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  Two weeks after he returned to the country from a three-country which saw him visiting London, Saudi Arabia and Paris, President-elect, Bola Tinubu on Wednesday afternoon left Nigeria for Europe. The visit, Vanguard gathered, is part of his efforts to fine-tune the transition plans and programmes, and his policy options with some of his key aides. According to a statement from the Office of the President-elect signed by Tunde Rahman, the trip became necessary to allow Tinubu carry out some tasks without unnecessary pressure and distractions. He will use the opportunity of the trip to finetune the transition plans and programmes, and his policy options with some of his key aides without unnecessary pressures and distractions. The statement noted that already, meetings with multi-sectoral actors in Europe’s business community including manufacturing, agriculture, tech and energy have been lined up. “Asíwájú Tinubu hopes to convince them of Nigeria’s readiness to do business under his l

  The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPC, sitting in Abuja has deferred further proceedings on the petition the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, filed to challenge the outcome of the 2023 presidential election, to May 17. The adjournment followed an agreement by all the parties in the matter. Cited as 1st to 4th respondents in the petition are the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC; the President-elect, Bola Tinubu; Vice-President-elect, Kashim Shettima, and All Progressives Congress, APC. Obi and the LP had, immediately proceedings resumed on the matter, told the court that the parties met and agreed to ask for an adjournment to enable them to file and exchange necessary legal documents. He told the court that there were many processes and motions yet to be filed in the matter. Uzoukwu, SAN, maintained that the adjournment would enable an expeditious hearing and determination of the case. “My Lords, we met and agreed that the matter should be a