Presidential Tribunal – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Tue, 24 Oct 2023 06:13:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Presidential Tribunal – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Presidential tribunal: Be courageous, Timi Frank urges Supreme Court Justices https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-tribunal-be-courageous-timi-frank-urges-supreme-court-justices/ https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-tribunal-be-courageous-timi-frank-urges-supreme-court-justices/#respond Sun, 22 Oct 2023 19:00:34 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=358047 Timi Frank, who served as a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary for the All Progressives Congress (APC), has issued a call to the Justices of the Supreme Court, urging them to be bold as they decide whether or not to hear appeals that question Bola Tinubu’s election as President. Frank’s call was made in response [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-tribunal-be-courageous-timi-frank-urges-supreme-court-justices/feed/ 0 President Tinubu welcomes tribunal verdict and calls for collective efforts to build the nation https://www.theinfostride.com/president-tinubu-welcomes-tribunal-verdict-and-calls-for-collective-efforts-to-build-the-nation/ https://www.theinfostride.com/president-tinubu-welcomes-tribunal-verdict-and-calls-for-collective-efforts-to-build-the-nation/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 21:22:56 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=354213 Following Wednesday’s ruling by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assured Nigerians of his renewed and energized commitment on fulfilling his vision of a unified, peaceful, and wealthy nation. With a deep sense of grave responsibility and a readiness to serve all Nigerians, President Tinubu appreciates the verdict of the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/president-tinubu-welcomes-tribunal-verdict-and-calls-for-collective-efforts-to-build-the-nation/feed/ 0 Tribunal strikes out Atiku’s petition https://www.theinfostride.com/tribunal-strikes-out-atikus-petition/ https://www.theinfostride.com/tribunal-strikes-out-atikus-petition/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:00:08 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=354205 On Wednesday, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Abubakar Atiku was dealt a serious judicial setback in his attempt to replace Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President of Nigeria. This is because the petition he relied on to get rid of Tinubu was partially dismissed by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The Tribunal also rejected and [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/tribunal-strikes-out-atikus-petition/feed/ 0 Peter Obi’s petition against Tinubu incompetent, defective beyond repair – Tribunal https://www.theinfostride.com/peter-obis-petition-against-tinubu-incompetent-defective-beyond-repair-tribunal/ https://www.theinfostride.com/peter-obis-petition-against-tinubu-incompetent-defective-beyond-repair-tribunal/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:22:53 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=354165 Peter Gregory Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party, had his petition dismissed by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday in Abuja due to serious incompetence and irreparable defects. In its judgement on multiple challenges to the petition, the Tribunal wiped out several paragraphs for being insufficient, unclear, and contradictory. Obi’s petition was [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/peter-obis-petition-against-tinubu-incompetent-defective-beyond-repair-tribunal/feed/ 0 Presidential Election: No law makes transmission of results mandatory – Tribunal https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-election-no-law-makes-transmission-of-results-mandatory-tribunal/ https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-election-no-law-makes-transmission-of-results-mandatory-tribunal/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 09:17:58 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=354162 The issue of the non-transmission of result sheets to IReV has been deemed moot by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT). The transfer of election results to IReV was not required, according to Justice Haruna Tsammani. The sitting judge emphasised that no legislation requires polling places to report election results. Tsammani ruled on the petition [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-election-no-law-makes-transmission-of-results-mandatory-tribunal/feed/ 0 Presidential tribunal: Nigerians must lower their expectation – Primate Ayodele https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-tribunal-nigerians-must-lower-their-expectation-primate-ayodele/ https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-tribunal-nigerians-must-lower-their-expectation-primate-ayodele/#respond Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:24:21 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=354100 Primate Elijah Ayodele, leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, asked Nigerians on Tuesday to temper their expectations for Wednesday’s ruling from the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. His press secretary, Oluwatosin Osho, released the statement. He also said that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP), will lose in court. He also [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-tribunal-nigerians-must-lower-their-expectation-primate-ayodele/feed/ 0 Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to deliver verdict Sept 6 