archiveSeptember 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari says the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the February 23, 2019 poll, is a victory for Nigerians who trooped out to overwhelmingly elect him for a second term in office. “Good conscience fears no evil report. I was unperturbed all along because I knew...

    One of the lawyers to Atiku Abubakar has said that the opposition presidential candidate will appeal Wednesday’s ruling of the presidential election petition tribunal. The five-member panel of the tribunal unanimously ruled to dismissed the petitions, saying the petitioners did not prove them beyond a reasonable doubt. Speaking...

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday presided over the first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting with his new cabinet. During the meeting, the president spoke on his plans to ensure the security and prosperity of 200 million Nigerians. He also gave reasons for creating some new ministries and merging others. Buhari, in...

A Nigerian election tribunal on Wednesday rejected a bid by the main opposition candidate to overturn the February presidential election. The widely expected defeat for opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar means there is no further challenge to President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election. The 76-year-old former military ruler first took office as an...

      The crucial market indices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) rebounded on Wednesday with 0.39 per cent after dropping for five trading sessions.   Specifically, the All-Share Index rose by 105.95 points or 0.39 per cent to close at 27,153.53, against 27,047.58 recorded on Tuesday.   Also,...

  The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed Atiku Abubakar’s petition against President Muhammadu Buhari over electoral misconduct. The court held that the petitioners, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) failed to prove the allegations, as they were unable to bring their witnesses to testify in court....

  A flight from Johannesburg to Lagos that was arranged to evacuate Nigerians who fear xenophobic attacks in SA was delayed on Wednesday because of problems experienced at check-in.  Sowetan News reports. Prince Ben Okoli, president of the Nigerian Citizens Association SA, said the chartered flight by Nigerian airline Air...

Mrs Oluwatosin Somefun, the Managing Director of Unity Bank Plc, has decried the high level of unemployment in the country. Somefun noted that the constant upsurge in the turnout of graduates on a yearly basis without availability of jobs or opportunities had given birth to frustrated and under-engaged youths in...

  The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPC) has declared that there was no evidence that INEC transmitted the results of the February 2019 presidential election results electronically to any server. The Tribunal, in the judgment still being read on the petition by Atiku Abubakar and PDP, held that the petitioners...

  The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday said President Muhammadu Buhari was qualified to contest for the 2019 presidential election. The Tribunal Chairman, Justice Mohammed Garba said Buhari’s certificate from the Nigerian military is higher than the Secondary School certificate stated as a minimum academic requirement for the election...