The tribunal declared the February 25 election void because Idris Dankawu presented a forged WAEC certificate. A member of the New Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NNPP) in the House of Representatives, Rep. Idris Dankawu, has been sacked by the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Kano over certificate forgery. Rep. Dankawu was declared the winner of the February 25 election to represent Kumbotso Federal Constituency of Kano State in the House of Representatives....
The Delta lawmaker, Waive insisted that the ground for which the tribunal overturned his victory is unknown to law. The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Delta State, has nullified the election of Rep. Francis Oghenejiro Waive as Member representing Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency of Delta State in the House of Representatives. Waive, who was declared winner of the February 25 National Assembly elections on the platform of the All Progressives Congress...
The tribunal also affirmed Senator Kalu’s eligibility to contest the election, noting that the Supreme Court had overturned his trial and conviction. The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, convened in Umuahia, has upheld the victory of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu in the February 25th election to represent Abia North Senatorial Zone in the 10th National Assembly. Senator Kalu secured the win for Abia North Senatorial District with 30,805 votes, surpassing two major...
Chairman of the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating the acquisition of OVH Energy by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) said both representatives were not in a position to act on behalf of their principals at the hearing. The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating the acquisition of OVH Energy by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) had its proceedings stalled following the failure of the company’s Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari,...
The three-member tribunal chaired by Justice Sylvester Godspower, agreed with Usman’s submissions, proceeded to invalidate votes in the 26 polling units of the federal constituency, and ordered that a supplementary election be conducted within 90 days to determine the actual winner. The Niger State National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Minna, has sacked the son of the former Information Minister, Prof. Jerry Gana from the 10th House of Representatives. Rep. Joshua Audu Gana flew the...
The Tribunal based its decision on the NNPP candidate, Datti’s refusal to resign from his job at Bayero University (BUK), Kano, thirty days before the Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency election in February 2023. The National/State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Kano has sacked Rep. Yusuf Umar Datti of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as the representative for Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. In a verdict, which returned...
The tribunal directed that the PDP and its candidate, Rep. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, be excluded from the supplementary election it ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct within ninety (90) days. The Imo State National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Mararaba, Nassarawa State, has sacked Rep. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere as the member representing Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives. Ugochinyere was elected...
A member of the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in a minority judgment, however, posited that the former Benue Governor and candidate of the PDP, Gabriel Suswam, did not prove the allegation of over-voting. The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benue State has sacked the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Emmanuel Udende, as the lawmaker representing Benue North-East Senatorial District. The tribunal thus returned Senator Gabriel Suswam of...
Rep. Agbedi expressed optimism over the outcome of the forthcoming supplementary election, assuring his supporters that he was going to harvest the contentious 26,000 votes. The lawmaker representing Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency, Fredrick Yeitiemone Agbedi, has accepted the judgment of the National/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, nullifying his election to the House of Representatives. The National Assembly Elections Tribunal sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state, had on Thursday, September 7, nullified the Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal...
Egube was commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget in Sanwo-olu’s first term and one of the 17 nominees earlier rejected by the Assembly. The Lagos State House of Assembly has confirmed 15 out of the 18 commissioner-nominees presented for screening by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The nominees were screened and subsequently confirmed during Thursday’s plenary. Recall that the Mudashiru Obasa-led House on August 23, declined to confirm 17 of the 39 nominees forwarded...
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