https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-election-petition-tribunal-to-deliver-verdict-sept-6/ https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-election-petition-tribunal-to-deliver-verdict-sept-6/#respond Mon, 04 Sep 2023 10:24:23 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=354028 The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal finally set the date for ruling on the three petitions contesting the proclamation of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election to be this coming Wednesday, September 6, ending two weeks of speculation. The date was announced on Monday by Umar Mohammed Bangari, chief registrar of [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-election-petition-tribunal-to-deliver-verdict-sept-6/feed/ 0 Presidential Tribunal: Anxiety as Nigerians await judgement day https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-tribunal-anxiety-as-nigerians-await-judgement-day/ https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-tribunal-anxiety-as-nigerians-await-judgement-day/#respond Fri, 11 Aug 2023 07:34:03 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=352591 Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora are waiting with bated breath for the ruling of the five Justices who heard the election petitions filed by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, at the presidential election petition tribunal, challenging the victory of [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-tribunal-anxiety-as-nigerians-await-judgement-day/feed/ 0 Presidential Tribunal: I didn’t Influence Judges to favour Tinubu – Mary-Odili https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-tribunal-i-didnt-influence-judges-to-favour-tinubu-mary-odili/ https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-tribunal-i-didnt-influence-judges-to-favour-tinubu-mary-odili/#respond Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:44:21 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=352540 Mary Peter-Odili, a former Supreme Court justice, has denied pulling strings to have President Bola Tinubu favored by the Presidential Election Tribunal. She refuted any attempt to influence the judges hearing the presidential election case in Tinubu’s favor. Mary-Odili was responding to a report that said she was “negotiating a pathway for President Bola Tinubu” [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-tribunal-i-didnt-influence-judges-to-favour-tinubu-mary-odili/feed/ 0 Presidential Election: Atiku arrives at tribunal for last legal fireworks https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-election-atiku-arrives-at-tribunal-for-last-legal-fireworks/ https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-election-atiku-arrives-at-tribunal-for-last-legal-fireworks/#respond Tue, 01 Aug 2023 07:44:26 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=351955 Atiku Abubakar, the PDP’s presidential candidate in the previous election, has arrived at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal for the final legal fireworks in his petition against Bola Tinubu’s declaration as winner of the election. Atiku, who was wearing a light blue kaftan, and his entourage of political allies and friends arrived to the Court [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-election-atiku-arrives-at-tribunal-for-last-legal-fireworks/feed/ 0 Atiku blackmailing court, yet to recover from defeat – Tinubu https://www.theinfostride.com/atiku-blackmailing-court-yet-to-recover-from-defeat-tinubu/ https://www.theinfostride.com/atiku-blackmailing-court-yet-to-recover-from-defeat-tinubu/#respond Sun, 23 Jul 2023 10:11:39 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=351345 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar’s purported attempt to blackmail the court would fail, according to President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu claimed that Atiku’s latest comment proved that he still hasn’t gotten over the shock of losing the 2023 presidential race. He challenged Atiku to show proof that his administration was attempting to subvert [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/atiku-blackmailing-court-yet-to-recover-from-defeat-tinubu/feed/ 0 Declare me winner of presidential election – Atiku tells Tribunal https://www.theinfostride.com/declare-me-winner-of-presidential-election-atiku-tells-tribunal/ https://www.theinfostride.com/declare-me-winner-of-presidential-election-atiku-tells-tribunal/#respond Sat, 22 Jul 2023 09:55:37 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=351265 Abubakar Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate in the last election, has petitioned the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to uphold INEC’s declaration that he (Atiku) won 21 states in the February 25 presidential election. On Friday, in his final address in support of his petition with the PDP, Atiku asked for INEC to [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/declare-me-winner-of-presidential-election-atiku-tells-tribunal/feed/ 0 Tinubu’s victory: Cancel, Order fresh presidential election – Primate Ayodele urges tribunal https://www.theinfostride.com/tinubus-victory-cancel-order-fresh-presidential-election-primate-ayodele-urges-tribunal/ https://www.theinfostride.com/tinubus-victory-cancel-order-fresh-presidential-election-primate-ayodele-urges-tribunal/#respond Wed, 05 Jul 2023 14:32:02 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=350182 Primate Elijah Ayodele, leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has urged the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to consider holding a new election or rerunning the current one. According to Ayodele, a new presidential election or rerun will restore faith in Nigeria’s electoral system. This information was included in the 