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By Azimazi Momoh Jimoh, Terhemba Daka, Ameh Ochojila, John Akubo (Abuja), Joseph Onyekwere (Lagos), Ann Godwin (Port Harcourt) and Mansur Aramide (Ilorin) | 27 October 2023 | 3:56 am Tinubu-President • Your jobs are secure, Tinubu tells aides• Governors besiege Aso Villa to celebrate with President• Mixed reactions in Rivers as Diri, Wike congratulate• Buhari: Court dismissal of appealContinue reading “Tinubu laughs last as S’Court affirms victory”

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27th October 2023 By  Peter Akinbo Kindly share this story: Napoli striker Victor Osimhen is in to Nigeria to continue his recovery from the injury he suffered during the recent Super Eagle’s friendly against Saudi Arabia, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. According to Corriere dello Sport, Osimhen flew to Germany alongside his teammates, who were going for aContinue reading “Osimhen continues recovery in Nigeria”

“As of now, we don’t know if they kidnapped anybody but I can confirm to you that three persons have been shot dead.” SAN Wants Conclusion Of Election Petitions Within 60 Days, Before Swearing-In No Interference In Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi Polls, Ribadu Assures INEC Gunmen Attack Security Team In Abia, Behead Vigilante Member Troops Arrest TwoContinue reading “Bandits Attack Zamfara LG, Kill Three“

FILE – Nigeria’s new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, center, after taking an oath of office at a ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria, May 29, 2023. An appeals court in Nigeria was to rule Sept. 6, 2023, on whether Tinubu’s election victory in February was legitimate,  An appeals court in Nigeria was to rule Wednesday on whetherContinue reading “Security Tight in Nigeria as Appeals Court is to Rule on President’s Disputed Election Victory”

FILE – Nigeria’s new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, center, after taking an oath of office at a ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria, May 29, 2023. An appeals court in Nigeria was to rule Sept. 6, 2023, on whether Tinubu’s election victory in February was legitimate,  An appeals court in Nigeria was to rule Wednesday on whetherContinue reading “Security Tight in Nigeria as Appeals Court is to Rule on President’s Disputed Election Victory”

Opposition parties and their supporters in Nigeria are rejecting Wednesday’s judgment by Nigeria’s presidential election tribunal that upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election. Tinubu’s main political rivals asked the court to invalidate February’s election, alleging irregularities and fraud. The main opposition to Bola Tinubu’s February election win came from his challengers, Atiku Abubakar, of the People’sContinue reading “ABUJA, NIGERIA —”

Nigeria’s Supreme Court confirmed President Bola Tinubu as the winner of February’s presidential election, dismissing challenges brought by his political opposition, who cited flaws in the voting system and said Tinubu lacked qualifications. The court said Thursday that the challenges were “devoid of merits.” The ruling follows a decision in which two other candidates sawContinue reading “Supporters of Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu celebrate on Oct. 26, 2023, after the Supreme Court in Abuja refused to void his recent election.”

The courts, however, disagreed with this interpretation, ruling that Tinubu had indeed met the required threshold of winning 25 percent of the vote in two-thirds of all 36 states and Abuja combined. Most Nigerian elections have sparked legal disputes since the country established democratic rule in 1999. However, Nigeria’s Supreme Court has never upended aContinue reading “The opposition also contended that since Tinubu won less than 25 percent of the vote in the federal capital, Abuja, he was under the legal threshold to be declared victory.”

Nigeria’s Supreme Court affirms Tinubu’s presidential victory Nigeria’s highest court dismisses the opposition’s claims of fraud and electoral law violations. Published On 26 Oct 202326 Oct 2023 Nigeria’s Supreme Court has upheld the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ending months of legal battlesover the presidential race. The seven-member court ruled on Thursday against the opposition’sContinue reading “News|Elections“