Tag: Tinubu

Buhari names railway stations after Tinubu, Osinbajo, Fashola, Saraki, others

Ishaku Yohanna

The President Muhammadu Buhari has named railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after “deserving citizens.” According to the President, this deserving Nigerians contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and the nation at large. In a statement by the Ministry of Transportation on Monday titled, ‘Buhari Names Railway Stations After Prominent Nigerians,’ the ministry’s Director of Press, Eric Ojiekwe, said, “for the Lagos-Ibadan with extension to the Lagos Port Complex at Apapa railway station, the beneficiaries are Bola Ahmed Tinubu ( Apapa station), Mobolaji…

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2023: Senator Lawan denies presidential ambition

Ishaku Yohanna

A recent report alleging that Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, is nursing a presidential ambition has been dismissed by his spokesperson, Ola Awoniyi. Awoniyi in a statement on Saturday, July 18, said the report claiming Ahmad Lawan is intending to contest for the presidency should be regarded as beer parlour gossips. A media report on Friday said Lawan is scheming to contest for the presidency in 2023. Consultations were ongoing among major stakeholders in the party to make Lawan’s goal to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in office a reality, according to…

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