{"id":23787,"date":"2023-03-02T16:12:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T16:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T16:12:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T16:12:10","slug":"it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"It Is A Thing Of Joy That This Is Happening In My Lifetime-IBB Says As He Congratulates Bola Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Former Nigeria military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida has reacted after the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared winner of the 2023 presidential election by the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is the national leader of the All Progressives Congress defeated other presidential candidates  Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting after the victory, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida congratulated the President-elect, Bola Tinubu over his election as the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He added; \u201cit\u2019s a thing of joy that this is happening in my lifetime. I can confidently say that Tinubu is a good man for the job.\u201d<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/868cb75ea7a74b4381acba796fe78bdf\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Recall that Bola Ahmed Tinubu paid a visit to the Minna-based elder statesman when he was campaigning for the presidential election last year.<\/p>\n<p>News Source \u2013 Nigerian Tribune Newspaper<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Penkelemesi (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/><span class=\"see-more\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Nigeria military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida has reacted after the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared winner of the 2023 presidential election by the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is the national leader of the All Progressives Congress defeated other presidential candidates Peter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>It Is A Thing Of Joy That This Is Happening In My Lifetime-IBB Says As He Congratulates Bola Tinubu - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It Is A Thing Of Joy That This Is Happening In My Lifetime-IBB Says As He Congratulates Bola Tinubu - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Nigeria military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida has reacted after the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared winner of the 2023 presidential election by the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is the national leader of the All Progressives Congress defeated other presidential candidates Peter [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-02T16:12:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/\",\"name\":\"It Is A Thing Of Joy That This Is Happening In My Lifetime-IBB Says As He Congratulates Bola Tinubu - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-02T16:12:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-02T16:12:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"It Is A Thing Of Joy That This Is Happening In My Lifetime-IBB Says As He Congratulates Bola Tinubu\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"It Is A Thing Of Joy That This Is Happening In My Lifetime-IBB Says As He Congratulates Bola Tinubu - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"It Is A Thing Of Joy That This Is Happening In My Lifetime-IBB Says As He Congratulates Bola Tinubu - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Former Nigeria military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida has reacted after the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared winner of the 2023 presidential election by the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is the national leader of the All Progressives Congress defeated other presidential candidates Peter [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2023-03-02T16:12:10+00:00","author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/","name":"It Is A Thing Of Joy That This Is Happening In My Lifetime-IBB Says As He Congratulates Bola Tinubu - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2023-03-02T16:12:10+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-02T16:12:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/02\/it-is-a-thing-of-joy-that-this-is-happening-in-my-lifetime-ibb-says-as-he-congratulates-bola-tinubu\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"It Is A Thing Of Joy That This Is Happening In My Lifetime-IBB Says As He Congratulates Bola Tinubu"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}