Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said President Bola Tinubu, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, and the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, owe Nigerians answers over the death of 37 miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Niger State. In a statement by his spokesperson, Phrank…
Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised President Bola Tinubu over his decision to embark on a three-week vacation in Europe amid economic hardship and insecurity in the country. Atiku argued that although Nigeria was not facing a constitutional vacuum, the country was experiencing what he described as a…
The 2027 African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, says he has evidence that President Bola Tinubu is 90 years old. Atiku made this statement in an interview with BBC, which was published on Friday. He stressed that he could present the evidence in court if the need arises. The former Vice President also defended…
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has declared that there is currently no formidable opposition ahead of the 2027 general election, saying his political mission is to make figures such as Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi uncomfortable. Wike also predicted a larger “Rainbow Coalition” in support of President Bola Tinubu, following Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke’s recent meetings…
From a fresh N435bn boost for state security and infrastructure to growing opposition to Atiku Abubakar’s petrol subsidy proposal, the EFCC and ICPC probe of N12bn NFF funds, a fresh UK travel warning covering 11 Nigerian states, and Davido’s playful exchange with Wike, these are the major stories making headlines this morning. States get special…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has charged all 19 presidential candidates announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to publish details of their assets and liabilities. In a statement by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP also asked them to make public assets of their spouses and, where applicable, their unmarried children under 18,…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has faulted claims by the Presidency that the country is making economic progress even as he stated that citizens are facing worsening poverty, food insecurity, rising business closures and declining purchasing power. In a statement issued on Monday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, the presidential…
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The Presidency on Sunday mounted a robust defence of President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, dismissing former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s criticism of the administration as outdated, misleading and detached from current economic realities. In a lengthy statement titled, “Facts, Not Fear: A Point-by-Point Response to Atiku Abubakar on Nigeria’s Reform Journey,”…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has backed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s assessment of the 2027 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar. Naija News recalls that Obasanjo had declared that his decision to pick Atiku as his running mate in the 1999 presidential election was the biggest mistake of his presidency. Sharing…
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has accused President Bola Tinubu of urging his Chief of Staff to go and sin more.Atiku said this through his media aide, Paul Ibe, following the appointment of Gbajabiamila as chairman of the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill. He said the appointment confirmed…
