My Election Greatest Birthday Gift, Says Tinubu Declares campaign promises remain his bond Deji Elumoye, Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja, Segun James in Lagos, Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan, Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia and Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City President-elect
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Tinubu,
yesterday, described his election as the incoming president of Nigeria as the greatest gift to him by the Nigerian people, and could therefore not request for anything else. He, however, declared that his campaign promises were not
Osinbajo, APC govs, party leaders, others felicitate president-elect on 71st anniversary
mere words professed glibly or cynically to win support, but that they represented his bond that binds him to the task of creating a better Nigeria for the benefit of every Nigerian. This is as the Vice-President,
Yemi Osinbajo, governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), leadership of the party and other stakeholders, have felicitated with the president-elect on his 71st birthday with best wishes. Tinubu, in a statement, yesterday,
not go so far as to suggest he was due any more birthday presents this year, because he had already been given the greatest gift. Thanking all those who had
said while this was his first birthday as the President-elect, he recalled that a few weeks back, Nigerians gave him the honour of a lifetime by electing him as the next president. He said with such a privilege already granted to him, he would
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Obi: Attempt to Ascribe Ethno-religious Motives to Obidient Movement Will Fail Emameh Gabriel in Abuja
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has
stressed that every attempt by his traducers to ascribe religious or ethnic colouration to the 'Obidient' movement would not see the light
of the day. Obi, in series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle, yesterday, said there was no going back on the
movement’s goal of repositioning Nigeria. He wrote: "In the life of every nation, there is a turning point. For
Nigeria, that time is now; a time to save Nigeria, save our democracy, and give the Nigerian youths hope. “The OBIdient Movement has
been the arrowhead in the take-back Nigeria mission," adding this his Continued on page 40
DSS: Entrenched Interests Pushing for Interim Govt to Undermine Civil Rule It’s fishing expedition, LP scoffs at agency Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja The Department of State Security (DSS), yesterday, raised the alarm about some entrenched interests it claimed were pushing to foist an interim government on the nation and by implication, undermine civil rule. This is coming a few weeks after the presidential, national, governorship and state houses of assembly elections that led to the emergence of elected representatives while litigations instituted by candidates, who were not satisfied with the outcomes, were still ongoing in the courts. DSS, however, warned those involved in the alleged plot to desist from doing so or face the full wrath of the law, because it would take decisive steps, in collaboration with other security forces, against those plotting to undermine democratic rule. The agency, which said it identified some key players in the plot Continued on page 40
THE MOOD AT FEC MEETING... L-R: Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Minister of State FCT, Mrs. Ramatu Tijani Aliyu; Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab PHOTO: SUNDAY AGHAEZE. Ahmed, and Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, during the FEC meeting at the State House Abuja …yesterday
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