Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has congratulated President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his electoral victory in the 2023 presidential election. It also commended President Muhammadu Buhari for overseeing a peaceful conduct of the 2023 general elections. “I congratulate the President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory at the polls, the Speaker, Dr. Sidie Tunis, said while addressing the opening of the First Ordinary Session of the parliament, “I express best wishes on behalf of the membership of the ECOWAS Parliament for his success as he prepares to take up the responsibilities and challenges of his office. “I…
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…says ready to work with party, Tinubu to realize plan The Joint Task – 10th Assembly has welcomed the zoning arrangement for the Presiding Officers of the 10th National Assembly released by the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday. The leadership of the Joint Task – 10th Assembly commended the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for showing leadership in arriving at the party’s choice for those that will lead the 10th National Assembly. Noting that they were ready to work with the incoming Tinubu’s administration, members of the forum said they would work hard to…
The stock of Godswill Akpabio keeps rising in the race for Senate presidency as seventy-two non-serving senators have endorsed thr former Anambra state governor as president of the 10th senate. Although Akpabio has not formally declared his intention for the post, he has been inundated with support from some quarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC)m Recently, Abdullahi Ganduje, outgoing governor of Kano, was full of optimism that the former Niger Delta minister would be the next senate president. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Monday, Basheer Lado, a former senator representing Kano central and convener of the group,…
Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has adjourned the hearing in the case filed by the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi, until Wednesday 10 May. The case was adjourned at the pre-hearing that commnenced on Monday. The hearing in the petition filed by the Action Peoples Party (APP) against INEC’s declaration of Bola Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 Presidential Election was also adjourned until Wednesday. This was upon the concurrence of counsel including Chief Wole Olanipekun for and Chief Lateef Fagbemi on the applications/Preliminary Objection before the tribunal. The tribunal is hearing five petitions against…
Supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi have been left disillusioned after pictures of Obi snoozing in court while the hearing of the petition he brought before the tribunal was underway have gone viral. Obi could be seen in the picture dozing off in court while proceeding that purportedly seeks to reclaim his self-acclaimed lost mandate in the February 25 presidential election was in hand. The pictures have since given rise to misgivings of Obi’s conviction that the election was fraught with irregularities as being claimed, and that his recourse to challenging the victory in court was just…
The Action Alliance (AA) has withdrawn its petition against the victory of Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the February 25 presidential election. The party announced its withdrawal at the pre-hearing session of the presidential election tribunal on Monday. None of the representatives of the other parties expressed opposition to the move. More details to follow…
Nollywood actress, Toyin Abraham is full of hopes that the country is on the cusp of experiencing a new dawn. Abraham expressed her optimism in a tweet on Saturday. She also expressed confidence that Nigeria is about to experience “a positive and great phase we have never experienced before.” The actress who was passionately supportive of President-elect Bola Tinubu during the campaign urged Nigerians to pray and support the new administration set to assume office on May 29. “We are about to experience a new dawn. A positive and great phase like we have never experienced before, I believe. So…
President-elect, Bola Tinubu has showered praises on Nigeria forward Victor Osimhen, describing him as the ‘real deal’ for leading Napoli to their third ever Serie A title. On Thursday, May 54, Osimhen scored in the 52nd minute to help Napoli tie 1-1 with Udinese and sral their first league championship in 33 years. The group’s previous championship came in 1990, thanks to late football great Diego Maradona’s inspiration. Taking to Twitter on Sunday to celebrate the prolific forward, Tinubu said a new King had been crowned in Italy Tinubu wrote, “I think we can all agree that there was another…
Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu says he is looking forward to engagements with the newly crowned King Charles III of the United Kingdom, on different issues that will strengthen the bilateral relationship between Nigeria and the UK. King Charles III was on Saturday coronated at London’s Westminster Abbey. He historically becomes the first to be inaugurated since 1937, taking over the reign after the demise of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022. Tinubu, in a letter, congratulated the new King while expressing conviction that he will follow in the ‘glorious footsteps’ of his mother plus surpass her achievements. “It…
The Joints Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that about 80,000 candidates, who could not sit for the 2023 UTME within their scheduled time owing to no fault of theirs, sat for the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME across the country on Saturday. Giving this information was JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in an interview on Saturday. According to the JAMB’s spokesperson, candidates affected include those who were verified at their centres but could not sit for the examination, those who could not be biometrically verified, those with mismatched data among others. He…