LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, tendered 17 sets of exhibits in evidence to defend his eligibility to contest the presidential election that was held on February 25. Tinubu, who maintained that he is the bonafide winner of the presidential contest, through his team of lawyers led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, tendered…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A report from a subpoenaed witness who identified herself as an employee of Amazon Web Services Incorporated, USA, has been admitted as evidence by the presidential tribunal. The witness who gave her name as Claretta Ogar, disclosed that she is a cloud engineer and architect. The report provided details of the health…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, which led to Bola Ahmed Tinubu being elected as President, is currently undergoing legal scrutiny at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT). Several Nigerians have raised concerns about the fairness of the election. Igho Akeregha, a member of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, addressed the petitions…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On Friday, the presidential election petitions tribunal cautioned Akin Olujimi, President Bola Tinubu’s lawyer, against persistent unsubstantial objections. Mr Olujimi opposed presenting an INEC-issued appointment letter to a presiding officer who participated in the February 25 presidential election without immediately stating his reasons for the objection, telling the court it would be…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A software engineer, Anthony Chinwo, appeared before the Presidential Election Petitions Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday and was identified as the second witness fielded by the flagbearer of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, against the Independent National Electoral Commission, President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and the All Progressives Congress,…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANFERS)-A witness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has testified that both the party’s candidate and President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are not qualified to be declared as president for not scoring 25 percent in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). While testifying…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, called his witness to testify before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja. Atiku and his party are challenging the declaration of President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of the presidential…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential Election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja today continued the hearing of the constitution brought by Mr Peter Obi and the Labour Party challenging the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of February 25th election. It would be recalled that just yesterday, the former Lagos state governor took…