Atiku Abubakar
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has strongly denied allegations linking him to purported financial dealings involving Lagos State funds, describing the claims as a politically-motivated smear campaign.
26 Mar
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said Nigeria needs urgent restructuring to enable citizens to enjoy the dividends of democracy.
21 Mar
In a repeat of the 2013 coalition of opposition forces that coalesced to the All Progressives Congress (APC) which terminated the administration of Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar...
20 Mar
Key opposition figures, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and scores of concerned leaders and political stakeholders in Nigeria, have called on both chambers of the National Assembly to outrightly reject the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. At a joint press conference addressed by Atiku, they…
18 Mar
The South South/South West Alliance has urged the 2023 presidential candidates of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, to distance themselves from the "deceptive politics"
15 Mar
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai said he and his allies had hoped that President Bola Tinubu would replicate his achievements in Lagos at the national level but failed woefully. El-Rufai explained that despite concerns about Tinubu’s alleged certificate forgery from Chicago State University during the 2023 presidential election they backed him, believing he could…
15 Mar
What informs the frequent trips by Nigeria’s Fourth Republic vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to the Ota residence of his former principal, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo? To make sense of such volleys one has to move back into history to connect it with the present.
6 Mar
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olabode George, yesterday, called on all stakeholders in the party not to contemplate allowing the former Vice President and presidential candidate of the party in 2015, 2019 and 2023, Atiku Abubakar, to again emerge as the flag bearer in 2027.
22 Feb
In a move that has sparked outrage, former Nigeria Vice President Atiku Abubakar has been accused of exploiting a condolences visit to the family of the late Niger Delta leader, Chief Edwin Clark, for political gain. During the visit, Atiku, according to the Transparency and Accountability Network (TAN), reportedly used Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past…
11 Feb
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar effectively ignited conversations about his political future and the potential realignment of forces ahead of the 2027 presidential election yesterday.
10 Feb
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Monday visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Atiku was accompanied on the visit by former Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River and Aminu Tambuwal, a former Sokoto State governor. READ ALSO:GMOs: Experts draw attention of NSA to risks of gene editing…
10 Feb
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned that snakes, termites, monkeys, rodents and other mysterious animals must not be allowed to swallow the $1.07 billion earmarked for the health sector in the 2025 budget proposal.
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