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Make laws that will revive businesses, lives of Nigerians than Hate Speech Bill—Atiku

Former Vice president and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2029 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has sounded a note of caution to those now toying with the idea of an Anti Hate Speech Bill, with punishment for…

PDP decries delays in release of PEPT’s CTC, warns against tampering

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) weekend, raised fresh alarm over the undue delay by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to release the record of its widely criticized judgment to enable the party and its Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,…

Weak infrastructure, poverty worry Atiku as debt burden doubles to N24.9tn

The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential flag bearer at the 2019 presidential election and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has raised a question of urgent national importance, querying why Nigeria’s debt burden jumped from ₦12 trillion in 2015 to…

Octogenarian Nwabueze (SAN) appears in tribunal for Atiku

Leading legal luminary and renowned constitutional lawyer, Prof. Ben Nwabueze (SAN), appeared in Tribunal sitting Thursday for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the continued hearing of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Already, the petitioners, Atiku and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

Atiku, PDP see delay tactics, seek immediate replacement of tribunal chair

Following observed delays in the replacement of the self-recused chairman of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has petitioned the Court…

Atiku, PDP file fresh application to examine smart card readers for presidential election

As a way of insisting on their earlier claims of having accessed true results of the 2019 presidential elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have filed an application at the ongoing presidential election tribunal…

‘Growing endorsements for Atiku/Obi presidency driven by restructuring pledge’

Recent rounds of regional bulk votes and endorsements for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar have created more hopes that majority of the structural anomalies bedeviling the country may be on their way out if PDP…

Atiku recalls how he imported EFCC concept from Brazil, clears US saga

More details have emerged on the origin of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) during the regime of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his Vice, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Responding to interview questions at ‘The Candidates’, an NTA anchored interactive…

Just in: Atiku, Ezekwesili sign National Peace Accord for 2019 Elections

Barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari and other presidential candidates for the 2019 elections signed the National Peace Accord Agreement for the 2019 Elections, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who…

Lack of reliable regulatory framework killing investments in oil, gas sector—Atiku

…As idleness hits Kaduna refinery leading to loss of N18.7bn in 7 months Presidential hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has given insights on the scanty volume of deep pocket investment in…