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And If The Tribunal Sacks The President? - Sonala Olumhense February 16, 2008 | 3 Comments Soon, the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal will announce its verdict on the election to the presidency last year of Umaru Yar’Adua. If justice is to be served, the court will void that election and call for another. Unless the court is going by different considerations other than the law and the facts, annulling the April 2007 election is a foregone conclusion. Many of us call Yar’Adua the president because he was constitutionally sworn in on May 29, 2007, not because he won...  "The Nigerian Nation Against Buhari"; OTHERS Respond January 18, 2007 | 3 Comments Soyinka writes to say that Buhari unfit, YarAdua unsuitable for presidency; Reactions follow The Kaduna ‘PTI’ Brouhaha – Let The Truth Be Told! July 30, 2009 | 2 Comments Some facts about the CPSK are as follows: The CPSK is one of the arms (a Division) of the NNPC corporate structure as can be seen from its organogram attached to its official website. It has its serene administrative office complex located at number 2A Lamido Road, Unguwar Rimi, Kaduna, while its temporary training site is located within the premises of he National Teachers Institute (NTI) at Kilometer 12, along Kaduna-Zaria Road, Rigachukun, Kaduna. Its official...  Why Babangida Must Not Run For Presidency Again February 7, 2009 | 2 Comments In some quarters, he is regarded as the man who institutionalised corruption in the psyche of Nigerians. For this alone, I find it very difficult to warm up to him, because of my personal abhorrence to any form of corruption. Oshiomhole Is Edo Governor November 11, 2008 | 2 Comments THE ancient city of Benin erupted in jubilation yesterday as former labour leader, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, was affirmed the duly elected governor of Edo State 19 months after the April 14, 2007 gubernatorial elections. He contested the April 14, 2007 governorship election on the ticket of the Action Congress (AC). How The Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal Came To Its Controversial Verdict February 28, 2008 | 2 Comments An ugly picture is emerging of how the Justice James Ogebe Presidential Elections Tribunal came to its controversial and widely unpopular verdict that validated Umar Yar’adua’s “election” of April 21, 2007. The five-member panel, with Ogebe (who has been nominated for a seat on the Supreme Court abstaining) read a unanimous judgment that dismissed all the grounds on which Muhammadu Buhari of the ANPP and Abubakar Atiku of AC questioned the validity of Yar’adua’s electoral “victory.” Justice...  Fixing Nigeria`s Divisive Poll - Vincent Obia May 13, 2007 | 2 Comments Nigeria has only one instance of judicial overturn of a governorship poll, and no experience of cancellation of a presidential election.....Generally, Nigeria has a limited experience of general elections results overturned on account of election petitions. ....For the tribunal members, who are living witnesses to the tension all around, many believe, relapsing to extra-judicial pursuits is not an easy option. Bungling the new-found public confidence in the judiciary... Supreme Court Judgement - Summaries Of Justices' Arguments For And Against Yar'Adua, Buhari, Atiku December 13, 2008 | 1 Comments Aftermath Of Supreme Court Judgment - Where Do We Go From Here? December 13, 2008 | 1 Comments These are issues at a time that the Uwais Committee has recommended far-reaching reorganization of the Electoral Commission and restructuring of the system. In what ways will the decisions of the Supreme Court in this case help in conducting free and fair polls in the future? This is the big question. All depend on President Yar’Adua now. The steps he takes in restructuring INEC will show whether he means the pledge to give Nigeria credible polls or is playing games.
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