The Punch reported that President Muhammadu Buhari has won his re-election bid as he polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest rival, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party in the presidential poll conducted on February 23.
The Sun said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared President Muhammadu Buhari the winner of last weekend’s presidential election.
ThisDay reported that gathering jumbo votes from his North-west and North-east strongholds, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) this morning finally subdued his closest rival in last Saturday’s presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Vanguard said President Buhari on Wednesday morning after the Returning Officer for the 2019 presidential elections, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, declared him the winner of the election, thanked the millions of Nigerians, who voted for him to continue to serve them for the next four years.
The Nation said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the result of the Presidential election.
The Leadership said that as liquidity crunch continues to hold sway in the financial market, commercial banks have continued to access the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) standing facilities window to square up their positions by borrowing N6.275 trillion from the standing lending facility (SLF) window.
The Guardian said the Senate has again adjourned sitting till March 12, 2019 for failure to form a quorum. Only eight members, including the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, were present yesterday.