Index to Nigerian Newspapers

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of the presidential election, following a 12-hour pulsating judgment at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The five justices unanimously ruled in favor of the President, dismissing petitions by Atiku Abubakar/PDP, Peter Obi/LP, and Princess ChiChi Ojei/APM. The court also found the nomination of Vice President Kashim Shettima as running mate as untenable. The ruling sparked jubilation in New Delhi, where the President and his team celebrated the victory. The Nigerian Supreme Court has ruled that a presidential candidate must score one-fourth of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) before being deemed duly elected. The court criticized the petitioners' interpretation of Section 134(2)(d) of the constitution, stating that the word "and" between the expression "he has not less than 1/4 of the votes cast at the election in at least 2/3 of the states of the federation and the FCT was completely falacious, if not outrightly ridiculous." The court also ruled that the petitioners failed to discharge the burden of proof placed on them by the law.