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The Presidency has reacted to the statement made by Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, Presidential candidate in the February 25 elections over the Supreme Court Judgement affirming President Tinubu’s Election, saying no court in the country gives judgment based on public opinion. The Presidency added that since Obi admitted …

Here is a full text of Peter Obi’s speech reacting to the October 26 judgement of the Supreme court affirming President Tinubu’s electoral victory.  ”Remarks at a Press Conference by Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, CON Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party on The Supreme Court Judgment of 26th October, 2023 …

Former Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has taunted Peter Obi, who this afternoon, November 6, expressed his dissatisfaction over the ruling of the Supreme court affirming the election of President Tinubu.    While speaking at a press conference, Obi said the judgment of the Supreme Court affirming the election of President …

The candidate of the Labour party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has said that the October 26 judgment of the Supreme Court affirming the election of President Bola Tinubu amounts to a total breach of the confidence Nigerians have on the judiciary.   Speaking at a press …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 6, failed to produce the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Maitama, as it was directed to do.   LIB had earlier reported …

Justice Nyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed the authenticity of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate of Governor Peter Mba of Enugu State as validly issued by the corps.   In a judgment delivered on Monday, November 6, Justice Ekwo held that the evidence …

A Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has sacked Senate Minority Whip Senator Darlington Nwokocha.   The Appeal Court which sacked the Labour Party lawmaker who represented Abia Central in the senate, declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Col Austin Akobundu (retd), as the duly elected senator …

A Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court on Friday, November 3, ordered one Matthew Bem to be remanded in a correction centre in Makurdi for allegedly killing his wife, Mngusonum Bem.     The 42-year-old farmer, who lives at Korinya Settlement in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue, was charged with culpable …

The High Court of Justice in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has ordered the immediate and unconditional release of the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.     Justice O.A. Adeniyi made the order after Emefiele filed a Motion Ex-parte, seeking his release from the custody …

Governor Siminalayi Fubara has obtained an order from Rivers High Court in Isiokpo Division in Ikwerre Local Government Area, stopping Rivers House of Assembly and its Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, from impeaching him.    The order was obtained following an ex parte application he filed on Wednesday, November 1, through his …