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 …

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has countered the Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, who alleged on Monday that Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), was yet to commiserate with the people and the state government over the Ibadan explosion. Atiku belongs to the same political party with Makinde, he did not however enjoy …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has commended President Bola Tinubu on the suspension of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu. In a statement by his Special Assistant, Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, on Tuesday, Atiku noted that the suspension of the minister was commendable but not enough. Earlier, President Bola Tinubu, …

A former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has urged the Federal Government to address the economic hardship that Nigerians are going through in 2024. In his 2024 New Year message to the nation on Sunday, Atiku offered “adulation to God and a heart full of gratitude” as Nigerians enter the new year. He, however, acknowledged that 2023 was “definitely a challenging …

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar felicitated with Nigerians as they celebrate Christmas. According to a statement by his Media Office in Abuja on Sunday, the former Vice President urged Nigerians to embrace peace and unity at this period and to love one another for the country’s progress. He said: “I felicitate with …

The Oba of Lagos, Riliwan Akiolu, has urged President Bola Tinubu and his rivals in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, among others, to come together and move Nigeria forward. Oba Akiolu, who spoke with newsmen from the United Kingdom, said politicians should be more focused on the welfare of the people. “Many things are happening to our …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will on Monday address the media on some crucial national issues. This is coming about 48 hours after the Supreme Court dismissed the former vice president’s appeal for lacking in merit and affirmed President Bola Tinubu the winner of the February presidential election. According …