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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of suffocating opposition elements in the country.    Atiku stated this while reacting to comments made by the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, against the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last general election, Peter Obi.   On Monday, Obi alleged that …

Reno Omokri has gone on Instagram give compliments to Peter Obi.  Reno, who has been known to regularly criticise Peter Obi, took to Instagram to call the former Labour Party Presidential candidate the biggest opposition figure in Nigeria.  He added that anyone who thinks he is bigger than Obi is “deluded”.  This appears to be an attack on Atiku Abubakar, …

The 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, has refuted claims of a rotational presidency agreement involving former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party’s Peter Obi.   In an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Monday, December 30, monitored in Abuja, Kwankwaso stated that he had not engaged in any recent …

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has criticized Nigeria’s proposed 2025 budget, calling it inadequate for addressing the nation’s economic challenges and fostering sustainable growth. In a statement on Sunday, Abubakar described the budget as a continuation of “business-as-usual” fiscal practices that increase Nigeria’s external debt burden.   “The 2025 federal budget, amounting to N48 trillion with a revenue forecast of N35 …

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe has opined that the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar cannot be president in 2027. Igbokwe, writing on his Facebook page on  Monday, December 16, stated that Atiku cannot succeed in 2027,  rather he should wait till 2031. He said: “Former Vice President of the Federal Republic …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has responded after the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, said the North should wait until 2031 to contest the Presidential election.  Akume had on Sunday, Dec. 8, told northern political aspirants to put off contesting the presidential election until 2031, when President Bola Tinubu would have completed his second term.  …

Former Presidential candidate of PDP in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, hosted the Labour party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to breakfast at his home in Adamawa state this morning November 30.   Obi was Atiku’s running mate in the 2019 general election. Obi later defected from PDP to Labour Party in 2023 where he was their presidential candidate in …

Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, has told former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to abandon his 2027 presidential ambition, asserting that Atiku is not destined to rule the country.   In a statement released in Abuja, Olayinka stated, “The PDP presidential ticket will no longer be available to …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has berated the chances of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar clinching the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP for the 2027 general election, saying Nigerians won’t let it happen.   Speaking during a live media session on Wednesday evening in Abuja, Wike said Atiku had severally presented his blueprint to …

Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, has strongly criticized former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his repeated disapproval of Tinubu’s economic policies.    Onanuga’s comments come in response to Atiku’s recent statements condemning the administration’s economic direction and proposing alternative reforms.   In May, Atiku had stated that Nigeria’s economy has deteriorated under Tinubu, …