023, and Tuesday, May 23, 2023. On Sunday, the documentary was aired on Channels Television at 6:00 p.m. Yesterday, it was aired on...

Forum (AJF), a non-partisan group has said that it would resist attempts to truncate Abia State governor-elect’s mandate. Bishop James Okocha, president and founder of the group in an interview on Saturday stated that the mandate given to Alex Otti, winner of the Abia State gubernatorial election is divine. He said, “It’s unfortunate to hear that the most credible election that took place in Abia State is being tampered with. I wonder why people like...

Like Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general election, Peter Obi, the flag bearer of the Labour Party, LP, has faulted Antony Blinken, the United States Secretary of State’s phone call with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Recall that Blinken and Tinubu had a phone conversation last Tuesday. During the conversation, Blinken pledged the US commitment to support the incoming government and strengthen the diplomatic relations between the US...

…three aspirants withdraw from deputy speakership race, backs Kalu. The majority leader of the House of Representatives and the lawmaker representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada constituency, Alhassan Doguwa, has pulled out of the race for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly. Announcing his withdrawal from the race, the All Progressives Congress, APC, federal lawmaker declared his support for Tajudeen Abbas, the party’s preferred candidate for the position. On May...

Nobody will stop me Says Obi supported them to dishonour him The factional national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Chief Lamidi Apapa has said that he intends to go to the Presidential Election Tribunal (PET) on Friday, where the presidential candidate of LP, Peter Obi is contesting the result of the just concluded presidential election won by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The LP chieftain who was ordered out of...