President-Elect Tinubu Archives - Page 3 of 3

‘Why Tinubu may be best President for Nigerian workers’ – NLC ex-VP, Isa Aremu

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 Aminu Imam

Former vice-president �of the Nigerian Labour Congress, (NLC), and now�Director-General, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, Issa Aremu, has said the record of President-elect Bola Tinubu as two-term governor of Lagos State, and campaign programme of All Progressives Congress, (APC) positioned him �as the possible best labour-friendly President� in waiting. Aremu stated this yesterday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, while declaring open a two-day induction of industrial relations training programme for the newly elected executive members of the newly formed Congress of Nigerian University Academics, (CONUA)…

Abuja Court of Appeal asked to stop Tinubu�s inauguration

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 Aminu Imam

A new suit seeking to halt the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria�s new President on May 29, 2023, has been filed at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The suit, filed by Hope Democratic Party (HDP), is praying the court for an order stopping the inauguration. The Party prayed the court to prohibit President Muhammadu Buhari, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from inaugurating the 2023 President-elect on May 29. The Party, which participated in the 2019 presidential poll on the…

Back from Vacation: �I�m strong, ready for tasks ahead� � President-elect Tinubu

April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 Aminu Imam

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has expressed readiness to kick-start work ahead of the May 29th handing-over date. Recall that the President-elect returned to the country on Monday evening after about a month trip to Paris, France. The Asiwaju was received yesterday by a mammoth crowd of enthusiastic associates and supporters who thronged the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, where his plane touched down. The President-elect was in company with his wife, Senator Remi, and son, Seyi. Among those at the airport to receive him…

Eid-el-Fitr: President-elect, Tinubu felicitates with Muslims

April 22, 2023April 22, 2023 Aminu Imam

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has felicitated Muslims in Nigeria and around the world on the occasion of the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. His greetings are contained in a press statement posted on his official Twitter page. The Asiwaju thanked the Almighty Allah for the grace to witness this year�s Eid-el-Fitr celebration after the Holy month of Ramadan. Tinubu urged Nigerians to constantly seek to become a better version of themselves through patriotism, dedication to duty, and honesty. �We are at the dawn of a Renewed Hope for a better, greater and…

�Tinubu didn�t have to score 25 percent votes in Abuja to be president-elect� � INEC

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, did not have to score 25 votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) before being declared Nigeria�s President-elect. The President-elect polled 8.8 million votes to beat the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, who came second and Labour Party�s Peter Obi who came third in the 25 February election. To be declared the winner of Nigeria�s presidential election, a candidate must also score 25 per cent…

Ramalan rejoice with Tinubu at 71

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 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…

“I will form my cabinet solely on competence” ? Tinubu

March 18, 2023March 18, 2023 Aminu Imam

…Says politics must take backseat in governance President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that competence and character would determine who will make it to his cabinet. Tinubu made the declaration in a statement he personally signed entitled, �Nigeria: At the Cusp of Renewed Hope,� made available to newsmen on Thursday. He declared that it was time for politics to take backstage for governance and noted that only those who share his vision of good governance would make his blueprint for the nation attainable. He said: �As your incoming President, I…

#Nigeria Decides: INEC declares Tinubu winner of Nigeria�s 2023 presidential election

March 1, 2023March 1, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared As�w�j� Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) the winner of Nigeria�s seventh presidential election. Tinubu polled a total of 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar, of the People�s Democratic Party, (PDP), who scored 6,984,520 to emerge second. Peter Obi, of the Labour Party (LP), clinched third position, with 6,101,533 votes; while the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) came a distant fourth, with 1,496,687. Declaring the result Mahmoud Yakubu, the INEC chairman, said, �Bola Tinubu, of APC,…