Atiku, PDP chairman, Ayo Adebanjo, Bode George, others hold meeting with Obasanjo

Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar, is in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Nigeria. Atiku, who was Obasanjo’s vice president between 1999 and 2007 has entered into a closed-door meeting with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo. The meeting is being held at the residence of the ex-president within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library […]

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Any Day, Any Time, Atiku Will Make A Far Better President Than Buhari, By Femi Aribisala

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dodged a bullet; a bomb even with the conduct of its presidential primaries a few days ago. This was conducted in a calm, serene and collected manner. There were no riots. No bombs went off to mark the process as “do or die.” Nobody got killed, maimed or injured. The […]

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2019: Atiku vs. Buhari, By Reuben Abati

There has been some clarity about Nigeria’s 2019 Presidential election, with the end of the October 7 deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of party primaries at all levels. On Saturday, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at its convention held in Abuja, ratified the choice of incumbent President […]

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Atiku Abubakar wins PDP presidential nomination for 2019

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is close to concluding its convention as they have counted the votes cast for each of the candidates as follows: Alhaji Sule Lamido: 96 votes Senator Rabiu Kwankwanso: 158 votes Senator Bukola Saraki: 317 votes Alh Dankwanbo: 111 votes Ahmed makarfi: 74 votes Datti Ahmed: 5 votes Alh Bafarawa 48 votes […]

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Saraki leads Atiku, others in Twitter PDP presidential primary Poll

Except that elections, especially at the third world African countries which Nigeria belongs are not won on social medium like Twitter, otherwise, Bukola Saraki would have been hoping to be PDP presidential flag bearer. In an online poll on twitter ahead of the presidential primaries of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), president of Nigerian Senate, […]

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Atiku writes Buhari, complains of serious threat to his family lives

Ex-Nigerian vice president, Atiku Abubakar said his life and those of his family are under threat by unknown person(s) because of his decision to contest the 2019 presidential election. Atiku, an aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a petition to President Muhammad Buhari requested for more police protection for himself […]

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“Restructuring is a necessity, not an option,” again, Atiku replies Osinbajo

Ex-Nigerian Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, has again responded to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s open letter as the debate over restructuring of Nigeria continues. Firing back within a few hours to Osinbajo’s open letter, Abubakar Atiku, in a statement entitled: “Restructuring is a necessity, not an option” stated that faced with an avalanche of public […]

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Atiku, Osinbajo fight over Nigeria’s restructuring

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Tuesday, responded to a statement credited to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar faulting his (Osinbajo) stance on the restructuring of Nigeria. At a town hall meeting in the United States of America, Osinbajo had said the problem of Nigeria was not geographical restructuring but prudent management of national resources. Atiku, on […]

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Of Atiku and Other Deservationists, By Olusegun Adeniyi

In the bid for the 2019 presidency, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his supporters have created an English word that does not exist and gone ahead to define it. In strategic places on the streets of Abuja, there are billboards bearing the campaign photograph of Atiku with the bold inscription ‘Deservation!’ and the rider: […]

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