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Former Nigeria’s Vice-President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called for objectivity and transparency in the conduct of the public hearing on the tax reform bill. In a statement on Sunday, Atiku said he followed the intense public discourse on the Tax Reform Bills with keen interest. The statement ...

In a grand celebration of academic excellence and visionary leadership, the American University of Nigeria (AUN) marked its 16th Annual Founder’s Day and 20th Anniversary on a radiant Saturday. The event brought together an august gathering of political figures, diplomats, scholars, and traditional leaders from Yola and beyond. Hosted at the esteemed Lamido Aliyu Musdafa Commencement Hall, the occasion was ...

…condemns violence against women Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has described the Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, as a restorer of the glory of the oil-rich state, saying, “he is the Moses of our time.” Atiku made the remarks in Port Harcourt on Monday through one of his aides, Hon. Dimeji Fabiyi who represented him at an event ...

Former Nigeria’s Vice-President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says the recent report released by the World Bank, showing Nigeria as the third most indebted country to the International Development Association (IDA), is very concerning. In a statement he personally signed, Atiku said this report was coming just when the government had already sent a ...

Hon. Dimeji Fabiyi, an associate of Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has described the remarks by Governor Seyi Makinde on the qualifying criteria for presidential candidates as portraying the Oyo State Governor as a poor student of history. He also asked Makinde to familiarise himself more with intellectuals, instead of keeping the company of alcoholics. ...

Former Vice President of Nigeria and a frontline leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has called on members of the PDP in Ondo State to mobilize overwhelming support for the victory of the party in the governorship election coming up on Saturday. The former Vice President, in a press statement signed by his media adviser, Paul Ibe on ...

Frontline leader of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice  President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, mourns the passing of the pioneer chairman of the PDP in the Federal Capital Territory, Alhaji Alhassan Gwagwa. Atiku, in a press statement signed by the Atiku Media Office in Abuja on Tuesday, said that the deceased PDP chieftain was a formidable pillar of the ...

Former Vice-President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar says President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies and approach to governance are killing Nigerians, and this should be his focus rather than attacking the opposition which is not in the saddle. Atiku said this in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, in reaction to what he calls “an inelegant and ...

By Atiku Abubakar 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 what President Bola ...

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed his condolences to the family of Professor Humphrey Nwosu, who passed away in the United States on Friday. In a statement on Sunday, Atiku, the PDP presidential candidate for the 2023 election, conveyed his sorrow at the loss of Nwosu, who served as Chairman of the now-defunct National Electoral Commission and ...