Tag: atiku
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Why PDP must forget about 2023 for now – Atiku
The hierarchy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should concentrate on strengthening and rebuilding the party for now, rather that dissipating energy on the 2023 elections, the PDP presidential candidate in last year’s polls, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar warned on Friday. Atiku said it was not time yet to start discussing about the elections. “Our preoccupation…
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Buhari made 2019 unsuccessful year for many Nigerians – Atiku
Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar says the President Muhammdu Buhari-led government, in 2019 plunged the nation into throes of economic instability, with more people losing jobs and the attendant outcome of more children being out of school and more families having hard time in accessing basic needs of life. He said he did not…
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Atiku moves to free detained journalist Agba Jalingo
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is in touch with the parties involved in the months-long detention of journalist and human rights activist, Agba Jalingo. Segun Showunmi, Atiku’s spokesperson gave the hint in a post on his official Twitter handle: @SegunShowunmi on Saturday. The former Vice President’s aide wrote: “The Agba Jalingo case is most embarrassing and…
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PDP speaks on Atiku’s chances, says party finding 2023 presidential candidate
Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Walid Jibrin, has said the party will soon commence a high level consultation and search for credible candidate to fly its flag for the 2023 presidency. Walid, a Second Republic Senator who made this known while speaking with newsmen in Kaduna, also said every interested…
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Court merges Atiku’s lawyer’s, son-in-law’s ‘money laundering’ cases
The Federal High Court in Lagos has consolidated the alleged $2 million money laundering trial of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s lawyer, Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, with the alleged $140,000 laundering case of his son-in-law, Abdullahi Babalele. Both cases will now be prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before the same judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke.…
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Atiku merges all business outfits into Priam Group
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has announced a migration of all his business outfits into an umbrella brand known as the Priam Group. He said the fusion of the businesses will make for better efficiency. Atiku, a business tycoon and industrialist is the founder of a number of businesses spanning several sectors of…
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Atiku tackles Buhari: Endless Borrowing will lead to endless sorrowing
By Atiku Abubakar John Quincy Adams once said “there are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.” He may have very well been referring to Nigeria of the last three years. Barely two weeks ago, I warned during my Founder’s Day lecture at the…
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Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu meet [PHOTOS]
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, and ex-Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu, met on Saturday. The leaders, who met in Minna, Niger State, were in a cordial mood as they exchanged pleasantries and chatted briefly. Atiku was the presidential candidate of Nigeria’s main opposition, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) while Tinubu is the national leader of…
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Apologize to Nigerians for spreading fake news on Sowore’s rearrest, APC tells Atiku
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday night accused former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar of spreading falsehood about the event leading the rearrest of the founder of #RebolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore by operatives of the Department of State Services in Friday at the Federal High Court in Abuja. National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Mallam Lanre…
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Atiku reacts to Sowore’s rearrest, says Nigeria under tyranny
Former Nigeria vice president Atiku Abubakar on Friday the invasion of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to arrest Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore was a violation of democratic norms. “Nigeria is not a dictatorship,” Atiku tweeted. “We are a democracy, no matter how inconvenient this fact is to the powers that have forced themselves on…