FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar has addressed his decision not to select the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as his running mate in the 2023 election, stating that he has no regrets about the decision. In a forthcoming interview for the television show Untold Stories with …
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FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar has opened up on why he failed to pick former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike as his running mate in 2023. Newsextra24 recalls that Wike lost the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential ticket for the 2023 election to Atiku. There were high expectations that Wike …
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FORMER Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has described the declared state of emergency in Rivers as an “assault on democracy”. Abubakar, in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Abuja, also described it as a “political manipulation and action taken in bad faith”. He alleged that anyone paying attention to the unfolding …
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FORMER Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has commended Ushie Uguamaye, a Lagos-based National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, for embodying the spirit of a new generation of politically conscious and courageous women. Atiku praised Uguamaye for her boldness and commitment to popular participation and advocacy in the political sphere, describing …
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By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri Nigeria’s former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has appointed Hon. Tanimu A. Tahir as his Special Assistant on Youth Engagement and Strategy. A young Tahir who hails from Marama town, Hawul local government area of Borno state was one time the Special Assistant (SA) on Media Affairs …
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THE Deputy National Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Timothy Osadolor, has attributed the internal crisis threatening the party’s unity ahead of the 2027 presidential election to former presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. In an interview with Punch in Abuja, Osadolor criticized Atiku’s leadership approach, arguing that despite his …
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FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar has donated N100 million to assist the victims of the devastating flooding in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The donation followed Atiku’s visit to Maiduguri where he extended his sympathies to the state government and those affected by the disaster on Sunday, September 15, 2024. …
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Laila, the daughter of Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president of Nigeria, has tied the knot with Saleh Maitala, her partner. The lovers tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at the national mosque in Abuja with family members and friends in attendance. The bride was adorned in a flowy heavily …
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A statement by H.E Atiku Abubakar, Vice President of Nigeria (1999-2007) and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (2023) on the genocidal threat to the Igbos to vacate Lagos and the other Southwest states on a specified date. The recent call on @X (formerly @twitter) for a protest under …
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NIGERIA’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has voiced strong support for the upcoming nationwide protests against the country’s economic difficulties. In a statement shared on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Tuesday, Atiku reminded President Bola Tinubu’s administration that peaceful protests are a fundamental right guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution …
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