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BREAKING: In sallah goodwill telephone call, Buhari, Tinubu pray for national stability
President Muhammadu Buhari and the incoming President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Friday morning exchanged Eid greetings in a phone call to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The sallah telephone call where both leaders exchanged goodwill and prayed for the stability and peace in Nigeria came against the background of rumours that the President-elect Tinubu is…
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Ukraine President Zelenskyy congratulates Tinubu, invites Nigeria’s President-elect on state visit
President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has extended his warm felicitations to Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his election victory. The Ukrainian leader, in a congratulatory letter he personally signed, expressed his gladness at the peaceful conduct of Nigeria’s just-concluded general elections and particularly praised the victory of Asiwaju Tinubu as the next President of Nigeria, adding that his…
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Convene NEC or face legal action, APC National Vice Chairman threatens Abdullahi Adamu
National Vice Chairman (North West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has threatened the party’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, with legal action if he fails to convene a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) within the next week. In an open letter dated April 19, 2023, Lukman warned that failure to restore constitutional order in the…
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Tinubu calls for investigation into controversial Adamawa governorship election
Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has called for a thorough investigation into the Adamawa Supplementary Governorship Election, which took place on Saturday. In a statement released on Wednesday, Tinubu congratulated the winners of the supplementary governorship elections in Kebbi and Adamawa States, as well as all those elected into the Senate, House of Representatives, and State Houses of Assembly. However,…
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BREAKING: INEC calls for prosecution of Adamawa REC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called for the investigation and prosecution of its Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Ari. This was contained in a statement released by the commission on Tuesday. According to the statement, INEC also said the collation of results in the state which was previously suspended would commence at a time determined by…
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17 takeaways from Fashola’s interview with Seun Okinbaloye on Channels Television
Minister of Works and Housing and former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN was the guest of Seun Okinbaloye on Channels TV Politics on Sunday on April 16th, 2023. The minister spoke on sundry issues including the victory of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the incoming President of Nigeria and why his party All Progressives Congress won the…
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Fashola dismisses allegations against Tinubu, says governance about performance, not sainthood
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has defended President-elect Bola Tinubu against allegations of corruption and misconduct. Speaking during an interview with Channels Television on Sunday, Fashola dismissed the allegations as unproven. “Every time it gets more difficult, that is his path to success. There is no easy day for him. The more difficult it gets, you can be…
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Atiku calls for arrest, prosecution of Adamawa REC over botched supplementary poll
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar has raised the alarm over what he called attempt to upturn the democratic wishes of the people of Adamawa State in the governorship election in the state. Atiku, in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, said that the initial decision of the Resident Electoral Commissioner…
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Ododo, Yahaya Bello’s preffered candidate picks Kogi APC governorship ticket
Kogi State Auditor-General, Ahmed Usman Ododo has emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the November election in the state. Governor Yahaya Bello had ahead of the election publicly announced that Ododo is his preferred choice out of all other contestants. The position of the governor forced some frontline aspirants, including the Deputy Governor, Edward Onoja,…
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Tinubu sues for peaceful, non-violent supplementary elections
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerians to conduct themselves peacefully and eschew violence during the supplementary elections set to take place across the country on Saturday. Tinubu made this call in a press release he personally signed on Friday. “As the last leg of the 2023 general election, we must ensure that the electoral processes are brought to…
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