Tag: APC
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Kogi gov’ship: INEC, APC, Ododo ask tribunal to dismiss SDP’s petition
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) requested the Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja to dismiss the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its candidate, Murtala Ajaka, against Gov. Usman Ododo’s victory. Gov. Ododo and the All Progressives Congress (APC) also urged the tribunal to dismiss the petition, citing incompetence…
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Protests: You are pushing Nigerians to the wall, PDP tells Tinubu, APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, to let Nigerians breath by allowing them to freely protest unjust policies. The party also condemned what it described as vicious attempts by the Tinubu Presidency and the APC, to politicize the protest by Nigerians against the current…
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Fresh Chicago varsity evidence not statute barred, Atiku replies Tinubu, APC, INEC
As the Supreme Court gets set to hear appeals seeking to remove President Bola Tinubu from office, the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said that nothing ought to stop the apex court from accepting his fresh evidence. Atiku stated this in a reply on point of law he filed to…
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We didn’t lose Lagos election, APC, LP never knew we had something against them for our resurrection — Jandor
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State during the last election, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has expressed satisfaction over the ongoing case he instituted at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Lagos State against the candidates of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Babajide Sanwolu and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of…
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Presidential Tribunal: 5 INEC ad hoc staff to testify against Tinubu, APC
ABUJA-Five ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have been okayed to testify as special witnesses in the petition that a former vice president and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, filed to challenge the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. The INEC ad hoc staff, who participated…
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Tribunal: How Atiku brought INEC Adhoc staff as witness against Tinubu, APC
The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, called their first subpoenaed witness at the Presidential Election Petition Court. In a petition marked CA/PEPC/05/2023, Atiku and the PDP are challenging the outcome of the presidential election which produced Tinubu as the president. At the resumed hearing, counsel…
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APC, Tinubu endorse Akpabio, Abbas as Senate President, Speaker
The ruling All Progressives Congress and the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, may have adopted a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godwill Akpabio, as President of the Senate in the coming 10th National Assembly. The leadership of the APC and top echelon of the party have also endorsed a member of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen…
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APC, SDP hopeful as Ekiti tribunal delivers judgment today
The camps of the All Progressives Congress and the Social Democratic Party in Ekiti State are both hopeful of favourable judgment in the dispute over the June 18 governorship election to be determined on Wednesday (today) by the governorship election petitions tribunal. Dissatisfied with the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission of the APC…
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APC, PDP sink deeper into crises ahead 2023 elections
Governors to decide Secondus’ fate next week Keyamo, Ogala insist on Buni’s exit Internal crises are festering within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Leaders of the two dominant political parties are at the centre of the turmoil. Last week at the Supreme Court, the minority…
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Rivers, Taraba Reps defect to APC from PDP
Reps Ephraim Nwuzi and David Abel, from Rivers and Taraba States respectively, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, announced the defections on the floor on Wednesday.