Tag: atiku
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Govt’s failure to address insecurity affecting Nigeria’s investment opportunities – Atiku
Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to address the issue of insecurity. Atiku said investment opportunities are eluding Nigeria due to leadership failure to address insecurity in Nigeria. He made the remark while reacting to Nigeria being named in the global terrorism…
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Attack on citadel of learning, a catastrophe – Atiku
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday said attack on the nation’s citadel of learning is a catastrophe that must be decisively dealt with before it snowballs into an existential crisis. Atiku was reacting to frequent abduction of students from the nation’s universities in recent time. According to him, the abduction of unspecified number of…
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Atiku mourns Prince Philip
The death of His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, is a sad loss to the commonwealth and the world. This was a man whose life was one of service and a pattern of good works. I met His Royal Highness during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting of 2003, which held in…
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Atiku to Buhari: Use $1.5bn Refinery Rehabilitation Fund To Build Hospitals
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has advised the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government to, instead, use the $1.5bn proposed for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery to build hospitals for Nigerians. “Rather than spend $1.5 billion on a loss-making refinery, would it not make better economic sense, as well as ensure social justice,…
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Atiku not fit to contest for President, Buhari’s minister tells court
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) has argued that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is not eligible under the constitution to contest for President. The AGF argued that, having not been born a Nigerian or by Nigerian parents, and having not met the provisions of Sections 25(1) &(2)…
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Easter: Atiku salutes Christians, preaches love, sacrifice
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has urged Nigerians to use the occasion of Easter to pray for Nigeria’s unity and for peace to return to the country. In his Easter message, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart said Easter is not only the time to be merry but also the time to reflect on love…
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Dokpesi Acquittal: Atiku sends message to new EFCC chairman, AbdulRasheed Bawa
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to resist what he described as political manipulation. Atiku’s call is in response to the acquittal of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Raymond Dokpesi, by the Federal Court of Appeal in Abuja. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that…
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“World’s Highest Unemployment Rate: Time to help this government, help Nigeria – Atiku
I have never felt so bad at being proven right, as I am by the report from Bloomberg Business on Saturday, March 27, 2021 that Nigeria is to emerge as the nation with the highest unemployment rate on Earth, at just over 33%. We warned about this, but repeated warnings by myself and other patriots…
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Ibori, Okowa, Obasanjo, Ribadu, Atiku, UK; Politricks As Empire Strikes Back (1), By Tony Eluemnor
By Tony Eluemnor Question: How serious is Nigeria’s anti-corruption fight? Answer: That depends on the accused, the accuser and the amount of prejudice (bias, preconception, prejudgment, predisposition, partiality) and the “politricks” involved. Item 1: Bureau of Public Enterprise (under Nasir el-Rufai) chose the management-contract option to improve NITEL before privatisation and advertised for OPERATORS ONLY,…
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Atiku, Saraki, others congratulate Burna Boy, Wizkid
Prominent Nigerians, celebrities and social media influencers have taken to twitter to laud Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Femi Kuti and his son, Made, on their Grammy Awards win on Sunday night. TheNewsGuru reports that Burna Boy won the Best Global Music album at the 63rd Grammy awards with his album, ‘Twice As Tall.” Wizkid…