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Zamfara abduction: State police now a necessity – Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has decried the Friday abduction of over 300 girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State. According to a statement released by the former Presidential aspirant, the attack has now proven the necessity of states to have the powers to provide security of life and property in their domain.…
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Niger school abduction: Why Nigeria must stop negotiating with criminals, ransom payments – Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday said Nigeria must stop rewarding criminality, warning that doing so will result in more crimes being perpetrated. In a statement he personally signed, Abubakar lamented the deteriorating state of insecurity in the country, describing the menace as alarming. While noting that a situation whereby children and minors were…
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Bloodletting in Shasha Ibadan must stop now – Atiku
Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Monday said the bloodletting in Shasha area of Ibadan, Oyo State must stop now. Several people lost their lives after a clash triggered by the fatal stabbing of a cobbler by a cart pusher in Shasha market, Ibadan, Oyo State, degenerated into an ethnic conflict. Within hours, the…
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#OccupyLekki: Constitution guarantees right to peaceful protest- Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has averred that the right to peaceful protest is guaranteed by the Nigerian constitution. Atiku made this statement amidst the unlawful arrest of protesters by security operatives at the Lekki tollgate on Saturday. He wrote on Twitter “The 1999 Nigerian constitution, as amended (Section 40) guarantees the right of citizens…
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Cryptocurrency ban not good for economy – Atiku
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar wants the Federal Government to revise the ban on crytocurrency. Atiku, who was reacting to the order by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, said what Nigeria needs now is how to open up the economy and create jobs for the unemployed. “The number one challenge facing…
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Atiku’s top aide resigns
Mr Godspower Oshodin, National Director, Media and Publicity of the Atiku Care Foundation, (ACF) has resigned his post, although without stating any reason for the action. In a statement he issued to newsmen, on Thursday, in Abuja, Oshodin said he no longer wished to be addressed in the light of the office or be associated…
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JUST IN: Atiku receives second dose of COVID-19 Vaccine in Dubai [Photos]
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has received second dose of the Pfizer-BioTech COVID-19 Vaccine in Dubai on Wednesday. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the former Vice President received the first dose on 6th January this year. More details soon…
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Nigeria on the verge of becoming a failed state – Atiku
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said Nigeria is at risk of becoming a failed state if the foundational challenges preventing the central government from discharging its responsibilities are not resolved. Atiku said this in an article titled “Nigeria Needs The Peace Serum of Restructuring” which he shared on social media. He called for the…
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Court frees, dismisses EFCC’s $2m fraud allegation against Atiku’s lawyer
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has freed Uyiekpen Giwa-Osage, a lawyer to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Lagos High Court on Monday dismissed the $2million money laundering charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the lawyer. The judge held, among others, that the EFCC…
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Kudos, knocks trail Atiku’s COVID-19 vaccination in Dubai
Social media was set agog on Thursday over pictures of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, receiving a jab of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Media entrepreneur, Dele Momodu on Twitter, shared pictures showing Atiku receiving the jab in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Momodu’s tweet read: “ Former Vice President, The Wazirin Adamawa, ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR receives Pfizer…