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....
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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...
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has revealed why himself and other Northern Governors supported the presidential ambition of the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu. The governor made the revelation on Thursday in Daura during a farewell visit to the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Faruq-Umar. According to him, the...
The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC), has adjourned pre-hearing in the petitions filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’ and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) until May 18. The five-member panel, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani adjourned after listening to the agreement by all the counsel in the petitions....
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has congratulated Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun over his victory at the Supreme Court. Tinubu in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos by spokesman, Tunde Rahman, urged the governor to move quickly to unite the state. He said...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President-elect, Bola Tinubu has been warned against endorsing a candidate for the position of Senate President from the South-South without any regard for the Southeast. The South East caucus gave the advise in a communique issued after a meeting on Monday in Abuja. Senator...
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), sitting in Abuja, has asked lawyers representing all those who filed petitions before the court to avoid unnecessary technicalities and address the substance of their petitions. The five-member panel with Justice Haruna Tsammani as Chairman, said this at the inaugural sitting of the...