They also urged Nigerians to be patient with the incoming administration as it settles in for the difficult job of redirecting the country.

He said he would not mismanage his lifetime aspiration and none of the issues would be an excuse for non-performance or failure.

However another candidate Osita Izunaso said he should be repaid for his commitment to the APC with the Senate Presidency.

Addressing supporters from on top of a bus in Istanbul, Erdogan thanked people for voting and said Turks had given him the responsibility of governing for the next five years.

He said Buhari came into power on the wings of integrity and incorruptibility, but he’s passing it to someone who does not have the same values.

Erdogan, 69, defied opinion polls and came out comfortably ahead with an almost five-point lead over Kilicdaroglu in the first round but he fell just short of the 50% needed.

Yari’s campaign office at the prestigious Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja has consistently been playing host to both the newly-elected senators and the returning ones.

The specific agenda of this session remains unclear.

The president is favourite, but his rival believes the margin could still be bridged.

The petition had called for the detention of the president-elect over allegations of false citizenship and educational background.

The court deemed PDP’s case a waste of precious judicial time, dismissed it for grossly lacking in merit and awarded two million Naira against it in favour of the respondents.

She said Tinubu has a clearly written set of programmes that will be carried out in his first 60 days in office.

“I’m highly honoured by the unique opportunity to continue to bring my expertise and experience in contributing to deepening democracy…”

The group urged Tinubu not to be a “use and dump” leader as majority of the votes which got him into office were from the region.

He described the outgoing 9th assembly as the most productive federal legislature in recent times.

“Mr. Speaker, the House is not about I, but us,” Wase retorted.

He accused Obi of attempting to seize ownership of the party from the original owners.

It marks a new chapter in his extraordinary rise from little-known congressman to two-term governor.

It also urged the federal government to direct all tertiary institutions in Nigeria to accept students affected by the Sudan crisis to continue with their educational programmes.

The 44-year-old Republican governor plans to announce his decision in an online conversation with Twitter CEO Elon Musk