The President-elect, Bola Tinubu has arrived the Eagles
Square in Abuja ahead of his inauguration.
Tinubu arrived the Eagles Square with his wife, Remi; and
the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha.
Also at the Square is the Vice President-elect, Kashim
Shettima and his wife.
The President-elect won the last presidential election after
polling the highest number of votes.
Just hours before his exit from
Aso Rock, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renaming of 15 airports
after some prominent Nigerian leaders.
The approval was given on Friday,
according to a statement from the ministry of aviation, signed by the head of
press and public affairs, Odutayo Oluseyi.
The airports include Akure
International Airport, named after Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu; Benin International
Airport was also named after Oba Akinzua II; Dutse International Airport was
renamed to Muhammed Nuhu Sanusi; Ebonyi International Airport Okadigbo will now
be known as Chuba Wilberforce; while Gombe International Airport was renamed
Brigadier Zakari Maimalari.
Also on the list are Ibadan
International Airport (Samuel Ladoke Akintola); Ilorin International Airport
(General Tunde Abdullahi Idiagbon); Kaduna International Airport (Gen. Hassan
Usman Katsina); and Maiduguri International Airport (President Muhammadu
Buhari).
The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, says
it will be ‘extremely weird’ of him to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Obi, who spoke through his aide, Tai Obasi, also denied
planning a demonstration ahead of today’s inauguration of the incoming
President.
The rebuttal is coming on the heels of speculation that the
former governor of Anambra State and his Obidient movement would stage a
protest close to Eagle Square to register their displeasure over the Federal
Government’s insistence on having the President-elect inaugurated.
Obasi said, “I don’t know where that report is coming from. We don’t know anything about it or who are behind the proposed protest. But I can categorically tell you that my principal is not aware of anything.
From his political journey as a Senator, governor and
political godfather, the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, will today be sworn in
as the fifth democratically elected President since Nigeria’s return to
democracy in 1999.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu will today assume office as the 16th
President of Nigeria. The man popularly known as Jagaban, the leader of
warriors, has never hidden his ambition to rule the country. True to his conviction and the title bestowed
on him by the Emir of Borgu in Niger State, the politician believes that power
is not served à la carte.
In 2022, when he announced his desire to succeed Buhari, the
old general whom he helped make President, he was advised to remain a
kingmaker.
But he insisted, “I have made others king. It is time for me to be king” while adding
the fact that his lifetime’s achievement was to be Nigeria’s President.
The outgoing Governor of Kano State, Dr Umar Abdullahi Ganduje has left a mounting debt profile of N75.6 billion and N241.3 billion liabilities for the incoming Government of Abba Kabir Yusuf.
Speaking while handing over mantle of power to Yusuf, the outgoing Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji said the Ganduje administration had done its best in managing the affairs of the State.
Alhaji noted that out of the N75.6 billion, N9.2 billion was for the State, while the 44 Local Government Areas have N66.3 billion liabilities.
Responding, the incoming Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, expressed surprised over the departure from the traditional means of handing over power in the State, from 1999 to 2015 when Kwankwaso handed over to Abdullahi Ganduje.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has explained why he conceded defeat after losing the 2015 presidential election to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Jonathan said he conceded defeat because he was more interested in Nigeria than himself.
He disclosed this during an interview with Arise Television on Monday.
Jonathan noted that the situation of Buhari handing over to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu was a different situation from his time.
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has
said the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, would strengthen
him.
Obi said he won’t back down on his push to secure his
mandate despite Tinubu’s inauguration.
Tinubu defeated Obi and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
during the last presidential election.
Speaking during a Twitter space discussion, Obi, however,
said he’s not a saint.
Incoming President Bola Tinubu, says he will deliver on his
campaign promises.
Speaking at a dinner organised by the presidential
transition council (PTC) at the Aso Rock Villa on Sunday night, Tinubu said
there is the need to fight corruption and poverty, among other issues plaguing
the country.
The former governor of Lagos said he will not hesitate to
ask outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari for counsel in governing the country
“We must fight corruption, poverty, inconsistencies in
policies and many other problems confronting us, but don’t pity me, I asked for
the job,” he said.
Ifeanyi Okowa,
outgoing governor of Delta state, has spoken on the accusations of betrayal
levelled against him regarding the southern presidency agenda.
In the build-up to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
primary in May 2022, some stakeholders demanded that the presidential ticket be
zoned to the south.
However, the party ditched zoning, throwing the contest for the presidential ticket
open.
The move elicited heated criticism, with Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, saying the decision was in “clear violation of the party’s constitution”.
The Diaspora Support For Asiwaju (DSA North America), a
group of Nigerians supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC), says it will
honour notable individuals that contributed to Bola Tinubu’s success as the
president-elect.
