President Bola Tinubu has directed operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) to vacate the Lagos headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ikoyi, Lagos. There had been pandemonium within the vicinity of the EFCC office when men of the DSS reportedly barricaded access into the office area. It was gathered…
THE NIGERIAN IDEAL My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Monday 29th, 2023, work free for all workers in the country, to commemorate the inauguration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as President and vice president of the nation’s 16th democratically elected president and vice president. The declaration was made by the Hon. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni…
A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to stop the swearing-in of Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), as Nigeria’s president. With 8,794,726 votes, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Tinubu the winner of the presidential poll held on February 25. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/…
… You have no locus standi to file such suit , court tells PDP The supreme court has dismissed the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A five-member panel of the supreme court…
President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred national honours on President-elect Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, the vice-president-elect. Tinubu was conferred with the Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (GCFR) while Shettima was honoured with the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON). The investiture ceremony took place on Thursday at the…
The presidential election petition court has consolidated all the petitions against the election of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president. All the petitions filed by the three petitioners, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM), and their presidential candidates were merged by the court on Tuesday. The court has…
As the preparations towards the May 29 inauguration of the president elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu continues on top gear, a Muslim women organisation, Coalition of Muslim Women for Asiwaju (COMWA) has organised a prayer session for a peaceful handing over. The group led by its National Coordinator/Chairperson, Hajia Rasheedah Adebari, storm the Lagos state…
Congratulatory notes continue to pour in for the Nigeria’s president elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory at the February 25 presidential elections. The latest of the congratulations message was from the duo of Winston Ebegha Tarelayefa and Prince Olawale Cole where they both express their heartfelt excitement and joy over the victory of…
President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu says better days ahead for workers in the country. Tinubu spoke on Monday in a statement released to commemorate Workers Day. The former governor of Lagos in his glowing message to the workers assured them he would always fight for them, adding that they will have “more than minimum wage”….
