Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared winner in Nigeria’s presidential election

nail biter

Nigeria: Will Tinubu be sworn in on Monday?

There is no doubt that Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State and current president-elect, is a master strategist and natural born winner who has al...

© Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Tinubu sits at the International Centre waiting to receive his certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on March 1, 2023. (Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

anti-graft fight

Nigeria: Will Tinubu prioritise war on corruption despite claims against him? Despite many allegations of corruption hanging over his head, including alleged drug trafficking that has formed the basis for a lawsuit seeking the a...
Remi Tinubu © Remi Tinubu (credit TheWhistler)

power couple

Remi Tinubu: Nigeria’s incoming iron lady Holding the record as the longest-serving female senator in the history of Nigeria, Remi Tinubu will become first lady on 29 May. She will likely brin...
© President-elect Bola Tinubu on 22 February 2023. (photo: @officialABAT)

down time

Nigeria: Tinubu receives medical checkup at Paris hospital Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, who was elected a month ago, has arrived in Paris from his country for a short rest, his aides say.

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© Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Tinubu sits at the International Centre waiting to receive his certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on March 1, 2023. (Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

anti-graft fight

Nigeria: Will Tinubu prioritise war on corruption despite claims against him? Despite many allegations of corruption hanging over his head, including alleged drug trafficking that has formed the basis for a lawsuit seeking the a...
Remi Tinubu © Remi Tinubu (credit TheWhistler)

power couple

Remi Tinubu: Nigeria’s incoming iron lady Holding the record as the longest-serving female senator in the history of Nigeria, Remi Tinubu will become first lady on 29 May. She will likely brin...
© President-elect Bola Tinubu on 22 February 2023. (photo: @officialABAT)

down time

Nigeria: Tinubu receives medical checkup at Paris hospital Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, who was elected a month ago, has arrived in Paris from his country for a short rest, his aides say.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu top stories

© Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Tinubu sits at the International Centre waiting to receive his certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on March 1, 2023. (Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

anti-graft fight

Nigeria: Will Tinubu prioritise war on corruption despite claims against him? Despite many allegations of corruption hanging over his head, including alleged drug trafficking that has formed the basis for a lawsuit seeking the a...
Remi Tinubu © Remi Tinubu (credit TheWhistler)

power couple

Remi Tinubu: Nigeria’s incoming iron lady Holding the record as the longest-serving female senator in the history of Nigeria, Remi Tinubu will become first lady on 29 May. She will likely brin...
© President-elect Bola Tinubu on 22 February 2023. (photo: @officialABAT)

down time

Nigeria: Tinubu receives medical checkup at Paris hospital Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, who was elected a month ago, has arrived in Paris from his country for a short rest, his aides say.

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared winner in Nigeria’s presidential election

corridors of power

Nigeria: Team Tinubu, meet the incoming powerbrokers Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima of the All Progressives Congress will be inaugurated as president and vice-president in the morning of 29 May at the E...
A lawyer walks through the compound at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi district in Lagos © A lawyer walks through the compound at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi district in Lagos, Nigeria, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

uphold or dismiss?

Nigeria 2023: Controversial Supreme Court to pick next president  With Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) declared president-elect by Nigeria’s electoral commission and the rejection of the res...
© Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu looks on as he attends a party campaign rally at Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, on November 26, 2022. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

agenda bender

Nigeria: 10 things on President-elect Tinubu’s to-do list Nigeria’s election shows a deeply divided country. That division is one area the president-elect Bola Tinubu promises to address upon assuming office ...
© Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, arrives at a polling unit to cast his vote during Nigeria’s Presidential election in his hometown in Agulu, Anambra state, Nigeria February 25, 2023. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

blame game

Nigeria 2023: How Obi handed Atiku’s head to Tinubu on a platter  With President Muhammadu Buhari no longer eligible to contest, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar had believed the coast was clear and decided to ma...
© APC party’s new presidential candidate Bola Tinubu shakes hands with Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari during the party’s convention in Abuja, Nigeria June 7, 2022. Nigeria’s Presidency/

meltdown

Nigeria 2023: Civil war erupts in APC one week to presidential election A decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to redesign the naira ahead of the presidential election has sparked a civil war within the ruling All Progre...

passion politics

Nigeria 2023: The Wike-Tinubu Bromance – where will it end? On Wednesday, Nyesom Wike, the belligerent and never-dull Governor of Rivers State, instructed his acolytes to don baseball caps emblazoned with photo...