A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, says former Vice President Atiku Abubakar must wait till 2031 if he wants to contest for president again. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that Abubakar, the PDP Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general elections, lost to President Bola Tinubu. George, in a statement on Wednesday, said …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration, accusing it of covertly continuing the fuel subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit despite previous claims to the contrary. In a statement on Monday via X, Atiku expressed concerns and accused the federal government of lack of transparency, contrasting Tinubu’s public declaration that the subsidy regime had ended with recent …

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has commended Nigerians who took to the streets to protest against bad governance. Nigerians are experiencing economic difficulties, making it challenging for many to afford basic necessities. In response, some youths began protests on Thursday in some parts of the country, calling for an end to hunger and poor …

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has accused senators of reducing themselves from elected representatives of the people to President Bola Tinubu’s puppets. He expressed fears for Nigeria’s democracy should what he described as the National Assembly’s active participation as enablers of the current administration’s anti-people posture continue. The former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the 2023 general election …

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, on Tuesday, took a swipe at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his criticism of the President Bola Tinubu administration on the cost of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project. Atiku, who is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, had alleged that the N700km road project was …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PD) in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has dared President Bola Tinubu to disclose the full cost of the Lagos-Calabar highway project. In a statement on Tuesday, Atiku said that the Tinubu administration could not continue to keep silent on how much public funds would be spent on the project at …

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has returned to Nigeria ahead of the much-anticipated National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It was gathered that Atiku, who had been out of the country for weeks, returned in the early hours of Tuesday. The Ambassador Illiya Damagum-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party was pressured …

Presidential candidates of the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party in last year’s election, Mr. Peter Obi and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, respectively, have expressed their excitement at the rescue of the abducted schoolchildren in Kaduna State. Both of them made their positions known in separate messages posted on their respective X handles on Sunday. About 287 schoolchildren and some …

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has decried the state of insecurity and condemned the killings in Benue, as well as the abductions in Kaduna and Borno States. Bandits kidnapped more than 280 pupils and teachers from Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School in Kuriga, Kaduna State, last Thursday. This incident happened …

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has advised President Bola Tinubu to take a lesson from how the President of Argentina, Javier Milei, turned around the economy of his country. President Tinubu’s economic policies, including the removal of fuel subsidy, have resulted in economic hardship, making it difficult for many Nigerians to afford basic …