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PICTORIAL: Security operatives control crowd
Security operatives are currently battling to control the crowd outside the Presidential Election Petition Court presently sitting in Abuja on Wednesday. They are also monitoring activities outside as those who converged show support for their candidates. The tribunal is expected to deliver judgment on the election petitions challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu by
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PEPC: Obi absent in court as Abure stands in
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the just concluded presidential elections, Peter Obi was noticeably absent at the tribunal sitting, The PUNCH has observed. At 9:34 am when the Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Haruna Tsammani asked for the introduction of petitioners and responders, the embattled chairman of the LP, Julius Abure noted
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Live updates: Judges arrive courtroom
Justices of the Election Presidential Tribunal arrived at the court at about 9:27 a.m. to deliver judgment on three petitions that are seeking to remove President Bola Tinubu from office. Wednesday’s judgment will be delivered by the Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Haruna Tsammani, assisted by other members of the panel: Justices Stephen Adah, Monsurat
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PICTORIAL: Shettima, Ribadu, Gbajabiamila others present as presidential tribunal delivers judgement
Vice President Kashim Shettima, the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, Nasarawa state governor, Abdullahi Sule, Yobe state governor, Mai Mala Buni, Ekiti state governor, Biodun Oyebanji and the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje are among those that have arrived the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting at the
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Timeline of Presidential election petitions in Nigeria since 1999
Elections in Nigeria have been marred by controversy, violence, and subsequent petitions since the country reverted to civilian rule in 1999, and held its first democratic election since the 1993 military takeover. The Court of Appeal, the official election petition tribunal for presidential elections, is where petitions challenging the outcome of an election are filed.
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PICTORIAL: Shettima, APC governors arrive presidential tribunal
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima arrived at the Election Presidential Tribunal on Wednesday. Judgment on three petitions filed by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, contesting the election of President Bola Tinubu, will be delivered today. Wednesday’s judgment will be delivered by the chairman
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Police fire tear gas at protesting UNILAG students, arrest two
Two protesters were on Wednesday, arrested at the University of Lagos Junction while protesting a fee hike at the institution. The two students, identified as Femi Adeyeye and Philip Olatinwo, were arrested by policemen and put in a police van stationed in the area. “They mobilised policemen from many stations,” Adeyeye said in a distress
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Deliver judgement without fear, LP tells presidential tribunal
The Lagos State Chapter of the Labour Party has urged the judges sitting at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja to deliver judgment with utmost fairness as they set to deliver judgment today, Wednesday, September 6, 2023. It said that it was an enormous responsibility for the judges and they should deliver justice in
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Tribunal: Security operatives block roads, frisk lawyers, others
Armed security operatives have cordoned off roads leading to the presidential election petition court in Abuja. The court is meant to deliver its much-anticipated judgment on three petitions challenging the election of PresidentBola Tinubu by the presidential candidates for the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and LabourParty’s Peter Obi. Two of the petitions were filed
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Ogun LG APC chairmen accuse Adedayo of planning to derail Abiodun’s govt
Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress across the 20 local government areas of Ogun State, on Tuesday, said the suspended Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government, Mr. Wale Adedayo was only out to derail the administration of the Governor Dapo Abiodun with his unfounded zero allocation to the local governments in the state. The APC
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