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What Affects Libya Impacts on Nigeria, Buhari Tells Libyan Leader in Aso Rock

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May 26, 2021

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday hosted Mohammed Younis Menfi, chairman of Presidential Council of Libya.

The Libyan leader and his entourage arrived at the forecourt of the presidential villa around 10 am and were received by Buhari.

Cabinet members, including Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, joined the President at the forecourt of the villa as well as some presidential aides.

The Libyan leader had on May 25 participated in the extraordinary summit of heads of state and government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) held at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja.

According to a statement issued by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, Buhari said a stable or unstable Libya has implications for countries in the Lake Chad Basin area, including Nigeria.

“Republics of Chad, and Niger, have extensive borders with Libya, and they are our immediate neighbours. Whatever affects them affects us. The stability or instability of Libya will directly affect us,” the president said.

He said the security of Nigeria was number one priority to him, noting that “unless a country or institution is secured, there’s no way you can efficiently manage it”.

Buhari said he was happy that the chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya could personally attend the summit of Lake Chad Basin Commission to discuss the situation in Chad, and the implications for security in neighbouring countries.

Menfi said Libya was fast evolving, “and we now have one government, active on the ground. We are expelling the mercenaries, and unifying the instructions”.

He said democratic elections would be held in due course, adding that the historical relationship between his country and Nigeria in the areas of oil and agriculture meant that one country could not ignore the other.

“We aspire for joint cooperation, and reactivation of previous agreements,” Menfi said.

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Identity Saga: Tinubu Pleads with Court to Release Only His Certificate, Not Academic Details

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September 25, 2023

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President Bola Tinubu has reluctantly allowed a federal judge in the United States to give his university certificate to his political opponent Atiku Abubakar.

But the Nigerian leader pleaded with Judge Nancy Maldonado to block all other details, especially the gender, and admission records, among others, of the person who owns the certificate from being disclosed.

Mr Tinubu’s prayers on Monday morning came as part of the ongoing legal battle unfolding at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago.

The case was brought by Mr Abubakar, who has been on a judicial quest to establish that Mr Tinubu was not eligible to be Nigerian president despite his election in February 2023.

He won the election by 36 per cent of the vote after Mr Abubakar and Peter Obi, who was his running mate in the 2019 election, fell out, subsequently dividing their potential votes into at least two parts, paving the way for Mr Tinubu’s victory with the slimmest margin in Nigerian presidential election history.

Mr Tinubu’s acceptance that his certificate could be released came after he narrowly escaped full disclosure on September 21 by pleading severe harm to his life in order to obtain a stay of a magistrate judge’s order on September 19.

“There is harm in allowing discovery on issues and documents outside the diploma,” Mr Tinubu’s lawyers said in their full briefing to the court seeking a review of Judge Jeffrey Gilbert’s order by Ms Maldonado, a district judge.

The identity of who was admitted into Chicago State University in the 1970s has been a hot issue after college transcripts emerged that indicated the school admitted a female Bola Tinubu from Southwest College Chicago in 1977.

Source: People’s Gazette

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Sanwo-Olu Floors Jandor, Rhodes-Vivour As Court Dismisses Petitioners’ Application

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September 25, 2023

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The Lagos Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, on Monday, dismissed the petitions brought by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the Labour Party, and Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor of the Peoples Democratic Party, challenging the victory of Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 governorship election.

The tribunal therefore, affirms the election of Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the March 18 Lagos State governorship poll.

Jandor and Rhodes-Vivour had contested the results, challenging the victory of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Dr. Obafemi Hamzat.