Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday said he would open Nigerian economy to foreign investments to generate income and employment if given the mandate to rule in 2019. Atiku,who is one of the presidential aspirants on the platform of People Democratic Party (PDP), disclosed this while addressing the Kogi state PDP leadership and delegates […]
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Former Vice-President of Nigeria and presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is the worst since democracy returned to Nigeria in 1999. Atiku said this on Saturday when he paid a courtesy visit to Ahmed Makarfi, former caretaker committee chairman of the opposition party. Makarfi is also a presidential aspirant […]
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Monday said he regretted not doing much to help the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) win in Lagos state when he had the opportunity in 2003. Abubakar, a PDP presidential aspirant, spoke in Lagos while holding a meeting with members of the party in the state. The meeting was part of […]
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Former vice president and a presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday dismissed speculations that he had dumped the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) for APGA. Rumours had swirled around that Atiku, who recently defected back to the PDP from the All Progressives Congress (APC), was planning to move to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). There […]
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Doyin Okupe, a former aide of ex-Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo, says Nigeria will not make progress if former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar succeeds in his presidential ambition. Abubakar, a former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last year. He is one of the presidential aspirants of […]
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Nigeria’s former Vice President, Mr. Abubakar Atiku, has said he is not desperate to be President of the country. He made the assertion while fielding questions from journalists shortly after his meeting with the Oba of Benin, where he sought royal blessing of the monarch on his presidential aspiration. Atiku who is seeking to contest […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has deplored the purported service of impeachment notice on Benue Governor, Dr Samuel Ortom, by eight members of the House of Assembly. The party made this known in a communique issued after the end of an emergency meeting of its National Working Committee on Monday in Abuja, and described the […]
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Thousands of supporters thronged Ribadu Square, Yola, Adamawa state, on Saturday as a grand reception was held in honour of Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president. The reception, which saw Atiku make his 2019 presidential declaration, was hosted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa and the north-east. Ben Murray Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east, Uche […]
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has promised to end the Boko Harman insurgency if elected president. Speaking in Maiduguri, Borno state capital on Tuesday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant said he has what it takes to defeat Boko Haram. He criticised the manner in which the current administration has been fighting insurgency, vowing to use […]
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubarkar says the signing of memorandum of understanding (MoU) amongst the various opposition parties will end negative change in the country. He described the MoU as a watershed moment towards the consolidation of democracy, politics of purpose and citizens centred development in Nigeria. In a statement issued by his media office on […]
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