According to Channels Television, Douye Diri, has appealed the judgement which nullified his election as the Governor of Bayelsa state. The embattled governor’s lawyers reportedly filed the Notice of Appeal on Tuesday at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, challenging the majority judgement of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Tribunal which nullified his election on…
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The Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal has nullified the election of its state governor Douye Diri, a day after dismissing three petitions challenging Diri’s victory. According to Channels TV, the Tribunal also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to order a fresh election within 90 days. The verdict follows the petition by the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party…
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A three-man tribunal for Bayelsa Gubernatorial Election sitting in Abuja has affirmed the victory of Senator Duoye Diri as the state governor. The panel took the decision on Saturday a month after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal filed by a former aspirant of the Bayelsa governorship election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Timi…
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The presidential election petition tribunal will reportedly hold it’s inaugural sitting today, Wednesday. TheCable reports that the tribunal will consider four petitions challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory. Among the petitions is that of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The PDP candidate had faulted The Independent National Commission (INEC)…
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In response to the petition filed before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and it’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the grounds of the petition. APC, the third respondent stated that Atiku is a Cameroonian and “not a citizen of Nigeria by birth…
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Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has taken his case to the Court of Appeal in Abuja, asking for reversal of the March 22 judgment of Osun Election Tribunal which declared Sen. Ademola Adeleke winner of September 2018 election. The tribunal had, by a majority judgment given by two of its three members, voided the election…
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A group of youths in Osun State under the aegis of the Osun Concerned Citizens on Wednesday protested judgement of the Osun Election Petition Tribunal on the September 22, 2018 governorship poll. Last Friday, the 3-person tribunal ruled the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship, Senator Ademola Adeleke, was the winner of the poll. According to…
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The Presidential Election Tribunal will, today (wednesday) commence hearing in the petition filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, against the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari, of the All Progessive Congress (APC), by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as winner of the February 23 presidential election. The tribunal had…
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The Osun State governor, Gboyega Oyetola has said that he would not be intimidated by the verdict of the governorship election petition tribunal on Friday, in which the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ademola Adeleke was declared winner. Oyetola said he remains the governor of the state, saying his party, the All Progressives Congress,…
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After a swell outing with his pan Africa film, ‘The CEO’, popular Nigerian filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan is back with a set of three films, sponsored by Multichoice Nigeria. The threesome; ‘Roti’, ‘Umogwo’ and ‘Tribunal’ will enjoy back-to-back filming that will fast-track their releases, beginning from June 2017. Originally planned as television productions, the ace filmmaker…
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