2023 edition of his ‘Warnings [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/tinubus-victory-cancel-order-fresh-presidential-election-primate-ayodele-urges-tribunal/feed/ 0 Labour Party crisis: Apapa speaks on receiving N500m, blames Peter Obi https://www.theinfostride.com/labour-party-crisis-apapa-speaks-on-receiving-n500m-blames-peter-obi/ https://www.theinfostride.com/labour-party-crisis-apapa-speaks-on-receiving-n500m-blames-peter-obi/#respond Wed, 17 May 2023 21:22:49 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=347312 The factional National Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Lamidi Apapa has denied receiving N500 million from any quarters in order to scuttle the case of the party at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC). Apapa has also asked the presidential candidate of the party in the Feb. 25 Presidential Election, Mr Peter Obi to [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/labour-party-crisis-apapa-speaks-on-receiving-n500m-blames-peter-obi/feed/ 0 INEC kicks against Peter Obi’s request to televise election tribunal https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-kicks-against-peter-obis-request-to-televise-election-tribunal/ https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-kicks-against-peter-obis-request-to-televise-election-tribunal/#respond Wed, 17 May 2023 19:00:20 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=347302 The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has told the presidential election petition court to throw out an application filed by the Labour Party, LP, and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, seeking to have the proceedings televised. Levy Ozoukwu, counsel to Obi and LP, told journalists after the pre-hearing session on Wednesday that INEC opposed their [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/inec-kicks-against-peter-obis-request-to-televise-election-tribunal/feed/ 0 Presidential election tribunal: Rebel Lamidi Apapa thoroughly disgraced out of court – LP https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-election-tribunal-rebel-lamidi-apapa-thoroughly-disgraced-out-of-court-lp/ https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-election-tribunal-rebel-lamidi-apapa-thoroughly-disgraced-out-of-court-lp/#respond Wed, 17 May 2023 11:53:16 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=347209 The Labour Party has claimed that the Bashiru Lamidi Apapa faction of the party, which stormed the Presidential Election Petition Court on Wednesday morning, was disgraced out of the premises. InfoStride News had reported that Apapa and the faction of the suspended National Chairman of the party, Mr Julius Abure clashed during the court proceeding. [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-election-tribunal-rebel-lamidi-apapa-thoroughly-disgraced-out-of-court-lp/feed/ 0 Labour Party factions clash at Presidential Election Petition Court https://www.theinfostride.com/labour-party-factions-clash-at-presidential-election-petition-court/ https://www.theinfostride.com/labour-party-factions-clash-at-presidential-election-petition-court/#respond Wed, 17 May 2023 10:47:40 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=347199 The Presidential Election Petition Court on Wednesday in Abuja refused to recognize the two factions laying claims to the national leadership of the Labour Party (LP). In the presence of the presidential candidate of the party in the last general elections, Mr Peter Gregory Obi, two factions of the party had engaged themselves for recognition [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/labour-party-factions-clash-at-presidential-election-petition-court/feed/ 0 Tinubu will defeat opponents at tribunal – Ex-campaign director, Omole https://www.theinfostride.com/tinubu-will-defeat-opponents-at-tribunal-ex-campaign-director-omole/ https://www.theinfostride.com/tinubu-will-defeat-opponents-at-tribunal-ex-campaign-director-omole/#respond Tue, 16 May 2023 09:00:38 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=347122 An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Ade Omole on Monday said President-elect, Bola Tinubu will win his case at the tribunal. The Diaspora Director in the Presidential Campaign Council declared that Tinubu would defeat opponents in the February 25 election. He spoke in Abuja while receiving a property donated for the accommodation of Nigerians flying [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/tinubu-will-defeat-opponents-at-tribunal-ex-campaign-director-omole/feed/ 0 PDP declares 7-day fast for Atiku’s victory at tribunal https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-declares-7-day-fast-for-atikus-victory-at-tribunal/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-declares-7-day-fast-for-atikus-victory-at-tribunal/#respond Sun, 14 May 2023 19:09:43 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=347180 This may explain why the PDP National Chapel declared a seven-day fasting and prayer for its candidate in the just-concluded election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to triumph over the winner of the February 25 poll, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in court. The prayers are scheduled to begin from Thursday, May 18 to Wednesday, May 24, with an [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-declares-7-day-fast-for-atikus-victory-at-tribunal/feed/ 0 Presidential tribunal: Igbos must prepare for the worst, we won’t be in opposition – Ohanaeze https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-tribunal-igbos-must-prepare-for-the-worst-we-wont-be-in-opposition-ohanaeze/ https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-tribunal-igbos-must-prepare-for-the-worst-we-wont-be-in-opposition-ohanaeze/#respond Fri, 12 May 