.Says anything short of listing NNPCL on the stock exchange nothing but cosmetic development .Questions feasibility of NNPC’s latest plan to hand over Warri, Kaduna refineries to private operators By Tunde Opalana Former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has demanded the immediate listing of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) on the stock […]
…slams Tinubu over subsidy scam, rights abuse …demands release of detained whistleblower, Bristol Tamunobiefiri By Tunde Opalana Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has asked the Federal Government to explain why Oando Plc owned by the President’s nephew, got an accelerated approval to buy the onshore assets of AGIP and ENI while other transactions […]
.Slams Tinubu over subsidy scam, rights abuse .Demands release of detained whistleblower, Bristol Tamunobiefiri By Tunde Opalana Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has asked the Federal Government to explain why Oando Plc owned by the President’s nephew got an accelerated approval to buy the onshore assets of AGIP and ENI while other transactions […]
..Says Nigeria rapidly transforming into a government of Tinubu, by Tinubu, and for Tinubu By Tunde Opalana Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has asserted that the future of Nigerians has been effectively mortgaged to President Bola Tinubu, his family, and associates. He expressed fear that even after Tinubu leaves office, it will be […]
Former Vice-President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has been reportedly linked to Bashir Hadeija, who was recently arrested for alleged gunrunning and smuggling of large caches of weapons. Hadeija was nabbed over the weekend by a combined team of police and State Security Services and is accused of multiple crimes, including money laundering, transnational crimes, and aiding terrorism. […]
.Says Nigerians are hungry, poor, insecure By Tunde Opalana The dust raised over allegation of salary fixing by members of the National Assembly is yet to settle as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the Godswill Akpabio – led legislative arm of government of undermining the roles of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal […]
…says National Assembly is enabler of executive recklessness By Tunde Opalana Former vice president on Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has bemoaned what he described as high handedness of the government of President Bola Tinubu while stressing that the government is already exhibiting traits of despotism. According to him, while in the evolution of systems of […]
…says Nigeria is a nation of law and order By Tunde Opalana Former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has slammed the Police for their blatant breach of citizens’ rights and disregard for court orders. Atiku’s outrage follows the arrest and transportation […]
…says Shettima goofed By Tunde Opalana Vice President Kashim Shettima has been carpeted over his comment on political benevolence between President Bola Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said Shettima goofed by claiming that Atiku Abubakar benefited from President […]
…says investors can’t come to Nigeria through propaganda By Tunde Opalana The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar said the fact that President Bola Tinubu’s son and his surrogates are on the board of companies owned by Gilbert Chagoury clearly constitutes a conflict of interest. This […]
By Tunde Opalana Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has carpeted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project by his administration. He said there are unwholesome dealings surrounding the approval of the project by the Tinubu administration which he said attests to the president’s “penchant for dubious and shady deals.” Atiku […]
By Tunde Opalana Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has denied rumour of his planned dumping of the party . The former Vice President blamed the camp of President Bola Tinubu for spreading the falsehood. In a statement Tuesday by his media office, Atiku said he is still a bonafide […]
By Tunde Opalana Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has enjoined Muslim faithful in Nigeria to assume the month of Ramadan by seeking Allah’s mercy and forgiveness A press statement from the Atiku Media Office yesterday said that by the sighting of the Ramadan moon, “Muslims across the world, especially in Nigeria should spend […]
By Tunde Opalana Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has warned the Federal Government of imminent disaster that may befall the country if proactive measures are not taken to ameliorate poverty and hunger ravaging the poor across the country. Atiku’s sounded the warning in the backdrop of the growing cases of looting of foodstuff and other […]
By Tunde Opalana Former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, traded hard tackles over the prevailing foreign exchange crisis and the dwindling value of the Naira. Atiku fired the first salvo in a tweet on his X handle, saying Tinubu’s foreign exchange policy was “hurriedly put together” with no concrete […]
…says he spoke for Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation By Tunde Opalana Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has disowned lawyer cum- politician, Daniel Bwala as one of his aide. Rather, Bwala was said to have acted in the capacity of one of the spokespersons for […]
…Says Bayelsa governor will support Atiku again By Aherhoke Okioma The Atiku Support Group (ASG) has congratulated Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri on the occasion of his swearing-in for a second term in office on 14 February 2024. The group in a statement it issued on Tuesday in Yenagoa ahead of the celebrations […]
By Tunde Opalana and Ukpono Ukpong The Presidency and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar were on Sunday locked in verbal war over some of President Bola Tinubu’s policy choices. Atiku threw the first salvo when he described some of Tinubu’s economic policies as “dashing hopes, creating pain, causing despair”, concluding that the President lacked capacity […]
By Tunde Opalana Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has faulted the directive of the Federal Government asking the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to start remitting oil sale proceeds to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Shredding the directive, Atiku said “without prejudice to the possibility of any good that was intended in the […]
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has called on President Bola Tinubu to step aside if he knows the responsibilities of being Nigeria’s president are bigger than his capacity. Making this call in a post made available on his official X account, the former vice […]