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Breaking! Tinubu cancels 71st birthday celebration,releases statement

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Breaking! Tinubu cancels 71st birthday celebration,releases statement

Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has cancelled the annual colloquium to mark his birthday this year.

Instead, Tinubu who turns 71 years on Wednesday, opted for special prayers and a thanksgiving service.

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The former Lagos Governor usually marks his birthday celebrations with a colloquium.

In a statement on Monday, a media aide to Tinubu, Tunde Rahman, noted that prayers would be held in Lagos and other parts of the country.

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The special prayers will be held at the central mosques in each of the five divisions in the state.

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“Also to receive prayers among others are President Muhammadu Buhari and First Lady Aisha Buhari, President-elect Tinubu, and his wife, senator Oluremi Tinubu, Vice-President-elect, senator Kashim Shettima, and Hajia Nana Shettima, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, other state governors as well as members of national and state houses of assembly,” the statement read in part.

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