The Presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has declared his intention to appeal the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which dismissed his petition challenging the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday. Barely 24 hours after the highly anticipated judgement, Atiku Abubakar held a press conference in Abuja where he gave his reaction to the judgment. Below is the text of Atiku’s speech announcing his decision to approach the Supreme Court to set aside the decision of the Appeal Court: “I am here today to give my official reaction to the…
Author: Michael Chibuzo
The Presidential election petition tribunal currently reading its judgment in the petition filed by Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi has described 10 witnesses who testified on behalf of Labour Party as either subpoena witnesses or professionals as “INCOMPETENT” and further describing their testimonies as “WORTHLESS. Justice Tsammani who is reading the judgment held that witnesses PW3 to PW11 and PW13 subpoenaed by the Labour Party are not witnesses of the court. Equally, the witness statements of the said witnesses were filed out of time. It will be recalled that the Counsel to President Bola Tinubu during hearing of…
The presidential election petition tribunal has fixed September 6 to deliver judgment on the petitions filed by the PDP and its candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi as well as the Allied People’s Movement challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu. The Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Umar Bangari, made this known in a statement released on Monday notifying the public of the judgement. The statement also stated that the judgement will be televised live by interested television stations for the public to follow proceedings. The statement…
The publisher of the fake news medium, Reportera, Mr. Nnamdi Emmanuel Ibezim who is in hiding following a petition by the former Lagos State Governor and Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN against Reportera and its publisher/owner over a defamatory and false publication has appealed for donations to assist him get a legal representation for his brother and an Editor of Reportera, Chike Ibezim who was allegedly arrested by the police in his stead. Mr. Nnamdi Ibezim’s fake news blog had published separate news articles alleging that the former Governor of Lagos State was writing judgement for…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday has approved the appointment of a new Board and Management team for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In a State House press release signed by Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, the appointment is inclusive of the following Board and Management team members: Mr. Chiedu Ebie – Chairman – Delta Dr. Samuel Ogbuku – Managing Director / CEO – Bayelsa Mr. Boma Iyaye – Executive Director (Finance and Admin) – Rivers Mr. Victor Antai – Executive Director (Projects) – Akwa-Ibom Ifedayo Abegunde – Executive Director (Corporate…
President Bola Tinubu on Monday after inaugurating the Federal Executive Council at the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja tasked members of the newly inaugurated FEC to see everything as a possibility in their ‘service dictionary’. The president said the ministers have the capacity to make a difference in the ministries that they have been assigned to oversee and urged the new cabinet members to work hard to revive the country’s economy because Nigeria is in a difficult time. The President said, “We shall evolve a homegrown re-engineering of our finances, a reimagined stewardship of our resources, and…
On a cool Sunday morning, Nigerians especially users of the social media platforms X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook woke up to meet an uncharacteristic rant from the former Vice President and candidate of the PDP in the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The PDP Presidential candidate who is challenging the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the presidential election petition tribunal, in the post wondered how President Bola Ahmed Tinubu could have acquired university education in Chicago State University without presenting certificates to shoe he finished primary and secondary education. Atiku’s post on twitter (X) read, “I woke…
The serial presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar deserves some psychological counselling on how to deal with the pain of repeated electoral defeat because going by his recent adventures, he is still living in an alternate reality. Atiku Abubakar after concluding his election petition case at the presidential election petition tribunal was smart enough to admit to himself that his legal team failed abysmally in proving his case before the tribunal. 2023 is set to witness the easiest presidential election petition judgement in Nigeria’s history because of the watery petition of LP/Mr. Peter Obi and the disjointed petition of PDP/Atiku…
The Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Bola Tinubu has implored a delegation of Islamic scholars (Ulamas), who were previously engaged in discussions to facilitate the restoration of constitutional democratic governance in Niger Republic, to expedite progress in their ongoing dialogue with the military junta. According to a State House press statement signed by Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, the President received a comprehensive briefing on Thursday at the State House in Abuja, from the Ulamas, who were led into the meeting by Sheikh Bala Lau.…
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has reportedly died in a Plane crash around the Tver region, north of Moscow alongside other six passengers and three crew members on board. Yevgeny Prigozhinwas on the passenger list of a jet which was flying from Moscow to St. Petersburg according to Russia’s civil aviation authority. Earlier, a Telegram channel linked to Wagner called Grey Zone reported that the aircraft in which the Wagner leader was flying in, an Embraer aircraft, was shot down by air defences in the Tver region, north of Moscow. This claim has not been verified by Moscow authorities. In June,…