On Monday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) prayed the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss the petition filed by the Labor Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, against the emergence of Sen. Bola Tinubu as president-elect in the February 25 election.The APC, the 4th respondent, urged the PEPC to reject the petition in its notice of preliminary objection marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 and filed at the PEPC’s Secretariat on M...

The leader of the Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, Pa Adebanjo, has declared that the group will take the case against the outcome of the presidential election to the Supreme Court.In his address during a thanksgiving service held to commemorate his 95th birthday anniversary at St Phillip’s Anglican Church in Ogbo Ijebu, Ogun State, Adebanjo maintained that Nigerians should not allow their rights to be trampled upon, citing alleged electoral malpractices...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Malam Umar Namadi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the Jigawa governorship election.The Returning Officer for the poll, Prof. Umar Zaiyan of Federal University Birnin Kebbi, announced the result on Sunday in Dutse.Zaiyan said that Namadi scored 618,449 votes to beat his closest rival, Mr Mustapha Sule Lamido who polled 368,726 votes.He said: “I Prof. Umar Zaiyan hereby certify that...