In a statement issued by the group during the weekend, the
celebratory dinner and award night will hold in Abuja on Tuesday.
Top members of the APC and key figures from the opposition
who were believed to have contributed to the APC’s success at the polls would
be in attendance.
Folasade Olumo, convener of the group and the deputy women
leader of the United States APC chapter, said the event was inspired by the
relentless contributions of nationals living in the diaspora who made valuable
contributions to the “renewed hope campaign” despite not being physically
present.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of
Sha’aban Sharada as the executive secretary of the National Commission for
Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education.
In a statement on Sunday evening, Garba Shehu, presidential
spokesperson, said Buhari appointed Sharada, an outgoing member of house of
representatives from Kano, after signing the bill establishing the commission
into law.
“Following his assent to the national commission for
almajiri and out-of-school children education bill 2023, President Muhammadu
Buhari has approved the appointment of the outgoing member of the house of
representatives for Kano municipal, honourable (Dr) Sha’aban Sharada as
executive secretary,” the statement reads.
Sharada has a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from
Bayero University, Kano and a master of business administration from the
University of Chichester, United Kingdom.
As curtains fall on President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime on
May 29, 2023, Nollywood actor, Ime Bishop Umoh, popularly known as Okon, has
prayed that the incoming administration doesn’t mismanage the country to a
point where citizens would miss the outgoing government.
He said Nigerians always miss their past leaders because the
economy gets worse with each government that comes.
The comic actor asserted that the outgoing president only
contested to achieve his selfish, lifelong ambition of ruling Nigeria again,
alleging that Buhari’s ambition was never that of service.
He prayed that Nigerians would not miss the outgoing
president.
Popular Skitmaker and content creator, Michael Sani Amanesi, aka MC Lively, has disclosed why he is not practicing as a lawyer despite being called to the Nigerian Bar in 2016.
The Obafemi Awolowo University alumnus said he was offered N5,000 to work at a law firm.
He revealed this in a recent chat with famous media personality, Chude Jideonwo.
MC Lively said, “I love law so much. I excelled at it so much. I really really loves it. But there was such a struggle between what you do in school and things in real life. It’s so different.
Outgoing Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has said he would need to reduce the number of cows and sheep in his ranch because he would not have enough money to buy feed for them after office.
Buhari said his animals are easier to control than Nigerians, whom he ruled for eight years.
Buhari has repeatedly said he would return to his hometown in Daura, Katsina State, to look after his cattle.
During his speech at a pre-inauguration Gala Night held on Sunday, Buhari re-echoed that he would go back to his cattle and sheep in Daura.
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the just concluded presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, has alleged that “some evil designs were being hatched against him and his supporters.”
Obi claimed that “efforts will be made to taint his image”, adding that “campaigns of calumny were being perfected to defame his character and diminish his hard-earned integrity in the coming months”.
In a statement via his verified Twitter handle on Monday, Obi disclosed that part of the schemes would aim to degrade his support base and confuse the public.
His statement is coming on the heels of swearing-in of the President-elect Bola Tinubu, Today, Monday.
Remi Tinubu, the wife of the president-elect, says her
family does not need the wealth of Nigeria to survive.
Tinubu who spoke at the 2023 presidential inauguration
inter-denominational church service at the National Christian Center, Abuja,
said Nigeria’s wealth belongs to all and is for doing the right thing.
She called for prayers from Nigerians, adding that she and
her husband would be needing God’s grace to deliver on the expectations of
citizens.
While saying she was humbled by her husband’s victory at the
polls, Tinubu added that it was time for the country to unite in renewed hope
and expect the best.
After 8 years in the saddle, President Muhammadu Buhari will
exit the stage and hand over to Bola Tinubu on May 29.
Supporters of the President describe him as the “greatest
President,” while his critics have more unflattering words to describe him.
In this report, here are some of the most controversial
moments under President Buhari in the past 8 years.
Twitter ban
Ahead of Monday’s inauguration, the Socio-Economic Rights
and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu
to make public his assets.
SERAP disclosed this on Sunday in a statement by its Deputy
Director, Kolawole Oluwadare.
The group called on the incoming administration to walk the
talk concerning its electoral promises.
SERAP added that the incoming government should prioritise the rule of law, media freedom, and efforts to curb corruption.
Babatunde Fashola,
outgoing minister of works and housing, says feedback received from Nigerians
shows that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari improved the
country.
Speaking in an interview with
Channels Television on Friday night, Fashola said the Buhari
administration fulfilled the 2015 mantra of change.
On May 29, Buhari is expected to leave office after eight
years as Nigeria’s president.
Giving an assessment of the Buhari administration, Fashola said the road infrastructure projects executed by the outgoing government have reduced the hours Nigerians spent travelling on roads.