President-elect Bola Tinubu returned to Nigeria yesterday after being away for 34 days. The West African Pilot News reports that the President-elect left the country on March 21 for Paris, France to rest after a hectic campaign and election season and plan his transition programme ahead of his inauguration on May 29. Upon his arrival, Tinubu, who was accompanied by his wife, Senator Oluremi, was welcomed by a crowd of supporters and some high-ranking members...

Ebenezer Obadare, a Douglas Dillon senior fellow for Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, CFR, says he wasn’t surprised that Peter Obi did not win the 2023 presidential election. Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, was one of the three major candidates that contested for the office of the first citizen. He ran under the umbrella of the Labour Party. The others are Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and Atiku...

A Twitter user has volunteered to pay for the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s verification on Twitter following the loss of his blue check mark on Thursday. On Thursday, Twitter stripped an array of high-profile users, including local and international celebrities, political leaders and organisations who failed to subscribe to Twitter Blue, a paid verification service, of their blue ticks. Vice President Prof. Yemi Osibanjo, President-elect Bola Tinubu, and 2023 presidential aspirants Peter Obi...

Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has invited President-elect, Bola Tinubu on an official state visit to the war-torn country. According to Tinubu’s media adviser, Tunde Rahman, Zelenskyy, in a letter, congratulated Tinubu on his electoral victory and reiterated his commitment to strengthening the Ukraine-Nigeria bilateral relations. The Ukrainian president said the invitation was for the two heads of state to dialogue on how to solve the challenges bedevilling the two countries, especially in the area of...