Author: Vincent Osuwo

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has urged Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) to emulate the doctrine of former president Goodluck Jonathan and accept the Judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT). Murray-Bruce’s comment comes on the heels of  Tinubu’s triumph at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday. Atiku and Peter Obi are contesting the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) announcement of Bola Tinubu as the victor of the 2023 presidential election. However, they suffered a severe blow in their court battle to oust Tinubu as Nigeria’s elected president on…

Former Special Assistant to Former President Goodluck Jonathan and socio-political activist, Reno Omokri, has vowed that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), will never smell the corridors of the presidency while he (Omokri) is alive. Omokri stated that he will spend whatever he has to ensure that Obi does not win the Nigerian presidential election. According to the former presidential adviser, no one has been harmed by the former Anambra governor’s “ill-mannered followers like my family and me. Omokri’s comment comes on the heels of the verdict by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), which upheld…

Festus Keyamo, the minister of aviation, has urged Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to “come to their senses” and accept the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT). The declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is being challenged by Peter Obi and Atiku. However, the tribunal’s decision did not go in their favour, and they suffered a huge defeat in their legal battle to unseat Tinubu on Wednesday. And Keyamo, who has followed the…

Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland lead the men’s shortlist for the 2023 Ballon d’Or, while Aitana Bonmati of Spain leads the women’s nominees. Messi, 36, has won a record seven Ballon d’Or awards in his brilliant career and is favoured to earn another after assisting Argentina to victory in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Erling Haaland will be one of his main rivals in the race for the 2023 Ballon d’or after scoring 52 goals in his debut season for Manchester City, helping Pep Guardiola’s team achieve a historic triple of the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League.…

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has instructed all affiliate unions to return to work on Thursday following the successful execution of a two-day warning strike to attract the attention of the government to the hardships being faced by Nigerians as a result of the removal of fuel subsidy.  In a letter to all of its affiliates and State Council Chairpersons, the NLC expressed thanks for making substantial gains towards accomplishing the Congress goals stated during its National Executive Council, NEC, where the strike decision was decided. In the letter, titled “The Two-Day Nationwide Warning Strike: Nigerian Workers Have Speak,” signed…

The Labour Party has rejected the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), which upheld the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the February 25, 2023, presidential election. The national publicity secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, made the party’s position known in Abuja shortly after the court announced its decision. Arguing that “justice was not served”, Ifoh stated that the ruling “did not reflect the law and the desire of the people.” Ifoh said, “The Labour Party watched with dismay and trepidation the dismissal of petitions by the five-man panel…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved a 40% increase in the price of prepaid electricity metres in the country. As stated in a September 5, 2023, circular signed by the commission’s Chairman and Commissioner Legal, Licencing, and Compliance, Sanusi Garba and Dafe Akpeneye, respectively, a single-phase pre-paid metre will now cost N81,975.16k from N58,661.69k, while a three-phase pre-paid metre will now cost N143,836.10k from N109,684.36k. This implies that electricity consumers will have to pay an additional N23,313.64 for a single-phase metre, which is 40 per increment, and N34,151.76 to get a three-phase metre, representing a 31 percent increase. The…

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has ruled that Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) failed to specify how they scored the majority of lawful votes in the February 25 presidential election. In the ruling read by Justice Abba Bello Mohammed, he stated that the political party made comprehensive allegations of irregularities, suppression of votes, and corrupt practices to rob them of their votes, especially in Rivers, Benue, Lagos, Taraba, Imo, and Osun states, but failed to specify the polling units affected. The honourable judge further held that Obi and the Labour Party also failed to prove the allegations of…

Men of the Nigerian Police Force have reportedly arrested two protesters at the University of Lagos Junction while protesting fee increases at the university on Wednesday. Femi Adeyeye and Philip Olatinwo, the two students, were arrested and placed in a police van stationed in the neighbourhood. “They mobilized policemen from many stations,” Adeyeye said in a distress message sent to newsmen, sharing another video of himself and Philip in the van. Another protester, Bayo, informed reporters that police shot tear gas at them, causing many of the studenrs who had gathered to disperse. “Many students have fled the scene. I’m…

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has ruled that it lacks the powers to hear the suit filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) challenging the qualifications of President Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima. Reading the lead judgement on Wednesday, Justice Haruna Tsammani stated that the issues brought before the tribunal are pre-election matters, which ought to have been before a high court. He further stated that the timeframe of 180 days within which to determine the issue had elapsed. “In Alhassan and others versus Ishaku and others, it was held that an election tribunal has no jurisdiction over the primary…