Tag: Tinubu
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Tinubu, Shettima now to pay tollgate fees at airports
President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will now henceforth pay the required fees at tollgates whenever they use the nation’s airports. This came as the the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting he presided over at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday approved that there should be no more exemption granted to users…
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Tinubu, Shettima settle for chartered flights as presidential jets undergo repairs
President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima have opted for chartered flights as both of Nigeria’s presidential jets undergo repairs, leaving them without official aircraft for their recent travels. According to The Gazette, Tinubu was in The Hague for diplomatic engagements when he learned of unspecified problems with his main luxury jet, forcing him…
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Tinubu, Govs keep mum over Aiyedatiwa’s victory
–President prolonged silence may call for cancellation By: Phillips Ade Barely twenty-four hours after Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa was declared the winner of All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Ondo State, President Bola Tinubu and some Governors believed to be friends of the Sunshine State Governor are yet to extend greetings and wishes to…
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Tinubu, Six Governors Head to Benin Republic
President Bola Tinubu will on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, honour an invitation to attend the 63rd independence anniversary of the Republic of Benin. Dele Alake, Special Adviser, Special Duties, Communications & Strategy made this known in a statement on Monday, adding that the President, who is also the Chairman of the Authority of…
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Tinubu, Shettima oppose live broadcast of election petition proceedings
The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, have urged the Presidential Election Petition Court to dismiss the application by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party for a live broadcast of proceedings. They argued that the relief sought by the applicants are not such that the court could grant it. “With much…
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Tinubu, Osinbajo Meet At Akeredolu’s Mother’s Funeral
The ancient town of Owo in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State played host to prominent politicians from across Nigeria on Saturday during the funeral of Lady Evangelist Grace Akeredolu, mother of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State. The funeral of the nonagenarian matriarch of the Akeredolu dynasty, who died on September 15,…
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2023 Presidency: APC Chieftain Asks Osinbajo, Tinubu, Yahaya Bello To Drop Ambition
As the two major political parties in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) prepare for their upcoming primary elections to select their candidates to contest for the Office of President of Federal Republic of Nigeria, one of the founding members of APC, Chief Osita Okechukwu on Wednesday reminded those declaring…
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2023: I’ll support Tinubu’s if he wants to be president —Senator Buhari
Oyo North lawmaker, Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, says he will support All Progressives Congress stalwart, Bola Tinubu, to be the next president of Nigeria the moment he declares his interest in the nation’s top job. Buhari said this during an interview with journalist, Edmund Obilo, on Thursday. When asked if Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State…
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Atiku, Tambuwal, Tinubu test Strengths in Ondo Election over 2023 Presidency
Major gladiators, who are nursing presidential ambition in 2023, are determined in their quest to use the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State as an avenue to test their strengths, Daily Independent has gathered. Some of these political heavyweights are Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), who is…
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Our Judiciary’s Reputation Shouldn’t Be Tarnished – Tinubu
National Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday cautioned against undue vilification of the Judiciary. Tinubu said Judiciary, being an important pillar in the sustenance of democracy, must be respected and its image protected always. He advised that, having adopted democracy as a system of government, we must learn…