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Judging by this 2015 video, it appears Atiku would not be relying on Obasanjo's blessing for his presidential ambition come 2019. Answering a question on why he did not support Atiku to be president after his term, the former president replied "With what I know about Atiku, if I had put...

It seems the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is gunning for former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar for the 2017 Presidential election in the country. Atiku, the APC chieftain, recently, said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) lacked internal democracy, which is one of the key tenets of...

Former Vice President and All Progressives Congress Chieftain, Atiku Abubakar, has described Senator Bukola Saraki, Dino Melaye and other APC senators as betrayal for rejecting restructuring of the country. The party chieftain accused members in the Senate of betrayal following the “shocking...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is making unrelenting efforts to woo former Vice President Atiku Abubakar back to its fold, the Adamawa State chairman of the party, Abdurrahman Bobboi said in Yola, yesterday, that the opposition party could not afford to allow Atiku remain in the All...

Former Vice President and Presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku has comdemned the ultimatum issued by a Northern youth coalition to the Igbos to quit the region The All Progressives Congress, APC, Chieftain described it as provocative, and a grave threat to national security. In a series...

Adamawa Emirate Council has confirmed the elevation of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to the position of Waziri Adamawa, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mallam Muawiyah Abba, the Information Officer of the Emirate Council, confirmed the development to NAN on Friday in Yola...

An agric-economist, Prof. Dupe Olatunbosun, has said the former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, remains a Nigerian leader, who has the relevant experience and intellectual consciousness to move the country forward. Olatunbosun, a foremost...

Mrs Titi Atiku Abubakar, wife of former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, on Tuesday told an Ikeja High Court, that she trusted a business partner who allegedly defrauded her of N918 million because of his status as a pastor. “I thought that the first defendant, being a pastor, he will not defraud...

Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos has vowed to fight against the emergence of a corrupt bigwig who served with former President Olusegun Obasanjo as the president of Nigeria. Akiolu, though did not mention the name of Obasanjo’s ally he was referring to, pointer in his statement was referring to for...

Former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, has fast tracked his political consultations to secure maximum support to run for his 2019 presidential ambition. Atiku was in Minna on Tuesday, February 14, to welcome the former head of state Ibrahim Babangida from medical trip but sources told the New...

The National Assembly has summoned Power Minister, Babatunde Fashola, over the sudden dissolution Abubakar Atiku headed board of the Transition Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Friday. Usman Mohammed from the African Development Bank, AfDB, was called to head the firm for a 12-month non-extendable...

President Muhamamdu Buhari-led Federal Government has sacked the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Dr Abubakar Atiku. Dr Atiku, who is being replaced with a chartered Accountant, Mr Usman Gur Mohammed, was appointed MD/CEO last year after the...

Nigeria's former vice President, Atiku Abubakar has distanced himself from the sacking of Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos state from the Nigeria Police Force. Oba Akiolu had accused Atiku of orchestrating his removal. “I remember that I was a victim of that circumstance; then Abubakar Atiku...

Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo, according to ThisDay, has stated that he will support the new APC-PDP mega party only if Atiku Abubakar will not emerge as the presidential candidate. When Obasanjo, according to sources close to him, was approached to lend his support to the new...

The Punch has a report claiming that PDP's Ahmed Makarfi, Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar may form a new mega party before March 2017. People who are familiar with the move say the Presidency is against this union and has been trying to thwart the efforts of the stalwarts. “The picture will...

Former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku has reacted that to the lynching story of a reportedly 7-year-old boy in Lagos. Atiku on his social media account said: “That jungle justice still exists is an indictment of our justice system. We must work harder to deepen confidence in our justice...

Founder of American University of Nigeria (AUN), Atiku Abubakar, has approved a staff pay raise of up to 26%, amounting to 91 million Naira, aimed at cushioning the impact of the current economic recession. President of the institution, Ms Margee Ensignthis revealed this at the institution’s...

The Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Frontiers (PDPNYF) has said that Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has ‘a history of telling lies publicly and ‘that a man who can betray those who brought him up in politics is capable of anything.’ The youth group, on its twitter handle on...

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has fired back at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who accused him in an interview with Premium Times. Malam El-Rufai said Atiku is ‘haunted by his corruption demons', in a response to Atiku's allegations. Among other issues raised, the governor of...

There are indications that Nigeria's ex Vice President Abubakar Atiku and APC bigwig Bola Tinubu might quit the party and join forces for 2019, a report from Daily Trust is saying. This follows the feud between Tinubu and APC National Chairman John Oyegun. It's reported that both men were...