FORMER Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has told President Bola Tinubu that he cannot tax Nigeria out of the current economic rot caused by his “misguided, erratic, trial-and-error and shambolic” policies that have only thrown Nigerians into more acute hunger and hardship. Atiku, a former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 … Read more
I’ve been inundated with inquiries of what I would have done differently if I were at the helm of affairs of our country. I am not the president, Tinubu is. The focus should be on him and not on me or any other. I believe that such inquiries distract from the critical questions of … Read more
….Donated N100 million By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri THE former Vice -President and Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the last 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has on Sunday arrived Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, where he sympathized with Government and people of the state over the unfortunate flood disaster that has … Read more
ATIKU Abubakar, former vice-president, has asked the federal government to explain why Oando Plc, “owned by the president’s nephew”, received accelerated approval to buy the onshore assets of Agip and Eni while other transactions — such as the Shell/Renaissance and the Mobil/Seplat deals — continue to suffer delays. On September 4, 2023, Oando Plc said it … Read more
ATIKU Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria (1999-2007) and the 2023 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has raised concerns over what he describes as the federal government’s covert continuation of the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Atiku, in a press release through his media office, pointed to recent revelations in credible … Read more
FORMER presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has berated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s plans to suppress angry protesters against economic hardship. Recall that some socio-political groups have been mobilizing Nigerians to troop out on the 1st of August, 2023 and kick against the challenges facing the country. It was gathered that the … Read more
FORMER Vice-president Atiku Abubakar has empathised 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, 2024. The president, after the … Read more
Should be courageous in owning its policies and outcome, accountable to Nigerians THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Bola Tinubu administration of diverting public funds through petrol subsidies, hence the refusal of the government to reveal how much is being spent on subsidies. … Read more
WHILE reacting to a statement credited to the former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on the 700 km coastal poad projects, the Minister Dave Umahi described the analysis Atiku made on the coastal road project figures and the economic importance of the all-important coastal highway project as a gross misrepresentation of facts, and … Read more
THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has stated that the recent electricity tariff hike would create more difficulties for Nigerians. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, during a briefing in Abuja on Friday had said the recent increase in electricity tariff was a pilot phasing … Read more