Now that Tinubu is on throne

Nigeria now has a brand new president, the 16th since independence in 1960. He is Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a former state governor. He took over from former President Muhammadu Buhari whose constitutional two-term tenure ended on May 29. Like the latter, Tinubu is of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Tinubu won the Feb. 25 presidential election with a hefty 8+ million votes, leaving other contestants trailing far behind. His tally was two million more than the 6 million received by Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP)

Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of Labour Party. The two are in court, asking that the victory of Tinubu be overturned in their favour. The legal contest, however, did not stop Tinubu’s swearing-in. The electoral act gives 180 days for the legal challenge to be concluded.

In a farewell broadcast to the nation, President Buhari, referring to his successor by name, said: “I congratulate you on the realisation of your dream, which was propelled by a burning passion to put Nigeria amongst the leading