Supreme Court sitting in Abuja on Friday granted the request of Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, request to inspect the election materials used during last Saturday’s presidential poll. The PUNCH had earlier reported that Atiku and Obi approached to Presidential Election Court to seek permission for…
…Declares Buhari’s order on new naira invalid The Supreme Court has invalidated the new naira design policy initiated by the Federal Government on the grounds that it was not done with due consultation and in line with constitutional provisions. Following, the apex court ordered that the old naira notes shall continue to be used side…
The Supreme Court will today deliver judgement in the suit by 16 states challenging the federal government’s naira redesign and swap policy. A seven-member panel of justices presided by Justice Inyang Okoro had on February 22 adjourned to March 3 for judgment after consolidating the suits filed by the various states and taking arguments in…
The Executive Director of a citizens-led political movement, FixPolitics, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of breaching the trust of Nigerians with its reported failure to upload the February 25, 2023 general elections results to its portal via the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System in real time, as it promised before the election. Tony Ubani,…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has described the last Saturday presidential and National Assembly elections as the worst since 1999. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Atiku said the dreams and aspirations of Nigeria that voted on Saturday have been shattered by…
The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party,Atiku Abubakar has described the process and result of Saturday, February 25 polls as a rape of democracy. According to his press statement in Abuja,reads that: “I have in the last three decades devoted my life to the battle to birth and deepen democracy in our country. “It…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has called on the National Population Commission (NPC) to ensure a truly transparent conduct of the 2023 national census. Addressing a team from the NPC led by its National Commissioner, Senator Mudashiru Hussein, Governor Adeleke who commended the NPC for the ongoing preparation for the 2023…
…inducts new environmental health officers in LGs..Osun State Head of Service, Mr. Ayanleye Aina has identified training and retraining as a major key to success in all human endeavors. Mr. Aina made the assertion while declaring open a day induction/orientation programme organized by the State Local Government Service Commission for the newly converted Environmental Health…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State has described as false report in the media (not The PUNCH) that it had formed alliance with the major opposition party, All Progressives Congress in the state. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the Oyo PDP Publicity Secretary, Akeem Olatunji. The statement read, “The…
Blessing Adeniran, the mother of Whitney, a student of Chrisland High School, Ikeja who died while she was under the school’s care, said that an autopsy revealed her daughter was electrocuted. Adeniran had accused Chrisland of negligence over the death of her daughter who died on February 9.However, the school management absolved itself of any…
