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PHOTO NEWS: Former UK PM visits Tinubu in Abuja
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair visited President-elect Bola Tinubu at the Defence House in Abuja on Tuesday. On Tinubu’s team to receive Blair was Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima and Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila.
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BREAKING: Presidential election tribunal merges Atiku, Obi, APM’s suits against Tinubu
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has opted to merge the three petitions filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP), and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) against the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the President-elect. The PEPC stated that trial in the petition will end on August 5…
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Biden announces 9-man delegation to attend Tinubu’s inauguration
United States President Joe Biden has released the list of a nine-man delegation to attend the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Monday. In a statement published on the White House website, the delegation is led by Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Honorable Marcia L. Fudge. Also on the delegation are US Embassy Abuja…
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Supreme Court to rule on PDP’s suit seeking Tinubu/Shettima’s disqualification May 26
The Supreme Court will on May 26 rule on the suit by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his vice Kashim Shettima. The PDP had approached the apex court for redress after the Court of Appeal on March 25, threw away its suit, saying it had no locus standi (the legal right)…
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BREAKING: Presidential election tribunal dismisses application for live telecast
The Presidential Election Petition Court has dismissed the application by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar for the live telecast of proceedings. The tribunal gave its ruling on Monday during sitting. More details later…
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Ganduje lied, Tinubu consulted him before meeting Kwakwanso – Jibrin
Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, House of Representatives member-elect on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has refuted claims by Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje that President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu didn’t carry him along before meeting with Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso. Tinubu’s four-hour meeting with Kwakwanso in Paris had generated reactions in the political space. On Saturday, an audio…
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PHOTO NEWS: Tinubu arrives Nigeria in preparation for presidential inauguration
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu arrived Nigeria from Europe on Saturday in preparation for his inauguration as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Tinubu arrived at the Presidential Wing of Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja with wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. He was received on arrival by Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, his wife Mrs Nana Shettima, Senate President, Ahmed Lawan,…
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Lagos PDP urges governorship election petition tribunal to begin proceedings
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, has called on the state’s Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to begin proceedings on its petition before it. The party made the call in a statement issued on Friday by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Hakeem Amode. The party said: “The facts of the petition bother on four grounds of non-compliance warranting disqualification of…
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Court nullifies LP candidate Otti’s election as Abia governor-elect
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has nullified the candidature of Abia State Governor-elect, Dr. Alex Otti. Justice M.N. Yunusa who presided over the case also nullified the candidatures of all candidates who participated in the 2023 general elections under the Labour Party (LP) in Abia and Kano States. The court, in Suit No FHC/KN/CS/107/2023, which was filed…
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Nasarawa Governor Sule lends support to APC National Assembly leadership choice
The governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has said that he and his counterparts from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North would not go against the choice of the president-elect regarding the leadership of the 10th National Assembly. Governor Sule noted that they are loyal party members who would want the incoming Tinubu administration to succeed. Speaking…
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