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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IN the evolution of systems of government, a major concern for thinkers was a governmental framework that will reduce the high handedness of the executive arm of government. It was thought, and rightly so too, that a participatory approach to governance, such that will make the government derive its legitimacy …
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THE Nigeria Youths For Atiku (NYFA), a support group of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, says it still believes in his transformative agenda for the nation. The group’s Director of Publicity, Mr Dare Dada, in a statement on Sunday urged Nigerians to embrace the Waziri of Adamawa and rally round him …
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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, visited ex-military Head of State Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida on Wednesday. Atiku also visited another former military Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar. The former Vice President met both former Nigerian rulers at their respective residences in Minna, Niger State. …
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FORMER Vice-president Atiku Abubakar has empathized with President Bola Tinubu for slipping while boarding the presidential parade vehicle at the Eagles Square in Abuja, the venue of the 2024 Democracy Day celebration. Tinubu slipped when he was about to step into the vehicle at Eagles Square on Wednesday, June 12, …
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THE 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said he has no plans of retiring from active politics. The former vice president stated this during an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBCC) on Friday in Abuja. Atiku, the Turaki of Adamawa, also refuted a …
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FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar has congratulated the former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, on his emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in the state. Recall that Ajayi scored 264 votes to defeat other aspirants in the Ondo PDP gubernatorial primary election in Akure, the state capital, on …
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FORMER vice president, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, said President Bola Tinubu lacked an understanding of the economic reforms he embarked upon, on assumption of office. Atiku, in a statement by his media aide, Paul Ibe, said consequently, the president lacked an idea of what to do to mitigate the negative impacts …
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THE Concerned PDP League (CPDPL), a pressure group within the Peoples Democratic Party, has urged the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, to refrain from running again in 2027. This counsel was communicated in a communiqué issued on Sunday in Abuja, signed by Tasiu Muhammed, the National Secretary, …
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FORMER Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the passing of a poet, Olanrewaju Adepoju. A Yoruba poet, writer, artiste and religious leader, Adepoju, died on Sunday at his Idi Orogbo off Ring Ring Road, Ibadan, Oyo State residence around 7 pm. He was aged 83. His son, Adejare Adepoju, …
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