Atiku Abubakar
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has slammed President Bola Tinubu’s appetite for loans following yesterday’s swift passage of the president’s fresh request to borrow N1.77 trillion (approximately $2.2 billion) in support of the N28.7 trillion 2024 budget.
15 Nov
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has again admonished the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration to focus on governance instead of dissipating energy on permutations for the 2027 presidential contest.
14 Nov
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, will be rejected again if he attempts to run for the presidency in 2027.
12 Nov
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has fired back at President Bola Tinubu’s policies, insisting they are worsening the lives of ordinary Nigerians.
11 Nov
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has strongly criticised President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies, claiming they are worsening life for Nigerians and should be the primary focus of his administration rather than targeting political opponents. Atiku issued a statement through his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, in response to a recent statement by the…
6 Nov
For the second day running, the ruling All progressives Congress (APC) has taunted the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, describing him as Africa's most infamous election loser.
5 Nov
Doyin Okupe, a former presidential spokesman under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has expressed confidence that Nigerians will support President Bola Tinubu in his bid for a second term, enabling him to fulfil the maximum eight-year term allowed by the constitution. On a lighter note, the ex-aide also noted that T-Pain, a nickname former Vice President Atiku…
5 Nov
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has insisted that the outcome of the 2023 presidential election was manipulated by the All Progressives Congress (APC), claiming that he won the ballot.
4 Nov
The Presidency has hit back at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar following his criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms. The clash began after Atiku, in a statement on Sunday, outlined what he claimed would have been a more effective approach to tackling Nigeria's economic challenges. Atiku criticised Tinubu’s handling of key reforms, including the…
31 Oct
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised a court order that prevents financial allocation to Rivers State . The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should not release funds to the Rivers State government until a lawful Appropriation Act is passed by a validly constituted House of Assembly…
26 Oct
The Concerned PDP League (CPDPL), a pressure group within Nigeria’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has raised alarms over internal pressures on the party's acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, to vacate his position. In a statement issued on Tuesday and made available to The Guardian, the CPDPL attributes this push to a calculated bid by certain…
24 Oct
Former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan, yesterday, asked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to allow the party to breathe.
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