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Hajiya Khadija Musdafa, mother in-law of Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples democratic Party in the 2019 presidential election is dead. Hajiya Musdafa, wife of the late Lamido Aliyu Musdafa passed away in Yola Monday evening. Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to the former Vice President, quoted Atiku Abubakar as expressing sadness over ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the statement issued by the Media Office of former Vice President, Alh. Atiku Abubakar, “on the standard sovereign guarantee and sovereign immunity clause embedded in Nigeria’s loan agreements with China to fund the ongoing national railway projects is unresearched, unintelligent and pedestrian.” In a statement on Monday, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ...

The Lamido of Adamawa, His Royal Highness Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa is, and remains, a fountain of inspiration not only to his people but also to other leaders of the country. Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, stated this in a statement to mark the 10th anniversary of Lamido’s ascension to the throne, made available to NewsProbe on Friday. ...

Former Nigeria’s vice president, Atiku Abubakar, says the arrest of the spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Barrister Ikenga Ugochinyere, “is tyrannical and inimical to a constitutional order.” He demand his immediate and unconditional release. According to Atiku, “The arrest of Ugochinyere, despite a substituting court order, makes mockery of rule of law, a necessary ingredient of ...

Oshiomhole’s masquerade will dance naked in the market – Saraki  Former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State for joining the PDP. Obaseki had announced on Friday that he was now a card-carrying member of the PDP after leaving the APC. ...

Former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the death of Nigeria’s foremost educationist and medical professional, Professor Emeritus Oladipupo Akinkugbe, who passed on, on Monday, 15 June. He was aged 87. A press statement by the Atiku Media Office quoted the former Vice President as ...

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, says with regard to the judgment of the Supreme Court, which nullified the election of the candidate of the PDP, Emeka Ihedioha, as Governor of Imo state, Nigerians must accept its judgment, however unexpected and unpalatable it may be. “The Rule of law must guide our ...

By Casmir Igbokwe Last week, I wrote a piece titled “Injustice is another form of xenophobia.” Published in NewsProbe, an online publication, the article compared the barbaric xenophobic attacks in South Africa to another version of it in Nigeria. It also commended the Nigerian government’s noble intervention but advised that, while we attempt to remove the speck in South Africa’s eye, ...

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, says former Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, was a hero of the African liberation struggle. “No man is perfect and he had his flaws, but nobody can take this fact away from him: That he loved his country and its people, and took practical and patriotic steps to improve their well being,” ...

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, says it is perhaps the most disturbing development in the turn of the century that Nigerians who live in the Republic of South Africa have consistently been victims of xenophobic violent attacks. “Unfortunately, both countries have not done enough to reduce the spate of those attacks,” ...