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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed the results of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election, describing the 10.9 million votes credited to President Bola Tinubu as fabricated, even as he intensified his political comeback bid under a new platform. The APC, in results announced at the weekend, declared that Tinubu polled…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has congratulated Arsenal Football Club on winning the English Premier League title, using the occasion to draw deliberate parallels between the club’s transformation and his long-standing economic and political vision for Nigeria. In a statement issued on Wednesday through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku described…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has openly criticised the Federal Government for what he described as an embarrassingly sluggish response to the latest wave of xenophobic tensions targeting Nigerians in South Africa, arguing that the country’s inaction contrasted sharply with the swift measures taken by smaller African nations. Atiku made his position known in…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the Federal Government and Kaduna State authorities to immediately release ex-Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, describing his continued detention ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations as “cruel, unjustifiable, and deeply troubling.” Atiku, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, made the demand in a statement issued on…
The camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has issued a pointed warning to opposition parties against adopting a southern presidential candidate for the 2027 election, arguing that such a move would hand President Bola Tinubu an easy path to re-election. The position was made public in a statement released to journalists in Abuja…
More than a decade after leaving office, former President Goodluck Jonathan is once again at the centre of Nigeria’s presidential conversation, with growing reports that he may seek a return to power under the Peoples Democratic Party platform ahead of the 2027 general elections. The reports have triggered widespread debate across Nigeria’s political space,…
Less than two weeks after Nigeria’s opposition leaders gathered in Ibadan, Oyo State, pledging unity against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), their coalition is already showing serious cracks ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The immediate trigger was the decision by former Anambra Governor Peter Obi and former Kano Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso…
Atiku Abubakar and Rotimi Amaechi have moved to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to revive their presidential ambitions for 2027. The former Vice President and the former Transport Minister both paid 90 million naira for nomination forms this week. Mohammed Hayatu-Deen joined them in the dash for the party ticket. The price of entry is…
Fresh divisions have emerged within Nigeria’s fragmented opposition bloc over plans to field a consensus presidential candidate against President Bola Tinubu in 2027, with key parties and figures publicly distancing themselves from the proposal even as loyalists of former Anambra Governor Peter Obi and former Kano Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso push for a unified southern…
A chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Buba Galadima, has publicly called on former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to join the party, warning that any failure to consolidate opposition forces ahead of the 2027 general elections could be laid at his door if he refuses. Galadima made the appeal during an appearance on Channels Television’s…
