The last few weeks have been taken over by the controversy over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his certificates. Did he or did he not attend school? If so, which schools, when, where and how? Did he or did he not have certificates? If so, what certificate, when and which school or schools? How did he attend school: As a …

A group of youths from Delta State has inaugurated a political initiative tagged Atikowa Movement to mobilise grassroots support for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the 2023 general election. Led by Oke Umurhohwo, the group met in Abuja with the former Vice President Abubakar on Friday shortly after the formal unveiling of …

The crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a new turn as the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has dragged the party to court over its presidential party held on 28 and 29 May in Abuja. Also listed as respondents are the presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Governor of Sokoto State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. Since …

Seven weeks after the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar announced Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate, the man not chosen remains the talk of the town. I’m not sure Abubakar (fondly called Atiku) expected this amount of pushback when he chose Okowa over Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike. But just as it is with …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has lamented Thursday’s admission by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajia Zainab Ahmed that debt servicing by Nigeria now exceeds revenue figure. He then proffered four steps the government must take urgently to save the dire situation. The Minister had disclosed that Nigeria’s fiscal position worsened …

It is a difficult decision that I am called upon to take – Atiku After over two weeks of speculations and intensive lobby, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has finally chosen Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate for next year’s election. Addressing party leaders at the Wadata Plaza national …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyiochia Ayu has given assurance that the vice presidential candidate of the party in next year’s election would be revealed on or before Friday, to beat that day’s deadline for submission of the names to the Independent National Electoral Commission. In his opening remarks at the meeting of the Consultative …

By Louis Odion To frame the epic coronation at the Eagle Square Tuesday night casually as Jagaban’s triumph is to omit one significant detail: a major detour in the movement of the forces of Nigeria’s history. As 2,322 enervated party delegates began to disperse from the Abuja coliseum strewn with the shards of broken aspirations and the cadavers of decapitated …

National security will be a major thrust of Nigeria’s next Federal Government if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wins the 25th February 2023 presidential election. Announcing his “National Security 7-point Agenda” on his verified Twitter handle, the party’s candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar wrote: “National Security will be a key policy thrust of my administration. This is because a secured country …

By Simon Kolawole If power does not go to the south in 2023, the pivotal role of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will have to be scrutinised. His life ambition is to be president of Nigeria and his influence on the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) effectively ensured that the main opposition party did not zone presidency to the south. …