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Former Nigerian vice president, Atiku Abubakar’s engaged lobbyist in the United States, Dr Karl Von Batten, has been appointed as a Commissioner on a @WhiteHouse presidential commission. The development was disclosed in a statement issued to journalists in Abuja by the President of the Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum, Chief Akin Malaolu, who said Von Batten-Montague-York announced […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar; and that of Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, were absent on Monday as opposition parties and presidential candidates opened fresh negotiations in Abuja on the possibility of presenting a single candidate against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 presidential election. Convened […]
Continue ReadingThere is an old Nigerian joke about Noah and the Ark; author unknown. God warned Noah that a flood was coming and gave him six months to build an ark. But this Noah was a Nigerian. Before he could cut the first plank, Nigeria happened to him. How did it start? “And the Lord spoke […]
Continue ReadingAtiku Abubakar, former Vice President, has fired back at President Bola Tinubu, describing his attack on his proposed petroleum-sector intervention as the insolent sermon of a failed economic experimenter who mistakes Nigerians’ capacity to endure suffering for evidence that his policies are working. The former vice president had said he will restore oil subsidy if […]
Continue ReadingIn October 2002, when it became obvious that then Vice President Atiku Abubakar was moving towards running against his principal, President Olusegun Obasanjo for the People Democratic Party (PDP) ticket, I wrote a column titled, ‘Before Atiku Takes a Dangerous Gamble’. It was both a warning and a counsel that has turned out to be prescient. For […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has called for an independent investigation into the controversy surrounding the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) scandal. Atiku, in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, also raised fresh questions over an alleged N6.44bn budgetary allocation for Nigeria’s 2026 FIFA […]
Continue ReadingBabachir David Lawal, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has responded to criticisms trailing his recent social media commentary, insisting that his earlier remarks have been misunderstood and misrepresented by his critics. In an elaborate post shared on his Facebook page on Saturday titled: “Kachalla 2,” Lawal said he had come under […]
Continue ReadingBorn on 29 May 1926, former Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade turned 100 last Friday, making him the first West African leader in history to become a centenarian. But the remarkable story of Wade is not just about age. A long-time opposition leader, Wade ran for president four times in a period spanning 22 years, beginning in 1978, before […]
Continue ReadingAtiku Abubakar, former Vice President has secured the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential ticket for the 2027 general election after defeating former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi and former banker Mohammed Hayatu-Deen in the party’s primary election. Collated results of the exercise were announced on Wednesday night in a statement posted on the party’s official […]
Continue ReadingPresidential aspirant under the platform of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has pushed back against suggestions that he is avoiding former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The former governor of Anambra State made the remarks on Friday in Cape Town, South Africa, on the sidelines of the Spier Dialogue 2026, […]
Continue ReadingTo several Nigerians, Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president, should not run for president next year. Some cite age, others zoning. On the first, the general view is that, at 80 years old by the time of the next presidential election in January 2027, Atiku would be too old to run for president. On the second, […]
Continue ReadingAfrican Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain, Dele Momodu, has said there is no guarantee that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will defeat Peter Obi at the primaries. He said this on Wednesday while answering questions in an interview on Channels Television’s ‘The Morning Brief’. Momodu was speaking in respect of the defection of Obi and Kwankwaso […]
Continue ReadingThere you have it. In an interview with ARISE TV on Wednesday, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar confirmed the worst-kept secret in politics: that he is going to join the 2027 presidential race. The former vice-president, the driving force behind adopting the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the platform to rally the opposition against the All Progressives […]
Continue ReadingLeaders and members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) joined a large demonstration in Abuja on Wednesday, protesting decisions by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that they said undermined democracy and the party’s internal leadership. The protest, tagged #OccupyINEC, the protesters, who included former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso and […]
Continue ReadingAfrican Democratic Congress (ADC) leaders have raised the alarm over what they described as a calculated plot to impose a one-party state on Nigeria ahead of the 2027 general elections, accusing the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Bola Tinubu of using the Independent National Electoral Commission to weaken opposition parties. National chairman of […]
Continue ReadingFormer Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has intensified consultations with key opposition figures following the defection of former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to the African Democratic Congress. In a statement posted on his X handle on Wednesday, Atiku said he paid courtesy visits to Kwankwaso and the party’s National Chairman, David Mark, in Abuja, describing […]
Continue ReadingThere are reports that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has met with the National Chairman of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Yabagi Yusuf Sani, and other senior executives. The meeting reportedly took place at Atiku’s residence in Abuja on Saturday. The meeting is coming on the heels of rumours of an alliance between some opposition […]
Continue ReadingWhy is the ADC withering and seeming like it’s dead on arrival? The fanfare with which Mr Peter Obi and key politicians gathered in Enugu to declare for the African Democratic Congress at the end of January had lit up the political arena, giving hope of a tsunami about to wake. But alas, it has […]
Continue ReadingThose of us who love competitive democracy can only take a positive view of the defection of Mr Peter Obi to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the platform adopted by key opposition figures for the 2027 elections after the cannibalisation and factionalisation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party by a blend […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar has ruled out stepping down in the race for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate. In a statement released on Tuesday by Paul Ibe, his media adviser, Atiku called on Nigerians to resist efforts by the All Progressives Congress to intimidate and weaken the opposition. Atiku’s statement came […]
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