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Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu GCFR (born 29 March 1952) is a Nigerian politician who has served as the 16th president of Nigeria since 2023. [1] He was previously the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, and senator for Lagos West in the Third Republic.
Bola Tinubu assumed office as President of Nigeria on 29 May 2023. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation. Ministers were nominated in July, and confirmed by the senate in August 2023.
The official swearing-in ceremony took place at Eagle Square in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory from 08:00 hours (UTC+1). Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola administered the oath of office taken by President-elect Bola Tinubu.
Tinubu's cabinet is bigger than that of his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, who had 36 ministers in his first terms and 43 in his second term in office. Under the law, the president must include a ...
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a visit to China next week to discuss cooperation on the economy, agriculture and satellite technology, a Nigerian ...
The president is directly elected in national elections to a four-year term, along with the vice president. Bola Tinubu is the 16th and current president of Nigeria, having assumed office on 29 May 2023. [3] [4]
President Term of office Political party Cabinet Elected Ref. No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Time in office 12 Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (born 1937) 29 May 1999 29 May 2007 8 years People's Democratic Party: Obasanjo: 1999 2003: 13 Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951–2010) 29 May 2007: 5 May 2010 [a] (died in office) 2 years, 341 days
Seal of the vice-president. On 1 March 2023, Bola Tinubu was declared as the winner of the 2023 Nigerian presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Thus, Shettima became the Vice President-elect of Nigeria. [17] Shettima assumed office after taking the oath of office on 29 May 2023 at the Eagle Square, Abuja.