Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the Nigerian government over its handling of the recent abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi State, accusing the Bola Tinubu administration of turning a national tragedy into a propaganda exercise. In a statement issued by his media office on Wednesday, Atiku faulted Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and […]
The Presidency has dismissed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s economic management. It described his comments on hunger and poverty as misleading and disconnected from Nigeria’s current realities. Atiku, in a statement on Monday through his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, had warned that worsening hardship could trigger social unrest comparable to […]
“Obasanjo, govs root for Dankwabo *Secondus, in Secret talks with Makarafi, Atiku The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is passing through political furnace following intense pressure from aspirants for the exalted office of the Presidency come 2019. While aspirants like governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Professor Olufunmilayo Adesanya-Davis, former Jigawa State […]
APC will be stronger without you – Oyegun Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and recent returnee to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged the National Caretaker Committee (NCC) of the party to build an all inclusive party, saying that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) administration is yet to attain 50 percent of PDP […]
The Adamawa chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has confirmed the receipt of the resignation letter of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The State Secretary of APC, Saidu Nera, confirmed the development on Sunday to News Agency of Nigeria in Yola. Nera said he had yet to get the letter, but the party officials of […]
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Friday disclosed that lack of internal democracy, political witch hunt and marginalisation of youths informed his decision to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Atiku, who has been crying of marginalisation and being sidelined by the party, said that he was lured into believing that the APC was […]
A constitutional lawyer, Mr. Jiti Ogunye, has condemned the outburst of the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan who said she will fully support the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar if he emerges a presidential candidate for the 2019 general election, even if President Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria’s current president) is […]
As Nigerians continue to pay tribute to Late Alhaji Muhammadu Dikko Yusuf, a former Inspector General of police, the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has described the death of the former IG as a great loss to Nigeria’s democratic struggle. Reacting to the demise of Yusuf in a statement in Abuja, the President-elect noted with […]