The 2023 Nigerian presidential election was held on 25 February 2023 to elect the president and Vice President of Nigeria. Bola Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos State and nominee of the
Bola Tinubu is the 16th and current president of Nigeria, having assumed office on 29 May 2023.
Kashim Shettima will be inaugurated as the nation's new vice president. Both will be succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo whose second four-year term lapses today. The inauguration of Messrs Tinubu and Shettima will hold at Eagle Square, Abuja.
Nigeria swears in a new president facing profound economic and security pressures. In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria's new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, left, receives Nigeria flags from former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, during the inauguration ceremony in Abuja, Monday, May 29, 2023.
Chief Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu GCFR (born 29 March 1952) is a Nigerian politician who is the 16th and current president of Nigeria.
Bola Tinubu served as governor of the state of Lagos from 1999 to 2007, during which he initiated reforms that improved the efficiency of the civil service and improved infrastructure. He served from 1992 to 1993 as a senator until the end of the Nigerian Third Republic.
President Bola Tinubu returned to Nigeria, on Tuesday, after his trip to France and London.
Having sexual intercourse with a child is regarded as rape and there are no exemptions. Claiming to be ignorant of the child's age or them is “consenting” would not hold water, as anyone under the age of 18 cannot give consent, per the Child Rights Act of Nigeria.
The first inauguration of Shehu Shagari took place on 1 October 1979 the independence day of Nigeria. Since the beginning of the fourth republic in 1999, all inaugurations have been held on 29 May. The most recent presidential inauguration was held on 29 May 2023, when Bola Tinubu assumed office.
The youngest person to become head of state was Yakubu Gowon, who at the age of 31, assumed office after the assassination of Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi during the July 1966 counter-coup.
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To be declared Presidential winner, a candidate must secure at least 1/4th (25%) of votes cast in 2/3rd of the entire 36 States of Nigeria (that is in 24 states).
The current metro area population of Lagos in 2023 is 15,946,000, a 3.63% increase from 2022. The metro area population of Lagos in 2022 was 15,388,000, a 3.54% increase from 2021. The metro area population of Lagos in 2021 was 14,862,000, a 3.44% increase from 2020.
Abuja, city, capital of Nigeria. It lies in the central part of Nigeria, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT; created 1976). The city is approximately 300 miles (480 km) northeast of Lagos, the former capital (until 1991).
Peter Gregory Onwubuasi Obi CON ( Listen, born 19 July 1961) is a Nigerian businessman politician and philanthropist , who served as governor of Anambra from March to November 2006, February to May 2007, and June 2007 to March 2014.
Cursing countries which swear the most - and the least
The French have 7.59% - or seven in every 100 people - using curse words online per year. A close second was Poland, with 7.31%. Further down the rankings are Australia, New Zealand and Spain.
Democracy Day is a national public holiday in Nigeria to commemorate the restoration of democracy in 1999, commemorated on 12 June.
As a continual process, May 29 marks the celebration of Nigeria's democracy, as well as the swearing-in of Nigeria's democratically elected leaders on an election year.
The Child Rights Act, which was passed in 2003, was celebrated as the law that would finally put the question to rest. This law sets the age of marriage at 18 years old. In line with the above, any person below 18 is not 'marriageable' by law as he/she is incapable of contracting a valid marriage.
Some experts recommend that 16 should be the appropriate age for teenagers to start going on a one-on-one dating. However, a psychologist at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Mr. Orijiakor Tochukwu, believes that when it comes to teens and dating, the higher the age, the better.
According to reports, Nigeria has the lowest age of consent across the world at 11 years which is followed by Angola at 12 years. On the other hand, in countries like the United Kingdom the age of consent is 16, in Greece and France it is 15 and 14 in Germany, and Italy.
Kunle Adeyanju (C) arrives at the Ikeja Rotary club in Lagos on May 29, 2022, after a 41 day trip from London, by motorbike, to raise funds and awareness for the End Polio campaign. After surviving the storms, he said he nearly didn't make it out alive because he ran out of water.
Nigerian biker who travelled from London to Lagos by road, Kunle Adeyanju, has revealed that he is planning another trip from Lagos with a new bike. The 44-year-old departed London on April 19 and arrived in Lagos after 41 days of travelling more than 13,000 kilometres across 13 countries and 42 cities.
A Nigerian man, Kunle Adeyanju, who is riding a bike from London to Lagos as a challenge has announced that he will arrive Nigeria on Wednesday. Adeyanju, who is currently in Cote D'Ivoire, revealed this on his Twitter handle on Thursday.