Tag: Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Ahead of transition in 35 days, Tinubu returns to Nigeria

Aminu Imam

Exactly 35 days to his inauguration on May 29, the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, will arrive in the country today, Monday, after a one-month rest in France. Recall that Tinubu departed Nigeria for France on Tuesday, March 21 to rest, and plan the transition programme ahead of his inauguration on May 29. His Media Office had, in an issued statement in March, explained that he travelled to France to rest and plan his transition programme after a very exhaustive campaign and election season. According to one of his loyalists, the president-elect…

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Eid: Ramalan felicitates Buhari, Tinubu, Muslim faithful

Aminu Imam

…Prays for human security, unity and peaceful co-existence By Aminu Imam Executive Chairman, ATAR Communications Nigeria Ltd, Owners and Operators of the No. 1 Arewa’s news channels, Liberty TV and FM stations, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has rejoiced with President Muhammadu Buhari; President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Vice-President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima and all Muslim faithful on the occasion of Eid-el-Fitr. Ramalan, in an interview with newsmen yesterday, after the Eid Prayer in Jabi, Abuja, which commemorates the end of the holy month of Ramadan, also enjoined all Muslim faithful…

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Eid-el-Fitr: Ramalan felicitates Buhari, Tinubu, Muslim faithful

Aminu Imam

…Prays for Human Security, Unity and peaceful co-existence By Aminu Imam Executive Chairman, ATAR Communications Nigeria Ltd, Owners and Operators of the No. 1 Arewa’s news channels, Liberty TV and FM stations, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan has rejoiced with President Muhammadu Buhari; President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Vice-President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima and all Muslim faithful on the occasion of Eid-el-Fitr. Ramalan, in an Interview with newsmen after the Eid Prayer in Jabi, Abuja, which commemorates the end of the holy month of Ramadan, also enjoined all Muslim faithful to…

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Eid el-Fitr: President-elect, Tinubu preaches love, sacrifice

Aminu Imam

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has stressed the need for mankind to live in love, maintaining it is a major demand of Almighty Allah from all Muslim Ummah. This charge was contained in a goodwill message he signed to mark this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration at the end of the Holy month of Ramadan. The former Lagos Governor thanked Almighty Allah (SWT) for the grace to witness this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration after the Holy Month of Ramadan. Noting that Ramadan is a sacred spiritual obligation as one of the five pillars…

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“Tinubu micromanages team more than Buhari” – Fashola

Aminu Imam

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the leadership styles of President Muhammadu Buhari and President-elect Bola Tinubu vary. Using football managers as an example, while Speaking at the weekend during an interview during a television programme, Fashola said Buhari is like a coach, who prepares his team for the game and sits in the dugout for 90 minutes – while Tinubu is the type of gaffer, who gets involved with the team’s activities on the field. Recall that the minister worked under Tinubu as his Chief of Staff…

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Tinubu makes TIME magazine’s 2023 ‘100 most influential people’

Aminu Imam

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been named in TIME magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People of 2023’, alongside the King of the United Kingdom, King Charles III; US President Joe Biden, amongst others. Others on the list included US Senator Mitch McConnell; Argentine footballer, Lionel Messi, Twitter CEO, Elon Musk, US actor, Michael B. Jordan; US singer, Beyonce; US actress, Angela Bassett, amongst others. Tinubu’s profile as given by TIME magazine read, “Winning an election in Africa’s most populous country is no easy feat. But Nigeria’s newly elected President Bola…

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Incessant Faceoff with FG: ASUU gives condition to meet Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), has said it is ready to meet with the incoming administration of President-elect Bola Tinubu to find a permanent solution to its incessant faceoff with the government only on one condition – government must show determination to handle education issues with the seriousness they deserve. Speaking in an interview yesterday, the National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, however, said if the Tinubu administration would go the way of its predecessor, then the final nail would have been put on the coffin of tertiary education…

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Supreme Court dismisses suit querying Tinubu’s qualification

Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court, in Abuja, has dismissed an appeal filed by three members of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), seeking to disqualify the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, claiming he was not qualified to contest the last presidential election. The apex court, yesterday, threw away the suit filed by a former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, on the grounds that it was statute-barred, having no life to support it and legs to stand upon. Justice John Inyang Okoro, who presided over a 5-man panel of Justices of the Court, while…

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Ramalan rejoice with Tinubu at 71

Aminu Imam

…Says Asiwaju risked his life fighting for democracy Alhaji (Dr) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, Deputy Director News TSG Independent Campaign Council (ICC), former Chairman Kaduna State APC Caucus, rejoices with Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the occasion of his 71st birthday. In an issued statement from London, Dr. Ramalan said, “His Excellency Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu fought tirelessly with other progressives and pro-democracy activists during the annulment of the June 12 struggle to end the military interregnum and enthrone democracy, which we all enjoy today.” He added that Tinubu’s…

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Tinubu expresses ‘fear’ over alleged plots to truncate his swearing-in

Aminu Imam

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has raised the alarm over plots by some aggrieved partisans to truncate the transition process, particularly his expected swearing-in on May 29. Tinubu, in an issued statement by his Director, Public Affairs and Minister of State Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN) also warned the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and that of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, against taking to the streets while also pursuing their cases in court. In the statement issued Saturday in Abuja, the President-elect…

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