Precious Nwonu, Enugu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has questioned President Bola Tinubu’s decision to stay away from the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, demanding an explanation for his absence. Atiku’s criticism followed the decision by Tinubu to mandate Vice President Kashim Shettima to represent him and lead Nigeria’s delegation to the … [Read more…]
Precious Nwonu, Enugu Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has criticised former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar over his repeated reference to President Bola Tinubu by his first name during a press conference in Abuja. Keyamo, in a post on his X account on Friday, described Atiku’s reference to the President as “very disrespectful and … [Read more…]
Precious Nwonu, Enugu Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the Federal Government over the high cost of petrol, questioning the management of revenues following the removal of fuel subsidy. Atiku, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, said Nigerians were now … [Read more…]
Precious Nwonu, Enugu Former Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye has warned the Federal Government against arresting, inviting or interrogating African Democratic Congress presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar over a corruption petition submitted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Melaye said the ADC and its supporters would resist any attempt to use the petition to target … [Read more…]
Precious Nwonu, Enugu Vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has urged former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race. Kwankwaso, who is the running mate to NDC presidential candidate Peter Obi, made the appeal on Monday while speaking at his Abuja residence during a meeting with members of the … [Read more…]
Atiku says government borrowing surged to N24.7tn despite higher oil prices, squeezing private-sector credit and worsening economic hardship. Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday described the federal government’s ‘unprecedented’ appetite for domestic borrowing as evidence of dangerous fiscal indiscipline that is starving Nigerian businesses of credit, killing jobs and worsening the cost-of-living crisis. In … [Read more…]
… Atiku: Tinubu subsidises friends, IOCs, won’t do same for poor Nigerians A vocal member of the opposition in Nigeria, Datti Baba-Ahmed, at the weekend said none of the politicians challenging President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, including his erstwhile political ally, Peter Obi, and ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has the capacity … [Read more…]
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised alarm over what he described as a growing trend of young Nigerians selling their kidneys to survive amid the country’s cost-of-living crisis, blaming President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies for the development. The Africa Democratic Congress presidential candidate, in a post on X on Thursday, said he had heard … [Read more…]
Precious Nwonu, Enugu The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has stated that he would be the primary target of political retaliation from opposition figures, specifically Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, if President Bola Tinubu fails to secure re-election in 2027. Wike made the remarks during a live media chat in Port … [Read more…]
The Presidency has criticised a United States lobbying firm engaged by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over its campaign for the release of records relating to President Bola Tinubu, describing the effort as a politically motivated attempt to create a crisis ahead of the 2027 elections. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and … [Read more…]
By Demola Olarewaju The prowess of Atiku Abubakar when it comes to party primaries was not built in a day and his recent successes at that level are built on a foundation of loss, defeat and tears. His entry into politics in 1991 was marked by a bitter gubernatorial ticket rivalry between him and Bala … [Read more…]
By Godswill Eketabubu The above caption appears strange given the well advertised succession of political problems that have afflicted the PDP since 2015; problems that became exacerbated during the 2023 presidential election cycle. Yet, as grave as these political maladies appear, they currently pale into relative insignificance in relation to the complex legal challenge the … [Read more…]