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Jun

24

2023

Petition against Tinubu in the presidential election: Peter Obi closes case

News, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Peter Obi, Politics

The petition filed by Peter Obi and his Labor Party, LP, challenging the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), was closed on Friday. Obi and LP are the complainants in the CA/PEPC/03/2023 petition contesting the results of the general election that elected Tinubu as president of Nigeria on May 29. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are named as respondents in the petition. The petitioners had three weeks to present evidence in court supporting their case against the respondents. As they were…

Jun

22

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Forensic expert: INEC removed the presidential election results from FCT BVAS.

News2023, Court, INEC, Nigeria, Politics

Hitler Nwuala, a digital forensic expert, testified before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) purposefully deleted all of the presidential election results from the Federal Capital Territory's (FCT) Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines in order to prepare for the March 18 governorship election. The forensic expert who served as Atiku Abubakar's (PDP) 26th witness claimed to have examined 110 BVAS devices used during the presidential elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and insisted that all the machines he examined had their data purposefully erased. Nwuala insisted during cross-examination by…

Jun

22

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Tinubu breaks his quiet on the President’s 114% pay raise and other issues.

News2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The alleged 114% rise in the wages of the President, the Vice President, elected officials in the federal and state governments, and judges have been refuted by President Bola Tinubu. Dele Alake, Tinubu's Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communication, and Strategy, said this on Thursday. Alake claimed that the news was untrue and that Tinubu has not been presented with such a proposition for consideration. "We categorically clarify that neither President Bola Tinubu nor any such suggestion has been presented to him for consideration about any pay rise. While we acknowledge that the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission has…

Jun

22

2023

By Kalu Odinakachi

Ohanaeze to Tinubu: “Seme border reopening, end of chokehold on Igbo businesses”

Business, Economy, Metro, News, OpinionBusiness, Economy, Metro, Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Opinion

In his efforts to improve the lives of many Nigerians, a group of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide applauded President Bola Tinubu for reopening the Seme border for the importation of vehicles and urged for more encouraging government initiatives. Ohanaeze said that the decision to reopen the Seme land border marked the end of a period in which Igbo firms in Nigeria were politically and economically stifled. The organization's Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said that the choice would promote economic growth. Igbos anticipate increased infrastructure development in the Southeast, according to a statement by Isiguzoro. Isiguzoro declared: "Ndigbo appreciates such promising…

Jun

21

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

High Court reserves ruling on Emefiele’s bail application

Economy, Lifestyle, PoliticsCBN, Court, Economy, Emefiele, Nigeria, Politics

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Abuja has reserved its ruling in the bail application of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to July 13, 2023. The presiding judge, Justice Hamza Muazu, gave the order after hearing the arguments of all parties in the matter. Emefiele, through his counsel, is challenging his detention by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the denial of access to members of his family and counsel. Counsel to both DSS and the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation opposed the bail application of…