Atiku Abubakar Archives - Page 6 of 13

Dec

09

2022

Atiku, Okowa vow to stabilize economy, unite Nigeria

Economy, Opinion, Politics2023, Atiku Abubakar, Economy, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa have restated their commitment to stabilize the economy and unite Nigeria. The PDP candidates assured Nigerians while addressing thousands of supporters at the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park in Osogbo on Wednesday when the party’s presidential campaign rallied for support in Osun state. Recall that residents of Osun are still in a celebratory mood following the recent inauguration of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the 6th governor of the state. Atiku, while addressing party members during a town hall meeting ahead of the campaign rally,…

Dec

05

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Fact-Check verifying claims made by Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso at presidential Townhall

Education, News, Politics2023, Atiku Abubakar, Next Level, Nigeria, Peter Obi, Politics

PREMIUM TIMES worked with the Nigerian Fact-checkers Coalition to fact-check the claims of the candidates. The candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar; New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, and Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, featured on Sunday night at the presidential town hall organised by Arise TV in collaboration with the Centre for Democracy and Development. It was the third series of the town hall, focusing on education, healthcare, poverty and human capital. PREMIUM TIMES worked with the Nigerian Fact-checkers Coalition to fact-check the claims of the candidates, an innovative approach to help combat misinformation and…

Nov

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Opinion: Ten Reasons Why We Must Vote Out APC, PDP In 2023 Election – Dr. Ume.

Economy, News, Opinion, Politics2023, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics, Richyard Awa Ume

OPINION: 1.. Recently, I lodged in a hotel while in transit. My fourth child came to visit me in the hotel from her University which was close to where I lodged. During our discussion, her pen slipped out of her hand and rolled under the expansive bed in the hotel room. She lifted the bed to pick up the pen. The mess she saw under the bed her father has been sleeping on was distasteful, embarrassing, nauseating, and better left to the imagination. For 16 solid years, we allowed PDP to roll, sleep, and sit on top of their mess…

Nov

13

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

PDP crisis: Atiku’s reconciliation attempt belated – DG VON

Opinion, Politics2023, Atiku Abubakar, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Osita Okechukwu, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, has said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s move to reconcile with Governor Nyesom Wike’s group in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is belated. Okechukwu said this when he responded to a statement by Atiku that the ruling All Progressives Congress was a contraption of Bola Tinubu’s party, Action Congress of Nigeria, and the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s party, the Congress for Progressive Change, which, according to him, would collapse after its defeat in the 2023 general election, and that he would reconcile with Wike-G-5-Masquerade. In a statement in Abuja…

Nov

12

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

PDP Crisis: G5 Govs. sheath sword, makes new demands

News2023, Atiku Abubakar, Next Level, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Okezie Ikpeazu, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics, Samuel Ortom

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to be over after the leadership of the party reached a truce with the PDP G5 governors. Members of the PDP G5 Governors, led by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, have been at loggerheads with Atiku, after Wike failed to win the party’s presidential ticket. Other members of the G5 are: Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State. The G5 were also unhappy that Atiku rejected Wike as running mate and are demanding the…