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The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday granted permission to the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to serve their petition challenging the outcome of the February 23, 2019 election, on President Muhammadu Buhari through substituted means. A three-man bench which sat in a “pre-hearing session” of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, granted the request …

The governor of Bauchi state, Muhammed Abubakar, took to Twitter early Tuesday morning to congratulate his arch-rival and winner of the the just concluded governorship election in the state, Bala Muhammed. Governor Abubakar’s accepted defeat after he fought relentlessly through repeated polls and the court to avert the end of his government. Regarded as one of the most rejected administrations …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won 13 seats of the Adamawa State House of Assembly. The commission said in a statement by Mrs Rifkatu Maxwell, its Head of Voters Education and Publicity on Monday in Yola, that the All Progressives Congress (APC),which is the ruling party in the state, won 11 seats. …

President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of having illegal access to the computer server of the electoral commssion, INEC. The spokesperson of Mr Buhari’s campaign, Festus Keyamo, stated this in a petition sent to the Inspector General of Police and the Director General of the State Security Service. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the alleged content …

Power distributors have declared that they are no longer responsible for the provision of meters to electricity consumers across the country. It was also gathered from the Discos that the monetary shortfall in Nigeria’s power had risen to over N1.4tn despite the marginal improvement in revenue collection by the electricity distributors on behalf of the industry. Data obtained in Abuja …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – Operatives of Edo State Police Command have paraded a soldier, an amputee and several others for alleged involvement in cult-related activities in the state. The soldier kitted in military camouflage, and the amputee on his prosthetic leg were conspicuous among the 81 suspected criminals paraded before journalists by the Commissioner of Police in Edo, …

Washington (CNN) Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find Donald Trump’s campaign or associates conspired with Russia, Attorney General William Barr said Sunday. Mueller also did not have sufficient evidence to prosecute obstruction of justice, Barr wrote, but he did not exonerate the President. “The special counsel’s investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it …

A clearer picture has now emerged of how the two dominant political parties performed in this year’s governorship elections across the country. Elections held in 29 of the 36 states this year, and results for 26 states are now fully in following the supplementary poll on Saturday. Elections did not hold in Kogi, Edo, Ekiti, Bayelsa, Ondo and Anambra this …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, winner of the Kano State governorship supplementary election held Saturday. Mr Ganduje lost the first election held on March 9 by a slim margin, but his total votes in the two polls put him ahead of his main challenger, the candidate …

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State, Bala Muhammed, has celebrated his victory as the “governor-elect in waiting”. Mr Muhammed, a former senator and FCT minister, was on Sunday declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to have won the highest number of votes in the just concluded supplementary governorship election. He polled over …