Tag: May 29 Inauguration

Bola Tinubu: Kingmaker becomes Nigeria’s 16th President, Leader

Aminu Imam

By Hassan Umar Farouk, State House correspondent Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the president-elect, and Kashim Shettima, the vice president-elect, yesterday officially assumed their positions as president and vice president of Nigeria, respectively. Chief Justice of the Federation, Olukayode Ariwoola, administered the oath of office to the President, shortly after the Vice-President took his oath of office a few minutes after ten, yesterday morning, at Eagle Square, Abuja.  Tinubu became one of the 16 Nigerians privileged to occupy the nation’s highest political office since its independence in 1960, and also its seventh civilian to…

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Tinubu sworn-in as Nigeria’s 16th President

Aminu Imam

Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, and Kashim Shettima, the vice president-elect, have officially assumed their positions as president and vice president of Nigeria, respectively. Today, Monday, Chief Justice of the Federation, Olukayode Ariwoola, administered the oath of office to the President, shortly after the Vice-President the Vice President took his oath of office. Tinubu, had assured to live up expectations and deliver on his pledges. Tinubu, who spoke at the Inauguration Dinner/Gala Night, organized by the Presidential Transition Council, PTC, at the Old Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja, also promised to…

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May 29 Inauguration: Tinubu mounts the saddle as Nigeria’s 16th President

Aminu Imam

…28 States Govs-elect take charge Nigeria’s federal capital, Abuja, and 28 State capitals are agog, as Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu would be sworn-in today, Monday as the successor to the outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari, whose two-term tenure of eight years ends today. Ahead of today’s inauguration of the President-elect, as well as 28 State chief executives, there is also a security beef-up to prevent any breakdown of law and order. Recall that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) emerged victorious during the February 25 presidential polls while 28…

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May 29 Inauguration: Liberty TV and FM Radio stations offers ‘live coverage’ of activities

Aminu Imam

Liberty TV and FM Radio Stations Media Group have announced plans to cover live the inauguration of President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the New Governors of Kaduna, Kano and Katsina States on May 29. In an issued statement by the Executive Chairman of ATAR Communications Nigeria Ltd, Owners and Operators of Liberty TV and FM Stations in Abuja Kaduna and Kano, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan said the Inauguration Day events would be covered Live, to provide comfort for our millions of audiences and well-wishers in Nigeria, West, Central…

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“It’s time to unite divided Nigeria” – Kenyatta to Tinubu

Aminu Imam

Former President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta gave the admonition yesterday in his keynote address at the Inauguration lecture organised by the Presidential Transition Council, (PTC), in Abuja. Speaking on the theme: “Deepening democracy for integration and development”, Kenyatta summed up the leadership crisis in Africa to negative ethnicism, religious intolerance and economic greed. Kenyatta, who noted that while elections may divide the people, leadership must bring them together. He encouraged Tinubu to surround himself with voices that challenge his own, and reach out to those who may feel aggrieved in…

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May 29: Ex-militant leader mobilises against anti-inauguration forces at Eagle Square, Abuja

Aminu Imam

A dreaded former militant commander in the Niger-Delta region, popularly called General Amagbein Boro, is mobilising thousands of youths to occupy Abuja against forces threatening to disrupt the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday.  Amagbein, who is the Founder of the famous youth group, the Niger Delta Amagbein Movement (NDAM), kicked against some treasonable statements emanating from persons he described as the enemies of the country, saying they were capable of causing chaos in the polity. He bemoaned the effrontery of a few aggrieved and self-centered coupists sponsoring…

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May 29: “It’s time to pass baton; I’ve run a good race” – Buhari

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday scored himself high, as he declared that he has run a good race. President Buhari gave himself pass mark while speaking at the investiture of National Honours of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic, (GCFR), on the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, GCON, on Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima. The outgoing President handed the Transition Documents as well as the symbolic Baton of Service over to Asiwaju Tinubu at the event, which was held…

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Ex-presidential candidate fined N40m for attempting to stop Tinubu’s inauguration

Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has fined Ambrose Owuru, a former presidential candidate, N40m for filing a “frivolous suit seeking to stop the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29”. The Court ordered Owuru to pay the sum of N10m each to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Tinubu. Justice Jamil Tukur, who read the lead judgment of the three man panel of the court, held that Owuru embarked on a gross abuse of…

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Ohanaeze makes U-turn, set to attend Tinubu’s May 29 inauguration

Aminu Imam

A faction of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, led by Chidi Ibeh, has said members of the group will attend the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Monday, May 29, at the Eagle Square, Abuja. The group claimed that it has the backing of three Igbo State governors to attend the occasion. In an issued statement in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, the Secretary-General of the group, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, noted that Governors Dave Umahi, of Ebonyi State, Okezie Ikpeazu, of Abia State, and Nyesom Wike, of River State,…

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May 29: FAAN directs operators to temporarily relocate aircrafts from Abuja to alternate airports

Aminu Imam

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has advised airline operators to temporarily relocate their aircraft from the General Aviation Terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja to alternate airports. The operators have been given till May 22 to do so. In a circular issued yesterday, signed by the Regional General Manager, Kabir Mohammed, the relocation order is hinged on the safety and security of the airport ahead of the presidential inauguration on May 29. “The Presidential Inauguration is a high security event, and in order to ensure…

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