Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who contested last February’s presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said in Abuja on Thursday that he vigorously challenged the academic record of President Bola Tinubu because of his “quest for the enthronement of truth, morality, and accountability in our public affairs”. Atiku, who is in the Supreme Court …

Permit me to commence by recommending the publication titled, Atiku: The Story of Atiku Abubakar to those with peripheral understanding of Nigeria’s charismatic former Vice President who was deputy to Olusegun Obasanjo. There’s been quantum misrepresentation underscored by plain political mischief, debauchery and chicanery in the public sphere, about the man. The book under reference was authored by Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo, one …

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said that the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) knew that the party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi lost the 25th February election. Soyinka accused the leadership of the party of trying to force “a lie” on Nigerians, especially youths, that Obi won the election. At an event, ‘The Lives of Wole Soyinka: A …

The presidential election petition court has reserved judgement in the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Atiku is challenging the outcome of the 25th February election and praying the court to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s victory. Among several issues raised in the joint petition, Atiku and the PDP are alleging that President …

The presidency on Saturday insisted that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last February’s presidential poll, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu won “a free, fair and credible election”. It described the ballot as the “most transparent election ever conducted in Nigeria since 1999”. In response to the alarm raised on Friday by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic …

Former Governor of Benue State, Mr. Samuel Ortom has said that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is angry because he was rejected by him and the G5- governors. Ortom was reacting to a statement made by Atiku through his media aide, Mr. Phrank Shaibu accusing him and other G-5 …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by five residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), who sought to stop the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as President. On Tuesday, Justice Inyang Ekwo ordered the lawyer representing the five residents to pay N10 million each to the Attorney General of the Federation and the Chief Justice …

The Supreme Court has fixed 26th May to deliver judgement in a suit seeking the disqualification of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), respectively. In the suit filed on 28th July, the PDP claimed that Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s running mate was in breach of the provisions …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, on Wednesday, said the All Progressives Congress (APC) would have succeeded in moving Nigeria forward if it had chosen Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as its candidate. In the 52-second video that went viral on social media platforms, the former Anambra State governor said he had …

On Monday, 6th March 2023, one was led to write this short advisory on one’s Facebook timeline: “To my seniors (and juniors) managing the public and media affairs of major combatants of the 2023 presidential election fallout: please, stop amplifying the narcissistic vituperations of fringe elements, and thus mainstreaming what should otherwise be consigned to sideline tantrums of inconsequential muffins. …