Judiciary
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The Osun State Government has sacked the state’s Chief Judge, CJ, Justice Adepele Ojo. In her place, Justice Olayinka David Afolabi was appointed as the Acting Chief Judge. This was disclosed in a statement by Governor Ademola Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Thursday. According to the statement, the appointment of Justice Afolabi as Acting CJ…
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In this piece, John Alechenu takes a cursory look at PDP’s rise to power, downfall and current struggle to return to winning ways after losing power in 2015. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which came into existence as a political entity on August 31st, 1998, celebrated its silver jubilee without fanfare on August 31st, 2023. Observers…
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In May, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal commenced its sitting with various justices presiding over the various petitions concerning the 2023 presidential election. Five political parties including the PDP, LP, Action Peoples Party (APP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and the Action Alliance (AA) had lodged separate petitions before the tribunal seeking to annul Tinubu’s victory.…
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As Nigerians await with bated breath the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPT, controversies continue to play up from different quarters. Both Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, are in court seeking to upturn the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the…
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Having gone through the content of the legal fireworks launched against the President-elect, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu and the Electoral Umpire (INEC), it is doubtlessly clear that Tinubu and INEC will not escape the judicial sledge hammer of the judges/justices. The allegations levelled against Tinubu are too severe and weighty for him to escape unhurt. The…
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