Controversies around Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s academic history in the US are being used by his opponents in a bid to overturn his election victory.
It wasn’t until 1999 when Tinubu had become Lagos State governor that details about his past became a public spectacle. It started after the application forms he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission became public.
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