Tinubu sworn in as Nigeria’s next President

President-elect, Bola Tinubu and Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, were on Monday sworn in as the next President and Vice President of Nigeria, respectively.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola, administered the Oath of Office was administered on Monday.

Tinubu, a former Senator and governor of Lagos State was declared the winner of the February 2023 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress polled a total of 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rival of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, who polled a total of 6,984,520 votes in the election.

Peter Obi of the Labour Party came third in the election with a total of 6,101,533 votes and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP came fourth with 1,496,687 votes.

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