Tribunal Dismisses NNPP Suit Challenging Gov Sule’s Electoral Victory

The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lafia has dismissed the petition filed by the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) challenging the declaration of Governor Abdullahi Sule as the duly elected Governor of Nasarawa state for lacking in merit with no cost awarded. On March 20, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Sule of…

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Tribunal Upholds Benue Gov. Election

The Benue State Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi on Saturday upheld the election of Governor Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress. The tribunal dismissed the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Titus Uba, challenging the election held on the March 18 for lack of jurisdiction to entertain the…

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Nigeria Election Tribunal Upholds President Bola Tinubu’s Victory

Nigeria’s presidential election tribunal ruled on Wednesday that Nigeria’s main opposition parties failed to prove claims of electoral malpractice against the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) in February’s disputed elections. “This petition is hereby declared unmeritorious,” one of the judges said, as the tribunal rejected the opposition challenge to Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s win in the…

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