UK prime minister congratulates Tinubu
Rishi Sunak, United Kingdom prime minister, has congratulated Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, while assuring to work with him to boost trade ties.
The UK prime minister, in a tweet on Wednesday, said “the UK-Nigeria relationship remains strong.
“Congratulations to @officialABAT on his victory in Nigeria,” Mr Sunak said.
“I look forward to working together to grow our security and trade ties, opening up opportunities for businesses and creating prosperity in both our countries,” he added.
Earlier on Wednesday, Mr Tinubu was declared winner of Saturday’s presidential election by chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu. He was given certificate of return by INEC later in the day.
Mr Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat PDP’s Atiku Abubakar, winning 12 of 36 states of Nigeria.
Mr Abubakar came second, polling 6,984,520 votes, while Peter Obi of the Labour Party came third, polling 6,101,533 votes.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
States
Independence: NBA urges Nigerians to expect better future
The NBA said that ordinary Nigerians should be deriving benefit from the subsidy removal rather than hardship.
Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices
Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
NationWide
2027: Makinde-Daura campaign council inaugurates North-Central zone coordinators
Mr Hyat described the Makinde-Daura ticket as a fantastic and unprecedented political pairing.
World
U.S. senior correctional officer Nicholas Hannah arrested for allegedly choking family memberÂ
Jail records showed that Mr Hannah had a history of previous encounters with the law.
Africa
Libya executed 31 persons after unfair military trials, 50 others awaiting death: HRW
The HRW said military courts in eastern Libya convicted hundreds of civilians in secret trials between 2018 and 2021.
Sport
FG to turn Moshood Abiola Stadium into world-class facilityÂ
Mr Dikko said the commission was also considering roofing the stadium to improve its appearance.
World
Bank of America fined $1.2 billion over failure to report money laundering transactionsÂ
The spokesperson for the bank acknowledged that financial crime compliance was serious.
States
NGO seeks action plan to address VAPP law enforcement gaps in Kaduna
Mr Hasheem described the VAPP Law as a significant legislative framework for addressing different forms of violence.
