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The Governorship, National and State Houses of Assembly election petition tribunal for Kwara and Ekiti States has commenced sitting in Ilorin, with a plea to parties to cooperate. Chairman of the three-man panel, Justice T.Asua, who made the call while speaking at the inaugural sitting of the Tribunal on Thursday, assured that they will be fair to all parties and strictly abide by their oath of office. Other members of the panel include Justice O. Abdulmalik and Justice Rabi Bashir. Justice Asua advised the parties to ensure compliance with the timing of the petition as specified by the law. In…

The Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has lambasted Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as having no basic moral rectitude following his recent plans to request the approval of the State House of Assembly of N71 billion supplementary budget, less than 13 days to the end of his second tenure. In a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary, Valentine Onojeghuo, Esq, the party expressed shock at the request by the outgoing governor, describing it as the height of moral bankruptcy and wickedness against Deltans. While condemning the State Governor for having secured a third term agenda by imposing his…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress, APC, have kicked against the request of the former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku for the live telecast of his petition challenging the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election. In their separate objections on Thursday, the trio insisted that the solemn nature of the court would be put in jeopardy if granted. Tinubu, in his vehement objections raised by Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN on his behalf, said that Atiku’s request was not only surprising but dangerous as it was capable of…

The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State to steer clear of the party. The party gave this warning on Thursday. It noted that the need to warn the APC and Abiodun became imperative due to their alleged moves to cause confusion in the NNPP. Southwest Zonal Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Kilamuwaye Badmus, made these disclosures in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Thursday. He alleged that both the APC and Abiodun are trying to frustrate the ongoing petition against the APC, Dapo Abiodun…

The factional chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Lamidi Apapa, has threatened to expose the party’s presidential candidate in the last elections, Peter Obi. Apapa had to deal with bitter exchanges inside the tribunal over sitting arrangements on Wednesday. He was booed by the party’s supporters as he emerged from the tribunal, while his cap was pulled off his head. Addressing the media afterwards, Apapa claimed Obi was taking sides with Julius Abure, the LP chairman removed by the court. Apapa also denied he had collected bribes from other political parties to destroy LP from within. “On the allegation of…

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, and the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have agreed not to kick against all documents that emanated from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the conduct of the February 25 presidential election. The documents must, however, be certified as true reflection of the original copies in line with the provisions of the law guiding admissibility of documents. These resolutions were conveyed to the 5-man panel of Justices of the Presidential Election Petition Court hearing the joint petition of Atiku and PDP challenging the declaration of Tinubu as winner…

The factional National Chairman of the Labour Party, Lamidi Apapa, has vowed that he will again, storm the Presidential Petition Tribunal on Friday. DAILY POST had reported that Apapa and Mr Julius Abure’s factions clashed during the court proceeding on Wednesday as they both claimed leadership of the party. The court refused to recognize the two factions and adjourned the hearing to Friday, May 19. But speaking on the matter while appearing on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Thursday, Apapa said he will be in the court on Friday. He also accused the presidential candidate of the party in the…

The crisis rocking the Ogun State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) took a new twist on Wednesday when two leaders of the party were dragged to court. DAILY POST recalls that the national headquarters of the party had recently expelled the Chairman of the NNPP in Ogun, Olaposi Oginni, for alleged anti-party activities. When Oginni’s removal was announced by the party, a faction loyal to the governorship candidate of the party, Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, had stormed the secretariat of the party at Adatan for forcible takeover. Oginni reported the matter to the police, alleging attack, stealing and malicious…

A lady living in the UK has advised newlyweds planning to relocate abroad not to have kids until they have successfully made the move. In a trending video, the young lady urged couples without children who are planning to move to the UK within the next one to two years to refrain from starting a family at the moment. She advised them to disregard any pressure from others to have children before achieving their relocation dream. According to her, having children before the move would require providing proof of funds for each child, which can be a significant financial burden.…

A young Nigerian lady has taken to Twitter to recount how her ex-boyfriend conspired with his friends to drug and gang-rape her. The lady, identified as @omoremi_baby, shared her dreadful experience in response to a tweep who asked netizens to share their worst friendship betrayal experience. She said she dated a man back in 2017 but they broke up because she refused to sleep with him, but they remained close friends. Few months later, she met someone else on Facebook, who invited her over to his house and she obliged because she had a crush on him. During her visit,…