The Kano state government has declared Friday, May 11, as public holiday in honour of late Isyaku Rabi’u who died on Tuesday at a London hospital. This is contained in a statement signed by the State Commissioner of Information, Malam Mohammed Garba and issued to newsmen in Kano on Wednesday. He said the public holiday […]
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has vowed to probe President Buhari’s arms procurement, if he is elected in 2019. Alhaji Atiku stated this while speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on Saturday, when he said it is taking too long to defeat the Boko Haram insurgents. “Eight years after, Nigerian government is still fighting Boko […]
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By Atiku Abubakar Over the last few months, our nation has had to reopen a fresh chapter in the conversation on internal security, peace and unity in the wake of renewed violence in the North Central and North East of our country. These sad episodes have not only led to questions by Nigerians (and Nigerians […]
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Atiku Abubakar, former vice president of Nigeria, has denied an alleged rift between him and the newly elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus. Mr. Atiku denied the allegation in a statement issued by his media office. Read the statement: It has come to the notice of the Atiku Media Office that […]
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Contrary to claims that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar was one of the major financiers of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2015 campaign, Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Wednesday disputed claims. El-Rufai who spoke on a Voice of America (VOA) Hausa Service Programme, “Democracy Today”, challenged the former Vice President to come up with evidence to prove […]
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Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has written comedian Francis Agoda, popularly known as I Go, Dye. Atiku’s letter was posted on Medium.com. The letter is in response to an earlier open letter in which the Comedian asked Atiku to stop “using sentimental empathy on the youths to express his political ambition”. The Comedian […]
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Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has formally announced his return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr. Atiku who made the announcement on Sunday in a Facebook live broadcast said the decision to return to the PDP followed consultations with party leaders and stakeholders from across the country. While responding to questions from […]
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has boasted that he will defeat President Muhammadu Buhari hands down in the 2019 presidential election because the president has wasted a lot of his massive goodwill. He said defeating Buhari will be a cakewalk for him if the president runs against him. Atiku said Buhari has become politically weak […]
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The Presidency has countered Atiku Abubakar, describing the claim that Muhammadu Buhari was not able to enter the United States of America as false. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari who responded to the claim in a statement described the claim by Atiku as “fictive concoction.” “This fictive concoction being passed off as […]
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar in an interview with the publisher of The Boss newspaper, claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari was unable to enter the US for 15 years. Momodu had asked him what offence he committed that made him to “run away from US” but Atiku said he has not visited the country because he […]
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