In response to evading service of a subpoena as ordered by the tribunal, the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu State, on Saturday, ordered substituted service of the document on the Enugu Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Dr Chukwuemeka Chukwu.

Lawyers handling election matters as well as Petitioners and Political Parties who have cases before Panel One at the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja, have lamented the gross slow pace in which the panel is handling the hearing of petitions before it.

STRONG indications yesterday that the candidacy of former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, may have hit brickwall as the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is said to have withdrawn his support for him in the contest for the Senate president in the 10th National Assembly.

Senior Political Adviser to the Governor of Delta, Rt. Hon. Funkekeme Solomon, on Sunday, assured members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the party was hopeful of victory at the Presidential Election Tribunal.

After it had listened to all the parties, the Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel acceded to the adjournment request.

The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, has commenced its inaugural session, a legal ritual that precedes the actual hearing of petitions seeking to nullify the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.

A group, Atiku Support Organisation on Wednesday tasked the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal judges to stand firm for justice ahead of hearing petitions on the February 25 presidential election. Recall the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) has fixed Monday for the hearing of the petitions challenging the declaration of the All Progressives Congress standard bearer, […]

The Ogun State Election Petitions Tribunal has granted the request of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to inspect all the sensitive materials including the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used during the governorship election in the state.

“That the election to the office of the President of Nigeria held on 25th February 2023 be nullified and a fresh election (re-run) ordered.”

“I am confident in the judiciary. I am because I have stayed in court for three years when people said it’s impossible for you to become a governor through the court and I became the first. Remember I was impeached and again the court brought me back.”