Tag: President-Elect Tinubu

Tinubu strikes alliance with Kwankwaso in France

Aminu Imam

President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, appears to be solidifying his base with post-election alliances. Tinubu, who left Nigeria last week Tuesday for Europe to meet foreign investors, reportedly met the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the February 25 election, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. According to reports, the meeting centred on involving Kwankwaso in the incoming administration. The meeting also discussed issues around the election of the legislative leaders ahead of the June 13 inauguration of the 10th National Assembly. It was gathered that the meeting between Tinubu…

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“May 29 inauguration of new administration can’t be stopped” – IGP

Aminu Imam

…Says plot to scuttle event real The Police High Command, yesterday, confirmed that the much-touted plot to scuttle the May 29th official Inauguration of the new administration of the President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Vice, Senator Kashim Shettima is real. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, however, said that the Nigeria Police Force and other security forces, particularly intelligence officials, have launched a massive manhunt against the criminal-minded elements behind the evil plot. The IGP explained the Police and other security forces…

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‘120 Heads of State interested in attending Tinubu’s inauguration’ – Official 

Aminu Imam

A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamu Garba, has said over 120 Heads of State have expressed interest in attending the inauguration of Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29, 2023. Garba, who stated this while speaking on during a television programme yesterday, said that despite stiff opposition, the May 29th inauguration will go ahead. Garba said: “Already, 120 Heads of State indicated an interest in attending the inauguration of the incoming President-Elect and Vice President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim…

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10th NASS: “Allow us to choose our leaders”, H/Reps-elect to Tinubu

Aminu Imam

Speaker of the National Assembly, Femi Gbajabiamila, has told lawmakers that will form the 10th National Assembly that the president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will issue a directive to all contestants for the position of Speaker to withdraw from the race and support Tajudeen Abbas. Gbajabiamila stated this while addressing members and members-elect in Abuja on Tuesday night at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. However, this has met with stiff opposition from members elect, who insisted that they should be allowed to choose who becomes the Speaker of the lower chamber,…

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President-elect Tinubu departs Nigeria for Europe on working visit

Aminu Imam

President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday afternoon left Nigeria for Europe on a working visit. According to an issued press statement yesterday by the President-elect’s office, signed by his Media Aide, Tunde Rahman, the Asíwájú will use the opportunity of the trip to fine-tune the transition plans and programmes, and his policy options with some of his key aides without unnecessary pressures and distractions. During the visit, the President-elect will engage with investors and other key allies with the goal of marketing investment opportunities in the country and his administration’s readiness…

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Asset Declaration: CCB tells Tinubu, others to submit forms before May 29

Aminu Imam

With barely 3 weeks to presidential inauguration, the Code of Conduct Bureau, (CCB), has said the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima and 28 incoming State governors must declare their assets before May 29. Other officials, including Senators-elect and Reps-elect, are expected to declare their assets before June 5 when they would be sworn-in. The CCB spokesperson, Veronica Kato, in Abuja, said that asset declaration was an integral part of the swearing-in ceremony, according to the law. She disclosed that several elected officials had started picking their assets…

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NASS Leadership: ‘One zone mustn’t produce two presiding officers’, Tinubu, APC told

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Integrity Group, has advised President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the party not to allow one geo-political zone to produce two presiding officers, in the 10th National Assembly. The group’s Coordinator and Secretary, Dawu Mohammed and Chisom Nwakanma, in an issued statement yesterday, argued that sensitive positions should be distributed evenly in order not to avert crisis. They claimed that there were already alignments and counter-alignments that would be injurious to the unity and existence of the party should they be allowed to exist. It is…

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“We’ll make corruption unattractive” – Tinubu assures Nigerians

Aminu Imam

President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has said his incoming administration will put incentives and policies in place that will make corruption unattractive for judges and other Nigerian workers. A statement by the Office of the President-elect, signed by one Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Aziz yesterday, quoted Tinubu as making the pledge in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, during the inauguration of the Magistrates Court complex, which was part of Tinubu’s two-day visit to the State to inaugurate projects executed by the Nyesom Wike administration. The Asiwaju said with the right incentives that guarantee a conducive working…

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“I’ll not marginalise any part of Nigeria” – Tinubu

Aminu Imam

Ahead of May 29 swearing-in ceremony, President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised that his administration will not marginalise, but work with every part of the country in areas of development. The President-elect, who is on a two-day visit to the state to inaugurate projects executed by the Governor Nyesom Wike administration, made the pledge on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. According to a statement released by Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, from the office of the President-elect, Tinubu, who made the promise at the opening of Rumuokwuta/Rumuola Flyover Bridge,…

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Rivers: Wike declares public holiday over Tinubu’s official visit

Aminu Imam

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has declared Wednesday, May 3, a public holiday. The holiday is to enable people in the state to welcome President-elect Bola Tinubu, who embarks on a two-day visit to the State to commission projects. Tinubu will be in the State today, Wednesday and Thursday, May 4. The governor had promised to invite Tinubu to his State to commission projects when the President-Elect campaigned for votes in the state before the last election. In a State-wide broadcast yesterday, he said a formal invitation was sent to…

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