Month: March 2023

2023 Presidential Election: process and the result. By Bolaji O. Akinyemi

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At exactly 4:10am, Mahmood Yakubu the Chairman of INEC, the only one empowered by the constitution to declare the results of our presidential election has acted, thus igniting the mood of celebration in Lagos, a state, his pronounced winner lost to Obi during the election. Whether the declaration is constitutional or not, lawyers will tell us. His proclaimed winner, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while the results were being collated had advised those who may not be disposed to the outcome of the result to go to court. It reminded me…

Tinubu seeks support of all Nigerians …. Says losing not reason for despair

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The President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked Nigerians to bury political and other divides to work with him in building a greater country.   Speaking after he and the Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, received certificates of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Wednesday afternoon, Tinubu said politics must give way for nation-building.   Tinubu said his victory should not be seen as personal, emphasized that for progress to be made all Nigerians must undertake to be part of the task ahead.   “To you the people,…

MSSN Lagos congratulates President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu

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The Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit has congratulated Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the 8th President – Elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria after he was announced by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu yesterday as the winner of the Saturday 25th February, 2023 Presidential Election, defeating his three fiercest rival in a keenly contested general election with over 8 million votes cast.   The Society thanked Allah on behalf of the President-Elect being the first Muslim from the South that will be elected to the…

Oyetola congratulates President-Elect Tinubu …says his victory pointer to democratic sustenance

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Immediate past Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has congratuled Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his victory in the just-concluded presidential election, describing it as victory for democracy and pointer to democratic sustenance in Nigeria.   In a statement by his spokesperson, Ismail Omipidan, Oyetola expressed confidence in the ability, competence and administrative acumen of the President-elect to take the country to enviable heights never known in history.   He noted that the emergence of the President-elect is a clear indication that the country is on the verge of democratic…

Nigerians need to support President-elect,Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the rebirth of new and prosperous Nigeria

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The President-elect,Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu has demonstated times without number that he is a detrabalised and patriotic Nigerian.He had discovered and mentored many Nigerians from different geo-political regions without recourse to their tribe,religion or ethnicity. Let take the good example of Mr. Ben Akabeuze,a renowned and successful chattered accountant and the current Director General Budget office of the Federation. Mr Ben Akabeuze is from Igbo ethnic extraction from Anambra states in South- Eastern Nigeria. It was Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the then Governor of Lagos state that discovered his…

Flame TV ‘ll offer holistic progamme for family – Executive Director

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The Executive Director of Flame Television and Regional Director of Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) Africa, Anglophone West Africa, Dr. Felix O. Oisamoje has said that Flame TV was a channel that offers holistic programming for the whole family with extensive range of unconventional content which would make viewers to be assured of entertainment like never before. Dr. Oisamoje who made this known in Abuja Wednesday during the launch of Flame TV, a family-themed, faith-based TV channel that offered holistic programming for children, young people, and adults said that as an…

“THE ERA OF RENEWED HOPE“ By The President-Elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu(Acceptance Speech in full)

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My fellow Nigerians,   I am profoundly humbled that you have elected me to serve as the 16th president of our beloved republic. This is a shining moment in the life of any man and affirmation of our democratic existence. From my heart, I say thank you.   Whether you are Batified, Atikulated, Obidient, Kwankwasiyya, or have any other political affiliation, you voted for a better, more hopeful nation and I thank you for your participation and dedication to our democracy.   You decided to place your trust in the…

Buhari congratulates President -Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu

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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the winner of the (2023) Presidential Election, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu .   Reacting to the results just announced, President Buhari said:   “I congratulate His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory. Elected by the people, he is the best person for the job. I shall now work with him and his team to ensure an orderly handover of power.   “The election was Africa’s largest democratic exercise. In a region that has undergone backsliding and…

It’s my turn actually,says Tinubu in acceptance speech

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Nigeria’s President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has further confirmed that the seat of the nation’s president is meant for for him saying: “It’s my turn actually!”     He stated this an hour after he was declared the President-Elect of Nigeria by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday morning.   According to him, “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.   “I thanked…

Breaking: INEC announces Tinubu Winner of 2023 Presidential Election

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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the 2023 presidential election.   The INEC Chairman made the declaration on Wednesday at the National Collation Centre, Abuja.   He also scored over 25 per cent of the votes cast in 30 states, more than the 25 states constitutionally required.   INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, who announced the final results in the early hours of Wednesday in Abuja, said Atiku Abubakar of…