Tinubu, Atiku, Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun Congratulate Adenuga at 70 Say Glo founder revolutionised GSM in Nigeria
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his Ogun State
counterpart, Dapo Abiodun, yesterday commended the commitment of the Chairman of Globacom, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jnr, for his unwavering commitment to nation-building. Tinubu used the occasion
of Adenuga’s 70th birthday to extend his felicitation to the business mogul for his many social and economic investments in Nigeria. This was even as he described him as a ‘believer in the manifest
destiny of Nigeria as a great country.’ In the congratulatory message issued yesterday by his Media Officer, Tunde Rahman, the President-elect praised the Globacom owner’s business
accomplishments in the telecommunications, oil, real estate, and aviation sectors. According to him, the businessman democratised and revolutionised GSM telephony in Nigeria in 2003 with per-second
billing at a time it was considered impossible to do so. He said, “I congratulate Otunba Mike Adenuga on attaining 70. To reach the Biblical age of three Continued on page 5
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Kano Governor-elect will Revisit Sanusi’s Dethronement, Kwankwaso Declares Chuks Okocha in Abuja and Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s
Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general election and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has said
the incoming government of the Governor-elect of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, will revisit the dethronement of the 14th Emir of Kano, Alhaji
Muhammadu Sanusi II. Sanusi, who became emir in the final term of Kwankwaso as governor of the state, was dethroned by the outgoing
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, who was the deputy governor at the time the monarch was installed. Sanusi was removed on
March 9, 2020, and also banished from Kano and sent to Loko, a remote community Continued on page 5
Why Who Becomes Senate President is Important for Tinubu’s Strategists Akpabio, Oshiomhole, Kalu, Umahi remain strong contenders Plot thickens to amend Senate rules to allow Oshiomhole, Umahi run Sunday Aborisade in Abuja Strong indications emerged at the weekend that the strategists of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu are showing strong interest on who becomes the next President of the Senate due to the uncertainty of the outcome of the various petitions challenging Tinubu’s victory at the election tribunal, THISDAY has learnt. This is as a former Senate Minority Leader and exMinister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio; former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole; Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and the outgoing Governor of Ebonyi State, Mr. Dave Umahi have remained the strong contenders Continued on page 5
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