Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal has upheld a ₦190 million fine imposed on Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC), also known as Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited for misleading packaging. This as the Tribunal rejected a proposed settlement between the company and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). In a judgment delivered on Monday, April 28,…
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has described the judgment of the Edo Election Petition Tribunal that affirmed Monday Okpebholo as winner of the September 2024 governorship election as a “travesty of justice.” He vowed to challenge the judgment of the…
Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo wednesday said his victory at Edo Election Petition Tribunal, was a victory for all Edo people. Okpebholo, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Fred Itua, said: “This victory is not mine alone, but a victory for every citizen and residen of Edo State. It is a mandate…
The Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Wednesday, dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, against the electoral victory of Senator Monday Okpebholo following the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo. Justice Wilfred Kpochi of the Tribunal’s three-man panel passed its verdict in a unanimous judgement,…
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Anthony Aziegbemin, has described the objection by the Independent National Electoral Commission to the tendering of its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines at the Edo State Governorship Election Tribunal as strange. Recall that a Senior Technical Officer in INEC’s ICT Department, Mr. Anthony Itodo, had…
By Sebastine Ebhuomhan Monday, 27th January, 2025. Abuja. Petitioners and respondents of the 2024 Edo State governorship election petition could not resume to trade tackles at the Election Petition Tribunal on Monday, no thanks to the unprepared venue of the hostilities in the Federal Capital City, Abuja. A visit to the new venue of the…
The Edo State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has threatened to boycott activities of the Department of State Services ((DSS) over an attack on journalists covering the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Benin City. Journalists were allegedly manhandled while trying to gain access to the venue of the tribunal on…
