The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the February 23, 2019 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that claim by the Information Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, regarding plot to overthrow government, was absolutely false. Media Adviser to the former…
Tribunal: Atiku to file application for Bulkachuwa’s removal from panel today (Punch)
The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the 2019 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, will on Thursday (today) file a formal application before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal asking for the withdrawal of the President of the Court of Appeal,…
Between Atiku’s Petition and APC’s Comedy of Mischief – Babajide Balogun
With just President Muhammadu Buhari’s response the only one pending to complete the cycle of arguments and counter-arguments arising from the conduct and outcome of the 2019 presidential election, it may pretty well be said that the orchestra of the…
Atiku to call Microsoft, IBM experts as witnesses, gives ‘details’ of INEC servers (Punch)
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, is set to call Microsoft, IBM and Oracle experts to authenticate his claim that the servers belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission showed that he…
PDP attacks APC over claim that Atiku is a Cameroonian (Punch)
The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday said the claim by the All Progressives Congress that the PDP presidential candidate in the February 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, is a Cameroonian explained why the APC-led Federal Government administration has allegedly remained insensitive…
Atiku denies hiring US lobby group against Buhari’s inauguration (Punch)
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday said there was no truth in the claim that he spent $30,000 to hire a lobby group to persuade the United States Congress to stop the inauguration of…
Pro-Buhari group asks security agencies to investigate Atiku (Punch)
The Buhari Media Organisation on Tuesday asked security agencies to investigate what it described as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar’s “unholy romance with foreign bodies especially the United States of America, in pursuit of a…
Nigeria 2019: Have we learnt any lessons? – Reuben Abati
The 2019 general election in Nigeria has been described by international and local observers, stakeholders, direct participants and the electorate themselves as a “disappointment”, “a bad day for democracy”, “a step back from whatever Nigeria may have achieved since the…
Atiku meets southern, M’Belt leaders, says justice’ll be done (Punch)
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday met behind closed doors with leaders of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum in Abuja. The meeting, which was held at the residence of a former Federal…
Atiku’s campaign DG Gbenga Daniel denies joining APC (Guardian)
The director-general of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign organisation for the 2019 general elections, Gbenga Daniel has denied joining the ruling All Progressives Congress. Daniel, said although his supporters desire he lead them to the APC after he quit “active and partisan”…