The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, indicated its intention to respond in a suit filed by Festus Keyamo against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Feb. 25 poll. This was also as Oluwakemi Odogun, lawyer to the Independent Corrupt...
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In a bid to retain power beyond 2015, former president Goodluck Jonathan ran a campaign with a somewhat foolish and simplistic slogan: “Neighbour to Neighbour”. I believe the aim of it all was to emphasize the sense of communal good neighbourliness that had been the kernel of national unity...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, threatened to strike out a suit filed by Mr Festus Keyamo, spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), against former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. Justice James Omotosho, who gave the warning, said if Keyamo was not ready to diligently...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate to get his lawyers to plead his case in court rather than leading a street protest. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), gave the advice in a...
Mr Osita Okechukwu, Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubkar, for making false claims about the Feb. 25 presidential poll. Okechukwu in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said Atiku’s desperation and crass opportunism led to PDP’s defeat at...
Presidential Candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says he will challenge Saturday’s presidential election result in Court. Abubakar, at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, said the decision was not about himself but for the democracy of Nigeria. “The weekend election was neither free nor...
President Muhammadu Buhari has affirmed that Saturday’s presidential election, in which former Governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu emerged as the winner, was flawed. Present Buhari, however, charged Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), to challenge the outcome of...
Youths and women in Katsina State have pledged to deliver two million votes to the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the presidential poll billed to hold on Feb 25. Malam Ahmed Adamu, Special Assistant to the Presidential Candidate on Youth and Strategy,...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has said that the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, gave his seal of approval for him to become Nigeria’s President with prayers. Atiku stated this on Thursday during a visit to the Emir of Kano, Alhaji...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has promised to improve agriculture, commerce and security if given the mandate in Feb. 25 election. Addressing a crowd of supporters at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano on Thursday, Abubakar said he was not happy...
The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar has promised to address security and economic challenges, if elected. Abubakar stated this at the PDP Presidential campaign rally on Wednesday in Damaturu. Amazed with the crowd, Atiku called on the people of...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has promised to continue with crude oil exploration in the North East. Abubakar said this when he addressed a mammoth crowd of party supporters at a rally in Bauchi on Tuesday. He said that crude exploration in North...
The Coordinator, Benue Voters in Diaspora (BVD), Mr Bright Ogaji says the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, would emerge victorious at the Feb. 25 Presidential election in spite of stiff opposition. To this end, he said that the people of Benue would deliver over...
The PDP Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has told the Federal Government not to allow Nigerians to be made scapegoats “in the ongoing battle of titans over the redesign of the naira’’. Atiku made the appeal in a statement by his media aides in Abuja on Tuesday. He said...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja b- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to protect Nigerians by going after political leaders and saboteurs mopping up the new Naira notes. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, made the call in a statement issued on Sunday in...
The Imo chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assured Nigerians that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s presidency will facilitate wealth and job creation through agricultural value chain. The state PDP Chairman, Mr Charles Ugwuh, gave the assurance on Saturday at a townhall meeting with stakeholders during the party’s presidential...
The People’ss Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate Atiku Abubakar says he will ensure Nigeria is restructured within six months of his administration if elected in 2023 election. He said this at the PDP Presidential Diaspora Campaign Grand Finale held in Abuja. Atiku, who was represented by former National chairman...
Elder statesman, Edwin Clark, has urged Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta to step down as the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 general election. Clark said this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday. He said that Okowa’s running as the PDP Vice-Presidential...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The wife of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) Presidential Candidate, Hajiya Fati Atiku Abubakar has appealed to the Emir of Damaturu, Alhaji Dr. Hashimi ll Ibn Umar Elkanemi and the Emir of Biu , Mai Umar Mustapha ll to urge their subjects to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for a “slight extension” of the January 31 deadline old naira notes. Alhaji Atiku made the call in a video posted on Twitter on...