A nine-member delegation is expected to attend the inauguration of President-elect Bola Tinubu next Monday. This is according to an official statement issued by The White House on Monday. The Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Marcia L. Fudge, is scheduled to lead the...
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The Chief Shepherd of The Harvest Centre Mission, Prophet Wale Ojo-David, says Tinubu’s emergence as the President-elect is divine and urges Nigerians to accept it in good faith. The Ikorodu-Lagos based prophet, who spoke against the backdrop of the legitimacy crisis trailing Tinubu’s victory, told the News Agency of...
The All Progressives Congress, (APC) and it’s presidential candidate in the Feb. 25, Presidential Election, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on Monday opposed the consolidating of the petitions as raised by the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC). At the resumed hearing to consider the matter of consolidation, counsels to Tinubu, Mr...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The President and CEO, of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has commended President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government for its supports towards the creation of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals plant. Alhaji Dangote in a tweet on Monday, also appreciated the President-elect, Bola...
Legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola on Sunday at Ado-Ekiti enjoined the in-coming administration of Sen. Bola Tinubu to prioritise debt forgiveness from Nigeria’s creditor countries and from multilateral financial institutions. The proprietor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti gave the advice on the side-line of a lecture delivered at the...
The Labour Party (LP) and its Presidential Candidate Mr Peter Obi have told the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) that they will call no fewer than 50 witnesses to testify in their petition. LP and Obi are challenging the election of Sen. Bola Tinubu. Counsel to the petitioners, Prof....
The President-Elect, Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria eight days to his inauguration. Tinubu was received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja by APC chieftains. “Welcome back, President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Nigeria is ready for the May 29th.”, Tweeted Bashir Ahmed, Special Assistant on Digital Communications to...
No policy in Nigeria’s petroleum industry has generated more controversy than subsidy removal. Since the return to democracy in 1999, it has defied ministers and even the entire lifespan of administrations. The argument is that the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) commonly known as petrol by is...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has condemned the attack on some United States Embassy officials at Ogabru in Anambra. Tinubu, in a statement on Friday in Abuja by his media aide, Mr Tunde Rahman, said he was shocked to hear of the attack....
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has expressed displeasure with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s phone call to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, saying that its basis lacked clarity. On the call, the American government official was said to have emphasised his continued commitment to further strengthening the...
The Presidential Transition Council (PTC) has unveiled the programme of events for the inauguration of President-Elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu on May 29. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation(SGF) and Chairman, PTC, Mr Boss Mustapha, unveiled the programme at a World News Conference in Abuja on Thursday. He...
The National Security Adviser(NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, has assured Nigerians of adequate security during the Presidential Inauguration ceremony. Monguno gave the assurance on Thursday in Abuja at a World Press Conference, organised to mark commencement of activities for the May 29 presidential inauguration. The NSA, who heads the...
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Thursday resumed for continuation of hearing in the suit by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The court is presently hearing the application for live coverage of proceedings. Counsel for Atiku and PDP, Chris Uche, said the motion dated...
The U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has assured Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu of the U.S. commitment to further strengthening the U.S.-Nigeria relationship with the incoming administration. Blinken, in a statement by U.S. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller, said he called the President-elect on Tuesday to discuss issues of...
The President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has assured that women would be properly represented in his administration. Tinubu said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the public presentation of a book titled, “101 Nigerian Women of Impact” authored by Mrs Zainab Marwa. The President-elect was represented by the National Women...
Mr Ade Omole, the Director of the dissolved APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Diaspora Directorate, says the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu will win his case at the election tribunal over the Feb. 25 presidential election.Omole said this on Monday when he received a property donation for the accommodation of Nigerians...
The All Progressives Congress(APC) Committee of Diaspora Chairmen on Monday urged the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to beware of sycophants ahead of his assumption of office on May 29. Mr Bola Babarinde, the Secretary General of the Committee under the Chairmanship of Prof. Adesegun Labinjo, gave the advice in a...
Dr Joshua Bolarinwa, an International Relations expert and Senior Research Fellow, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) says the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu’s trip to Europe is a sign of strong preparation for governance. Bolarinwa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos, that Tinubu was...
The President, National Patriotic Elders’ Forum of Nigeria, Dr Bature AbdulAziz has dismissed those calling for the suspension of swearing-in of the President-elect Sen. Ahmed Tinubu, as ignorant of the law. AbdulAziz told journalists in Kano on Saturday that the renewed calls for the suspension of swearing-in of the...
President Muhammadu Buhari and his family have moved into the Glass House at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, ahead of the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This was disclosed by the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, via a video shared on her official Instagram page after taking the...