2023 19:00:06 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=346957 The Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organization, has urged Igbos to prepare their minds for the worst, following the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi’s petition at the Presidential Election Tribunal. This was as the body said Obi should be commended for fighting to ensure an Igbo man becomes Nigerian President. Obi is currently challenging the victory of [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-tribunal-igbos-must-prepare-for-the-worst-we-wont-be-in-opposition-ohanaeze/feed/ 0 APC, Tinubu ask tribunal to dismiss APM’s petition against presidential election https://www.theinfostride.com/apc-tinubu-ask-tribunal-to-dismiss-apms-petition-against-presidential-election/ https://www.theinfostride.com/apc-tinubu-ask-tribunal-to-dismiss-apms-petition-against-presidential-election/#respond Tue, 09 May 2023 14:44:33 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=346719 The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023 election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have asked the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja to dismiss in its entirety a petition brought against their victory. APC and Tinubu on Tuesday argued that the petition filed by the Allied People’s Movement (APM) [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/apc-tinubu-ask-tribunal-to-dismiss-apms-petition-against-presidential-election/feed/ 0 If judiciary lives up to expectation, Obi will be president – LP Scribe, Kenneth Okonkwo https://www.theinfostride.com/if-judiciary-lives-up-to-expectation-obi-will-be-president-lp-scribe-kenneth-okonkwo/ https://www.theinfostride.com/if-judiciary-lives-up-to-expectation-obi-will-be-president-lp-scribe-kenneth-okonkwo/#respond Sat, 06 May 2023 13:26:18 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=346588 Veteran actor and spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo has said the party’s candidate, Peter Obi will emerge the next president of Nigeria if the presidential tribunal lives up to its “true bidding.” He stated this while featuring as a guest on News Central’s programme, Politics HQ, recently. He said, “If [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/if-judiciary-lives-up-to-expectation-obi-will-be-president-lp-scribe-kenneth-okonkwo/feed/ 0 Atiku won presidential election, stop bullying tribunal – PDP replies Buhari govt https://www.theinfostride.com/atiku-won-presidential-election-stop-bullying-tribunal-pdp-replies-buhari-govt/ https://www.theinfostride.com/atiku-won-presidential-election-stop-bullying-tribunal-pdp-replies-buhari-govt/#respond Mon, 01 May 2023 19:00:03 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=346319 The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has insisted that its 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar won the last election. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said results from polling units showed that Atiku won the presidential election, but the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced the President-elect, Bola Tinubu as the winner of the election. Ologunagba [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/atiku-won-presidential-election-stop-bullying-tribunal-pdp-replies-buhari-govt/feed/ 0 Presidential election: Tinubu validly returned as winner – INEC replies Atiku, PDP https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-election-tinubu-validly-returned-as-winner-inec-replies-atiku-pdp/ https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-election-tinubu-validly-returned-as-winner-inec-replies-atiku-pdp/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2023 19:02:24 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=345395 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that Bola Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), won the February 25 election and was validly returned as the winner. INEC disclosed this in a reply by its lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud, on Tuesday, to the petition filed by [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-election-tinubu-validly-returned-as-winner-inec-replies-atiku-pdp/feed/ 0 Peter Obi not qualified to contest presidential poll – APC tells tribunal https://www.theinfostride.com/peter-obi-not-qualified-to-contest-presidential-poll-apc-tells-tribunal/ https://www.theinfostride.com/peter-obi-not-qualified-to-contest-presidential-poll-apc-tells-tribunal/#respond Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:41:12 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=345051 The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, prayed the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss the petition filed by the Labour 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 [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/peter-obi-not-qualified-to-contest-presidential-poll-apc-tells-tribunal/feed/ 0 Tribunal: INEC complies with directives, releases election materials to Ogun NNPP https://www.theinfostride.com/tribunal-inec-complies-with-directives-releases-election-materials-to-ogun-nnpp/ https://www.theinfostride.com/tribunal-inec-complies-with-directives-releases-election-materials-to-ogun-nnpp/#respond Fri, 07 Apr 2023 12:59:08 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=344765 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has complied with the directive of the Governorship and House of Assembly Petition Tribunal in Ogun State to allow the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) have access to all election materials used for the conduct of the recently held election in the state. NNPP had earlier approached the tribunal [...]

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