Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the use of live ammunition against protesters of hardship, who commenced their action last Thursday across the country. In a statement he signed, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic party described the action as “utterly intolerable and reminiscent of the dark days of military dictatorship”. He urged the international community, including …

Former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has condemned the genocidal threat by some groups on the Igbo to vacate Lagos and the other Southwest states on a specified date. There are calls on social media, trending Under the hashtag #IgboMustGo, some X users and commentators had been demanding the forced relocation of the Igbo from Lagos and other Southwest states. …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has again decried the growing spate of insecurity in Nigeria, following the recent high-profile abductions by gunmen. Specifically, he lamented the recent abductions of journalists, judges and a labour leader and members of their families. Atiku, who expressed his feelings in a series of tweets on his verified X handle yesterday, said: “In these perilous …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over his admonition of the Bola Tinubu administration, which is a year old in office today. In a statement on Tuesday by the ruling party’s National Publicity Secretary, Barrister Felix Morka, APC said the 2023 presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) “lives in …

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has listed six actions President Bola Tinubu must take if he is desirous of making a success of the responsibility of the office he currently occupies. Atiku, who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last year’s general elections, offered the advice in a statement made public in Abuja on …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has congratulated elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark on the celebration of his 97th birthday. A statement by Atiku’s media adviser, Paul Ibe, quotes the former Vice President as describing the elder statesman as, “a significant pillar from the old order that fortifies our fortress”. The statement said: “Chief Clark has always been a vocal voice …

The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, dismissed the potential merger talk between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar and the standard-bearer of the Labour Party (LP) in the election, Peter Obi. It described Atiku and Obi as desperate politicians who could not be trusted with power. The ruling party also said it …

Sceptical reporters had indeed cast the headlines of the stories they were going to file, ahead of the 98th National Executive Committee, (NEC) meeting of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, (PDP) last Thursday. They were awaiting the news of the implosion of the party after what was going to be a testy, nervy convergence  of the its leadership at that level. …

In a criminal court in Panama, the trial of the first batch of 27 individuals accused of money laundering related to the global ‘Panama Papers’ revelations began on Monday, 8th April 2024. The owners of the Mossack-Fonseca legal business, which was central to the major document leak in 2016, are among those on trial. A compilation of 11 million confidential …

In his desperation to always want to hug the headlines as a self-appointed opposition leader, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has allowed himself to be led into a blind alley again by his poorly informed aides. In a press statement signed on his behalf by media assistant, Paul Ibe, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the last election made …