Tag: PETITION

Kaduna: APC member petitions party over alleged Bello el-Rufa’i’s ‘anti-party activities’

Aminu Imam
APC member petitions

A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, Nana Hauwa Aliu, has submitted a formal petition to the Kaduna State APC Disciplinary Committee, accusing Bello el-Rufa’i, the Member representing Kaduna-North Federal Constituency in the 10th House of Representatives, and son of former governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i of alleged anti-party activities and failure to support the current state leadership. In the petition addressed to the Chairman of the APC Disciplinary Committee at the party’s state secretariat in Kaduna, Aliu alleged that Bello el-Rufa’i has consistently failed to acknowledge or…

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Alleged Money Laundering: Nigerians abroad petitions U.S. Attorney-General, demand Wike’s extradition 

Aminu Imam
On Wike's extradition

Following mountainous fraud allegations leveled against the former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, Nigerians in Diaspora – Global Coalition for Security & Democracy in Nigeria Inc. USA, (GCSDN), has petitioned the Attorney General of Florida, James Uthmeier, calling for his extradition and prosecution over alleged fraud and money laundering in the United States. In a petition dated September 28, 2025, on Change.org and signed by Comrade Frederick Odorige, Global Coordinator of GCSDN, the group alleged that Wike, who has held several public offices since 1999, used the United States…

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Concerned Group write US govt. over NNPCL, Kyari’s violation of sanctions on Russia crude oil

Aminu Imam
Group petitions US on Kyari

An advocacy group of concerned Nigerian citizens, Concerned Citizens on Economic Reform Nigeria, (CCERN), has petitioned the US government to investigate and sanction the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and its GCEO, Mele Kyari, for allegedly violating sanctions on Russian crude oil. In a letter to the US Department of the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the group claimed that NNPCL, under Kyaris leadership, has been importing Russian crude oil and petroleum products above the price cap set by the Price Cap Coalition, comprising the US, G7,…

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Kano:Appeal Court fixes today for judgment on Governorship election

Aminu Imam

The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja yesterday fixed today, Friday, November 17, 2023, for judgment in the Kano State governorship election dispute between Governor Abba Yusuf, of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), and Nasiru Gawuna, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). The judgment will be delivered by 10 a.m. Recall that the court had on November 6, 2023, reserved judgment in the appeal by the state governor, Yusuf, who is challenging his removal by the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. The tribunal nullified Yusufs election on September 20, by…

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Osun: Election Petition Tribunal to deliver judgment on Adeleke vs Oyetola case Friday

Aminu Imam

The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo, the State capital will on Friday, January 27 deliver its judgment on the matter. Parties involved in the suit confirmed the tribunal communicated the date to them yesterday, even as the notice has heightened anxiety in different quarters. The 180 days stipulated in the Electoral Act within which to hear the petition is expected to lapse on January 31, 2023. The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, had filed a petition at the tribunal challenging the declaration of…

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Petition nears a 25,000 target demanding INEC to include names, pictures of candidates on ballot papers

Aminu Imam

An online petition demanding the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to include the names and pictures of candidates on ballot papers has gained traction, and is nearing its 25,000 target. The petition, which was hosted on the world largest petition platform, change.org, is targeting 25,000 signatures before it becomes a document to be forwarded to policy makers for consideration. It was started by Otuto Chukwuocha a few days ago, has approximately over 23, 800 signatures as of Tuesday evening on the on-line platform. Presenting the petition, Chukwuocha said that including…

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2023 Elections: Some presidential candidates petition US, UK, others over alleged lopsided posting of police officers in favour of S’West APC candidate

Aminu Imam

Some presidential candidates for the 2023 general elections have petitioned the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and the international community over alleged unbalanced posting of top police officers in favour of the South-West region. They alleged the posting was done to help the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who is from the South-West region, to rig the poll. According to them, the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith, has approved the posting of 16 indigenes who hail from the…

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HYPREP: Group petitions Buhari, rejects call to sack Environment Minister

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to ignore the call by some persons to sack the newly appointed Minister of Environment, Mohammed Hassan Abdullahi, over alleged shady deals in the cleanup project of Ogoniland. In a petition written to the President by Ogoni Development Drive, (ODD), and signed by its convener, Comrade Solomon Lenu, the group noted that it would be unfair to single out the new minister for any blame for the shortcomings in the effective execution of the cleanup project by the Hydro-carbon Pollution Remediation Project, (HYPREP). The…

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#EndSARS: We have not been petitioned over shootings at Lekki Nigerian Army

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigerian Army has said that they have not received any formal petition over their alleged shooting of unarmed #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate on Oct. 20. The counsel for the Nigerian Army, Akinlolu Kehinde (SAN), made the assertion on Saturday before the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters. Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo was called to give evidence on behalf of the Nigerian Army on the events of October 20. I must submit today that there is no allegation…

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