The All Progressive Congress (APC) and the winner of the February 23, 2019 Presidential Election, has a told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja that the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the poll, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is not a Nigerian and therefore not qualified to have stood for the election. The […]
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Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says though Atiku Abubakar is his friend, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will retire from politics on Saturday. In a statement on Thursday, Tinubu said he could not find much good in the policies and programmes of the PDP to […]
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The campaign of Nigerian presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar today launched the world’s first ‘emojified’ manifesto in a new effort to attract youth voters. Drawn from the previously published Atiku Plan, the #AtikuPlanForYOUth brings to life the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate’s promises to Nigeria’s 130 million under-30s. In an increasingly noisy debate, the Atiku campaign […]
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Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he is moved to tears by the widespread endorsements he has received, and will promote an inclusive government if elected. Atiku said this on Sunday while reacting to his endorsement by leaders of five top socio-cultural organisations in the country, on Sunday. The organisations, […]
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Five top socio-cultural organisations on Sunday endorsed Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They are: the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Afenifere and Middle Belt Forum (MBF). A faction of Afenifere, led by Ayo Fasanmi, endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari last week while the general secretary […]
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The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Africa is insisting that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win the February 16 presidential election. On Friday, EIU Africa said the margin of victory is getting narrower as the election approaches, but Atiku and his political party will win the historic election. “#NigeriaDecides2019 […]
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The Igbo socio-political group, Ohaneze Ndigbo, on Thursday endorsed the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar. Mr Abubakar, a former vice president, has as his running mate, Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State. The President General of Ohaneze, John Nwodo, announced the endorsement in a statement. He said the […]
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Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the “attempt to force” Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), out of office has a negative meaning. He said this in response to the charges filed against Onnoghen at the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). Ibraheem Al-Hassan, head of press and public relations […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says there was no time it went after the sons of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. It said this in a series of tweets on Monday, hours after a report emerged that EFCC operatives raided a building occupied by two sons of […]
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The Federal Government says though it is the constitutional right of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo to support a candidate for an election, his endorsement, however, does not guarantee victory. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who spoke on behalf of the government on Monday in Abuja, said Obasanjo’s candidate for the […]
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