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Olayinka Oyegbile, Journalist and Communications scholar, Trinity University, Lagos

MYSTERIOUS: Bola tinubu nigeria s kingmaker who wants to be king - What They Never Told You

Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari Lagos All Progressives Congress Olusegun Obasanjo Yemi Osinbajo Democracy Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Nigeria, holds two traditional titles: Asiwaju of Lagos and Jagaban of the Borgu kingdom in Niger State, north-central Nigeria. The titles have similar meanings: leader and leader of warriors.

Though he has held these titles for some years, they now bear more significance in the life of Tinubu, a former two-term governor of Lagos State, as he runs for president.

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