By Abimbola Ogunnaike The President –Elect under the platform of All Progressive Congress(APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu enthused it “It’s my turn actually!” an hour after he was declared winner of the 2023 presidential election held Saturday, 25 February, 2023, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday morning, 1 March, 2023. “I am profoundly humbled to serve as the 16th President of our beloved country. This is a shining moment in the life of any man and an affirmation of our democratic existence,” Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State, said. The president –elect thanked all those who participated in…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike The West Africa Elders Forum (WAEF) has told Presidential Candidates of Saturday’s general elections and their supporters to maintain peace. Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan; ex-Ghanaian President John Mahama and other members of the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) Election Mission to Nigeria made this known in a statement on Tuesday, 28 February, 2023, in Abuja. They appealed for calm in the country while commending Nigerians for the resilience and patriotism displayed during the Presidential and National Assembly election, held on February 25, 2023. “The West Africa Elders Forum (WAEF) Election Mission to Nigeria, 2023, wishes to…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) President-elect. The Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, pronounced Tinubu President-elect at exactly 4:10am on Wednesday, 1 March, 2023. INEC boss said Tinubu polled a total of 8,794,726 votes to defeat his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, Atiku Abubakar, who polled 6,984,520 votes while Peter Obi of Labour Party, secured 6,101,533, and Rabiu Kwankwaso of New Nigerian Peoples Party trailed with 1,496,687. According to him, valid votes were 24,025940 and rejected votes were 939,278, while the total votes cast were 24,966218…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyisome Wike was the game changer as the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu won in Rivers State, reports thegazellenews.com The Rivers State Governor delivered when it mattered most with his local government, Obio-Akpor delivering over 80,000 votes in favour of the APC Candidate to turn the contest on its head in the state. Prior to the result, Obi was leading Tinubu, having scored over 169,000 votes while the APC Candidate was trailing with over 148,000 votes. But Wike delivered when it mattered most and Tinubu eventually won scoring 231,585 votes…
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima showed the stuff he was made of delivering a landslide victory for the party in the Presidential Election, reports thegazellenews.com The state Presiding Officer delivered the result on Tuesday, 28 February, 2023, in Maiduguri, the state capital. At the state collation centre, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu dusted his rivals with a landslide victory scoring 652,282 votes. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar came a distant second scoring 190,921 votes while the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, scored a paltry…
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima showed the stuff he was made of delivering a landslide victory for the party in the Presidential Election, reports thegazellenews.com The state Presiding Officer delivered the result on Tuesday, 28 February, 2023, in Maiduguri, the state capital. At the state collation centre, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu dusted his rivals with a landslide victory scoring 652,282 votes. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar came a distant second scoring 190,921 votes while the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, scored a paltry…
Succour may have come for Nigerians with the launch of a new techno-craft company with a vision to equip individuals with rapid skill acquisition and empower seven million youths worldwide. Skilharvest, the new firm, according to its promoters: Olatayo Ajiboye and Fikun Aluko; will offer short courses under four categories: School of Technology; School of Construction; School of Arts and Creatives; and School of Renewable Energy, with plan to add more in the future. The need for artisans worldwide is still growing, with the Nigerian market dominated by foreigners who remit N900 billion out of the country annually and an…
Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Chief Barnabas Gemade has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmud Yakubu to ignore calls by former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the cancellation of Saturday, 25 February, 2023, presidential election. Gemade who was addressing the press on Tuesday, 28 February, 2023, in Abuja, said Obasanjo was a meddlesome interloper who has nothing at stake in the election. He said the calls for the cancellation of the elections by the former president was an assault on democracy and the rule of law which he described…
Since the news of the death of prominent businessman and popular auto dealer, Alhaji Chief Lanre Rasak Akanni Shittu, Chairman of Lanre Shittu Motors broke on Monday, 27 February, 2023, it has sent shockwaves across the entire social and corporate circuit. Alhaji Shittu died in Lagos in the early hours of Monday, 27 February, 2023. Sources said the wealthy businessman battled diabetes before he eventually succumbed to his other underlying conditions. His death came a month after his 65th birthday. He was buried according to Islamic rites on Tuesday, 28 February, 2023, at the Vaults and Gardens in Ikoyi Lagos.…