Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed support for a Lagos-based National Youth Service Corps member, Ushie Uguamaye, also known as Raye, who claimed to have received threats after her viral video criticising President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In a statement shared on X on Sunday, Atiku praised Raye’s courage, describing her as a symbol of a new generation of politically engaged …

Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has refuted claims that he betrayed former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party ex-presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa, which started trending on Saturday, El-Rufai, who recently left the All Progressives Congress for the Social Democratic Party, urged opposition leaders, including Atiku, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, former Rivers State …

A former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has paid a visit to former Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and renowned cleric, Pastor Tunde Bakare in Lagos. In a tweet on Sunday, El-Rufai’s media adviser, Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye wrote: ‘Malam Nasir @elrufai was in Lagos today to visit Ogbeni @raufaregbesola and Pastor Tunde Bakare’. The visit to Lagos came …

A member of the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Diran Odeyemi, and a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Anslem Eragbe, have warned former Vice President Atiku Abubakar against contesting the 2027 presidential election. Both Odeyemi and Eragbe said the South should be allowed to rule for eight years. They said the 2027 southern president might …

A former Director-General of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr Doyin Okupe, says the South, and not the North, should produce the President in 2027. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Thursday in Lagos, Okupe said it was only fair to allow the South to produce the next President. Okupe said though Atiku Abubakar,the …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned that no alliance of the opposition leaders, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra Governor Peter Obi, will be potent enough to stop President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The warning was given by the National Publicity Director of APC, Bala Ibrahim, in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar recently hosted the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, at his residence in Adamawa State. Atiku disclosed this in a video shared on X.com on Saturday. His caption read, “It is breakfast time with my friend, #PeterObi, in the ‘land of beauty.” Atiku hosts Peter Obi in Adamawa The video featured the two leaders, …

When he was asked at dinner with associates and officials last week how he intended to celebrate his 78th birthday, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar retorted that he had never decidedly marked the date over time. He said: “For me, it is an occasion for thankfulness to God, for reflection and prayers, and for reaching out to the less privileged. …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Friday reacted to the disturbing viral videos of malnourished children being arraigned before a Federal High Court on Friday. This was disclosed in a statement issued by his media team in Abuja and a corresponding post on his official X account. It was reported that no fewer than 76 #EndBadGovernance protesters were paraded before …

Political rivalry between President Bola Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was suspended temporarily on Friday as the two men met and exchanged pleasantries. According to a post by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser (Information and Strategy) to the President, the duo met at the National Mosque, Abuja. Onanuga described Atiku as Tinubu’s old friend. “President Tinubu meets old friend …