The Lagos State governorship election petition tribunal, has affirmed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s election.Justice Mikhail Abdullah affirmed Sanwo-Olu’s victory while dismissing the petitions of governorship candidates of the Labour Party, LP, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, GRV, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olajide Adediran.GRV and Adediran filed separate petitions to contest the outcome of the last governorship election in the state.However, the tribunal headed...

In a twist of event, the Court of Appeal in Owerri, Imo State, today sacked Julius Abure, and recognised Lamido Apapa as the National Chairman of the Labour Party.The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to immediately recognise and publish the names of all the governorship candidates produced by the Apapa-led National Working Committee in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states.The court also dismissed the governorship candidature of Senator Athan...

Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was confirmed as the governor of Osun State by the Supreme Court, which was in session in Abuja on Tuesday.The decision came after a previous one by a three-judge panel of the appellate court chaired by Mohammed Shuaibu, which confirmed his victory and overturned the election petition tribunal's ruling.The election petition tribunal declared the governor's victory invalid in January of this year.The state's recen...