Nigeria

The Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, have accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of refusing to provide the requested documents. The LP and Obi are the petitioners in a case challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu, with respondents including INEC, Bola Tinubu, and Vice President Kashim Shettima, both of the All Progressives Congress (APC). During proceedings at the Presidential Election Petition Court, the LP and Obi informed the court that they are unable to proceed with their case due to INEC's refusal to provide the requested documents. Mr Jubrin Okutepa, counsel for the LP, stated that all the documents requested from INEC were not provided. He expressed frustration at the delay and informed the court that some document...

The Northern Progressives Union (NPU) has recently issued a statement urging President Bola Tinubu to exclude former governors from the Northern region from his ministerial list. The NPU Coordinator, Mohammed Kiyawa, expressed concerns that these former governors would not contribute to meaningful development in the administration. The appeal comes amidst growing anxiety over the delay in the release of the president's ministerial list. Kiyawa specifically called on Tinubu to resist the temptation of appointing any of the immediate-past state governors from the North as ministers or cabinet members. According to Kiyawa, some of these former governors betrayed the trust of the party and allegedly worked in favor of the opposition during the last presidential election. The NPU conside...

In a crucial development in the ongoing presidential election petition case, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) submitted personal information provided by President Bola Tinubu to the Presidential Election Petition Court on Thursday. This move comes as part of the court's subpoena issued to the Chairman of INEC, Yakubu Mahmoud. The People's Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have contested the victory of Bola Tinubu, the candidate from the All Progressives Congress, in the presidential election held on February 25. Seeking to prove the invalidity of Tinubu's election, the PDP disclosed on Tuesday that they had subpoenaed the INEC chairman to produce specific documents before the court. During the proceedings, Chris Uche (SAN), th...