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Africa requires the reform of global financial architecture as that would position countries in the continent to access Climate Change action funding, resources and ensure long-term adaptation according to Nigeria’s immediate past Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN). He made this statement while fielding questions from journalists on Wednesday during a media chat at the just concluded first Africa Climate …

TALLINN, Estonia — Russian authorities are holding local elections this weekend in occupied parts of Ukraine in an effort to tighten their grip on territories Moscow illegally annexed a year ago and still does not fully control. The voting for Russian-installed legislatures in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions has already begun and concludes Sunday. It has been denounced by Kyiv and the …

PAN Niger Delta Elders Forum, PANDEF, has opined that the legal representatives of the candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, did not do a good job in the presidential election matter they handled. National Publicity Secretary of PANDEF, Ken Robinson, stated that the lapses in the presentations by the counsel for LP and …

Although the European Union (EU) and ECOWAS delegations are accredited to observe Nigeria’s elections, their reports on the elections are ‘valueless’ and ‘inadmissible’ in Nigerian courts, a senior judge ruled on Wednesday. Moses Ugo, a judge of Nigeria’s second highest court, the Court of Appeal, said this while reading his ruling as a member of the Presidential Election Petition Court. PREMIUM TIMES …

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike has reacted to the judgment delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, saying election petitions are not won on social media. Wike, in an interview on a Channels Television political programme, Politics Today, on Thursday, said election petition is ‘’a special case and not propaganda.’ His words: “I have always told people …

…Calls for the amendments of the Electoral Act & the Law Setting Up INEC Nigeria’s Presidential Electoral Petition Tribunal (PEPT’s) verdict on the petitions of the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, against the victory of President Bola Tinubu at the February 25, 2023 Presidential Election has been described as a “stab on the back of Nigerian voters.” The …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Edo, Nigeria – The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin, has affirmed the victory of Hon. Murphy Osaro Omoruyi of the Labour Party (LP) at the February 25, Egor/Ikpoba-Okha Federal Constituency election in Edo. The Court dismissed the two separate petitions filed by Candidates of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Okhuarobo Henry …

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has knocked opposition seeking the nullification of President Bola Tinubu’s victory during the February 25, 2023, presidential election. The minister also asked those opposed to Tinubu’s victory to “have some sense” and embrace his (Tinubu’s) government. This is coming after the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal struck out the case of Peoples …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, rejected Wednesday’s court judgement declaring Bola Tinubu as duly elected Nigeria’s president. The Labour Party similarly criticised the judgement on Wednesday, stating that the verdict did not reflect the “desires of the people”. They have vowed to appeal against the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition …

• INEC cannot be compelled to transmit result electronically – PEPC• Says fine by U.S. court did not disqualify Tinubu• Rejects LP’s 25 per cent FCT votes claim, says Abuja like other states• Declares Obi’s petition unmeritorious• Dismisses Atiku’s petition• Strikes out APM’s petition against Tinubu, Shettima• LP, PDP vow to challenge verdict•Tinubu welcomes verdict• Decision expected, INEC fought petitioners, …