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….accuses Executive of hijacking Judiciary By Kamil Opeyemi With Thursday’s judgment of the Supreme Court affirming the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu, the Labour Party (LP) said the country is sliding towards dictatorship era. The party also accused Tinubu’s led executive of hijacking the legislative and judicial arms of government. The apex court had earlier dismissed the appeals by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar; and his LP counterpart, Peter Obi for lack of merit The apex court affirmed the September 6, 2023 ruling by the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal that upheld the victory…

The Minister of FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, says President Bola Tinubu is not a president of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), but a president of Nigeria. Wike stated this when APC leaders from Rivers, led by the National Vice Chairman of APC, South South, Mr Victor Giadom, visited him in Abuja on Thursday. He, however, said that the president had the right to take the interest of his political party at heart while steering the affairs of the country. He said political parties were vehicles that conveyed one to a desired destination, adding that the interest of Nigerians superseded…

By Kamil Opeyemi The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the Supreme Court verdict affirming President Bola Tinubu’s victory in February 2023 is disappointing adding that it also “thrashed” the expectations of Nigerians. Earlier, NPO had reported how apex court dismissed appeals filed by Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and Peter Obi of Labour Party for lack of merit. Reacting to the judgement, the main opposition PDP described it as disappointing, according to a statement from its spokesman Debo Ologunagba. “The PDP and indeed the majority of Nigerians are alarmed, disappointed, and gravely concerned with the reasoning of the Supreme…

Two Tanzanians and a South African are among the 224 hostages being held by Hamas after the 7 October attacks in Israel, the Israeli government says. Kibbutzim close to the border with Gaza were attacked on 7 October Two Tanzanians and a South African are among the 224 hostages being held by Hamas after the 7 October attacks in Israel, the Israeli government says. None of the three has been named. The Tanzanian authorities had previously confirmed that two of its citizens were missing. The BBC has spoken to the family of one of them, Joshua Mollel, who was an…

At least four members of Wael Al-Dahdouh’s (left) family were killed on Wednesday The family of an Al Jazeera news reporter has been killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza, the network has confirmed. Wael Al-Dahdouh’s wife, teenage son, and young daughter were all killed at a refugee camp in central Gaza on Wednesday, Al Jazeera said in a statement. It was later reported that his grandson had died as well. Al Jazeera condemned the killings and Israel’s “indiscriminate attack”. According to the news organization, Al-Dahdouh’s family was living in a house at the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza…

By Halimah Olamide Publisher of the Ovation magazine and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Otunba Dele Momodu on Thursday said he prefers to remain in opposition against President Bola Tinubu, after the supreme court ruled in his favour. The apex court has ruled that Tinubu won the February 25 presidential poll, dismissing the appeals filed by the candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party’s counterpart, Peter Obi. Making his response known via his X handle on Thursday, Momodu, who was head of media campaign of the Atiku organisation, said those who wish to join Tinubu’s…

By Halimah Olamide Former President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday advised members of the opposition to join President Bola Tinubu in saving the nation having lost all bids to upturn his victory at the poll. Buhari, in a message made available to the media shortly after the supreme court concluded its judgment, said they have explored and exhausted all constitutionally allowed means to prove their cases. Saying the decision of the court is a relief to him and to a majority of the citizens of Nigeria, the former President repeated what he said on the earlier 6 September verdict of the…

By Kamil Opeyemi President Bola Tinubu has said he did not promise Eldorado asking all Nigerians to join hands in building the type of country they desire. Tinubu, who was reacting to the decision of the Supreme Court which affirmed his victory on Thursday, said the outcome of the appeal filed against is a call to do more work. READ ALSO: Supreme Court: Opposition Should Now Join Tinubu; Ex-President Buhari Says I Prefer to Remain in Opposition; Dele Momodu Says After Atiku’s Loss at Apex Court Tinubu Seen With Aides Rejoicing After Supreme Court Verdict The president said more work…

By Halimah Olamide A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, has appealed to the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to end all battles against President Bola Tinubu. Reacting to the judgement of the Supreme Court which ruled in favour of Tinubu, Murray-Bruce advised Atiku that the judgment should be accepted by all Nigerians as settling all the issues of contention and the matter of who won the Presidential election held on February 25, 2023. “Therefore, I call on the Peoples Democratic Party and its Presidential candidate, Waziri Atiku Abubakar, to accept the…

By Kamil Opeyemi President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has emerged victorious at the Supreme Court on Thursday as appeals filed by the candidate of People’s Democratic Party Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party’s counterpart, Peter Obi were thrown out. Justice Okoro who read the lead judgement dismissed all the five grounds of appeal upholding the decisions of the Appeal Tribunal which had earlier declared Tinubu winner of the February 25, 2023 presidential election. OUR EARLIER POST: The Supreme Court has on Thursday dismissed the application by the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to present fresh…