A Pro-democracy group- the Natives, has cautioned the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against internal wranglings, ahead of the May 29 takeover of the president-elect Sen. Bola Tinubu. Mr Olalekan Edwards, the supreme leader of the group said this when he led a team on a visit...
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By ABUBAKAR SULEIMAN, Abuja – As Senator Godswill Akpabio’s chance of becoming the next Senate President is getting brighter and brighter, this writer has reliably learned that the incumbent Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan is plotting to work against Akpabio a payback for Akpabio’s support for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed...
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the President-elect Bola Tinubu has dual citizenship of Nigeria and Guinea. Atiku, in a fresh process he filed before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, also accused Tinubu of not disclosing facts of...
The President-elect, Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja, held a closed door meeting with the Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu. Kalu, who arrived Tinubu’s Asokoro residence in Abuja at 5:31pm, decked in white attire and red cap, was ushered into a meeting with Tinubu. The News Agency of...
Mr Issa Aremu, the Director General, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, has advised the organised labour to forge a sustainable partnership on “decent work agenda for national development” with the in-coming administration of the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu. Aremu gave the advice on Tuesday in...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the president-elect returned to Abuja on Monday after a month-long trip to Paris. He said he returned strong and ready to work. One of his media aides Mr Tunde Rahman quoted Tinubu in a statement issued on Monday as saying: “I am ready for the task...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again expressed his readiness to welcome Tinubu to the State House as President, assuring that the May 29 handover date to a new administration remained sacrosanct. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Buhari gave the assurance in the course of the week...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Chimaroke Nnamani, the former Enugu State Governor, has called on Mr Peter Obi to withdraw his petition challenging the election of Sen. Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Election Tribunal. Nnamani, who stated this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the Labour Party...
The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the APC has been dissolved to retune members for the May 29 inauguration of the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu’s administration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the council which was set up in September 2022, has Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau...
Sen.Gabriel Suswam has urged the incoming administration to make tackling power deficit and insecurity in the country a priority. Suswam made the call in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Friday. Suswam, who spoke while responding to questions on agenda setting for the incoming administration , said there...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari and the incoming President, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on Friday exchanged Eid greetings in a phone call to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, confirmed this in a statement on Friday in...
Northern clerics in collaboration with project one Nigeria on Friday converged in Kaduna for a special prayer session for the success of president-elect, Bola Tinubu and the speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. The event coincided with the 2023 Eidel kabir celebration, held a special prayers for their...
Mr Sunday Olajide, has implored Muslim faithful to use Eid-el-Fitr celebration to pray for the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to succeed when inaugurated on May 29. Olajide said that they should pray for guidance, wisdom and divine direction for Tinubu from God to govern the country in tackling economic stagnation...
The G36 Supporting Groups, a body of support groups for Sen. Bola Tinubu’s presidential ambition, has urged the President-elect not to give room for cabals in his administration. The Chairman of the group, Dr Samson Bilesanmi, who spoke at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos, also urged Tinubu...
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, has invited Sen. Bola Tinubu, the President-elect for a state-visit to Ukraine after his official inauguration on May 29. Mr Tunde Rahman, the media officer of the President-elect said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Rahman said that the invitation was part of...
The general elections of 2023 have come and gone, but the dust raised in many states and constituencies remains thick in the air. Every election in our country has its challenges, more so this year’s election which used new mechanisms which differ from the previous general elections. One such...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) sitting in Abuja that retired Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha was the duly sponsored presidential candidate of Action Alliance (AA) in the Feb 25 election. INEC, through its team of lawyers led by Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, insisted...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to shun violence in Saturday’s supplementary election. Tinubu in a statement on Friday in Abuja, called on the electorate in the areas where the supplementary election would hold to eschew violence and conduct themselves in peaceful...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has described the petition filed by Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against his election victory as “a gross abuse of court processes.” Tinubu, in a reply to the petition through his team of lawyers led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, told...
Spotify, a global online streaming platform, has revealed that music is a powerful tool for influencing the mood, helping to cultivate feelings of patience and positivity especially during the Ramadan period. Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy, Spotify Sub Saharan Africa’s Managing Director, in a statement on Thursday said this was according to...