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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday urged the Court of Appeal Abuja to return Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as duly elected governor of Osun State. Other who prayed the court to return Oyetola as governor includes the APC, and Oyetola himself. Counsel to the parties made the unanimous call while adopting their written addresses before a five-man panel of justices of the court led by Justice Hannatu Sankey. The other justices are Abubakar Yahaya, Isaiah Akeju!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has asked his former media aide, Reno Omokri, to exercise restraint in attacking his successor, President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Omokri, Jonathan phoned him and urged him to “show more respect and kindness” to President Buhari by applying modesty in criticizing the President. The former presidential aide, who is an ardent critic of the current administration, revealed this in a post on his Instagram page, @RenoOmokri. While praising Jonathan for possessing “rare” qualities!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

President Muhammadu Buhari has been challenged to swear with the Holy Quran that his re-election in the February 23 presidential election was not rigged. The challenge was issued by a former ally of the President and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Buba Galadima. Speaking in an interview with The Sun, Galadima claimed that PDP’s candidate in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, defeated President Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He claimed that the APC in alleged connivance!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers State chapter, has handed indefinite suspension to 15 of its Local Government Area (LGA) chairmen in the state. The Rivers PDP secretary, Samuel Okpoko, who announced this in a statement on Friday, said the chairmen’s suspension came after an emergency meeting held by the party’s State Executive at the state secretariat in Port Harcourt on Thursday. The suspended party chairmen include those of Abua-Odual, Ahoada East, Ahoada West, Akuku-Toru, Andoni, Bonny, Degema, Eleme,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged Nigerians to remain thankful and hopeful in an Easter message on Friday. Atiku, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, on his verified Twitter handle, said Easter is about hope, noting that where there was unity, there was much hope. “Easter is a time of resurrection. Of dying to what was imperfect and reawakening to what is perfect. This is the message of hope which this season is all about,” he tweeted. “Suffice to!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has berated the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over its claim that he is not a Nigerian but a Cameroonian, hence was not qualified to run for election in the country. Atiku, who was candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election, described APC’s claim as “ridiculous” and “pedestrian”. The ruling party had made the claim through its lawyer, Lateef Fagbemi, in response to Atiku’s petition challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

The Buhari Media Organisation, BMO has accused the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the February 23 election, Atiku Abubakar of committing a treasonable act with horrible consequences. BMO made the claim in a statement it issued and signed by its coordinator, Niyi Akinsiju, and secretary Cassidy Madueke, entitled: “BMO to Atiku: Soliciting Venezuela option is treasonable felony” The statement alleged that Mr. Atiku, has been seeking to destabilise the country in a bid to realise his!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to explain how they escalated ‘‘the nation’s debt stock from N12.12 trillion in 2015 to an overburdening N24.38 trillion in 2018.’’ In a statement on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP described as ‘‘saddening and devastating the fact that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, in its manifest incompetence and lack of initiative to stimulate and run a productive!-->!-->!-->…

Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has scored another victory in a suit challenging his eligibility to contest in the 2018 governorship election in Osun state. This comes as the Court of Appeal in Akure, Ondo state, on Saturday, reaffirmed his qualification and eligibility in the election. The appellate court dismissed an appeal against the judgement of the Osogbo High Court which earlier affirmed Adeleke’s eligibility in the Osun governorship election. Dr Akin Ogunbiyi, who had come!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Nigerian Judiciary of protecting only the interest of the “cabal running Aso Rock.” The Biafra group made the accusation in reaction to the court ruling which nullified the candidacy of Ademola Adeleke the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in the Osun. The court had nullified his candidacy following allegation that he did not sit for his West African Examination Council, WAEC, exams as he claimed. The group, in a statement signed and issued!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…