Category: News
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Reconciliation: Tinubu Sets Up Committee To Meet Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso
The President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has set up committees to meet aggrieved presidential candidates to start the “healing process”. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and a member of the committees disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde. He said a Committee of Elders of the All…
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UK PM, Sunak Hails Tinubu in Congratulatory Message
United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has congratulated President-elect Bola Tinubu on the heels of the just concluded presidential election. Both the UK and Nigeria share a longstanding relationship that has withstood the latter’s over-62-year independence from the former. “Congratulations to @officialABAT on his victory in Nigeria. The UK-Nigeria relationship remains strong,” Sunak tweeted on…
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House of Reps Member Arraigned, Remanded in Prison Over Alleged Murder
Daily Nigerian The majority leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, has been arraigned before a magistrate’s court in Kano for culpable homicide, conspiracy, mischief, unlawful possession of fire arms and inciting disturbance. Others charged at large are Nazifi Asnanic, Nafiu Musa, Hamisu Amadu and Abdulhadi Alaramma. “That Alhassan Doguwa was charged with burning…
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Lagos Defeat Temporary – President-Elect, Tinubu
President-Elect, Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, has called on his supporters during the 2023 presidential election held last Saturday, to let peace reign over the outcome of the result in Lagos, saying it is no beating, but a temporary defeat. Tinubu, who thanked his party for their support, said the outcome of Lagos election…
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‘It’s My Turn Actually!’ Tinubu Says In Acceptance Speech
“It’s my turn actually!” An elated Bola Tinubu enthused an hour after he was declared the President-Elect of Nigeria by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday morning. “I am profoundly humbled to serve as the 16th President of our beloved country. This is a shining moment in the life of any man and…
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Former Lagos State Governor, Tinubu Declared Winner of Presidential Poll
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of arguably Nigeria’s most hotly contested and high-stakes presidential elections. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced the former Lagos Governor’s victory, minutes past 4am on Wednesday at the National Collation Centre in Abuja, a hall…
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BREAKING: Tinubu Files Suit To Stop LP, PDP From Halting Results’ Collation
Daily Trust The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have instituted a suit to restrain the Labour Party (LP) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from doing anything to stop the collation and announcement of the results of the February 25 presidential election. In the suit filed before the…
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Tinubu Floors Atiku, Obi in Kogi
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the last Saturday presidential election in Kogi state. The INEC returning officer, Professor Wahab Egbenwole, declared in Lokoja on Tuesday that Tinubu scored 240,751votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku…
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Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, in tight race as run-off looms
Vanguard News The Presidential candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress; main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; and Labour Party, were locked in a tight race, last night as results of the February 25 elections trickled in yesterday. So far, results from 14 states have been declared by the National Chairman of the Independent National…
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Nigerian Bonds Rise Globally as Tinubu Leads in Presidential Race
Punch Newspaper Nigerian bonds are posting some of the best gains in emerging markets as investors bet that the ruling-party candidate, Bola Tinubu, who is taking an early lead in the nation’s presidential election tally, will offer reforms to pull Africa’s largest economy out of a fiscal mess, a foreign newspaper, Bloomberg Africa reported. The…