By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for a “slight extension” of the January 31 deadline old naira notes. Alhaji Atiku made the call in a video posted on Twitter on...
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mister Atiku Abubakar has pledged to reopen Nigeria’s borders that were closed by President Muhammadu Buhari. He made the pledge at the party’s presidential campaign in Birnin-Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital on Saturday. “I promise you that I will open...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi have been exchanging brickbats over pre-election violence. The PDP stated on Friday in Lokoja that the APC was responsible for Thursday’s destruction of its properties and those of its members in Ofu Local Government Area of...
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday inaugurated the Maryam Babangida Leisure Park, Asaba and other projects executed by Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa. Speaking at the event, Atiku commended Okowa for contributing to the growth and development of tourism in the country. He...
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the party National Chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu have described the death of the PDP Governorship Candidate in Abia, Prof. Eleazar Ikonne as a “rude shock”. Abubakar in a statement by his Media Aide, Paul Ibe, on Wednesday,...
Asaba stood still on Tuesday as supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) turned out en-masse to grace the party’s presidential campaign at the Delta capital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the over 25,000- capacity Keshi Stadium, venue of the rally overflowed with party supporters while...
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has promised to complete the Baro inland sea port in Niger. Abubakar also pledged to tackle insecurity across the country, if elected in the upcoming general elections. He made the promises on Saturday in Minna, while inaugurating...
Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, says he will expand the scope of Nigeria’s economy by tackling unemployment, if voted into power. The former vice-president made the pledge during a Presidential Stakeholders’ Engagement, held on Wednesday in Abeokuta. According to him, unemployment and the living...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A leading Anti-Corruption Organization in Nigeria, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has filled a petition to the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) against the former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential Candidate of...
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Saturday said if Kogi people would vote for him in the February Presidential poll, the Ajaokuta Steel Complex and other challenges of the people would be solved and made history. Abubakar made the pledge while addressing a mammoth crowd at the Kogi Confluence Stadium, venue...
The Lagos PDP Gubernatorial Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor) on Friday, said he remained committed to faithfully deploying state resources to ease burdens and hardship of residents and end their worries. Adediran in company of party leaders made the pledge when his campaign train landed in Somolu Local Government...
The United Nigeria Movement (UNM), a political organisation, has expressed confidence in the ability of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar to transform Nigeria, if elected in the forthcoming presidential election. The National Chairman of the movement, Alhaji Abubakar El-Nafaty, made the statement at a news briefing...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar Former Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke has assured the people of the state that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), remain the only viable option to restore the country’s lost glory and should be voted into power in 2023 elections. Senator Imoke, who is...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked media reports that its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar was flown to London, over health challenges. The spokesperson and Director, Public Affairs, PDP Presidential Campaign Management Committee, Sen. Dino Melaye, stated this in a statement in Abuja. Dino...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu continued his nationwide campaign rally in Kano on Wednesday, urging the people of the state to vote him in next month’s presidential election. Tinubu who had been in Kano since midnight of Monday,...
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is the only flagbearer that can change Nigeria’s political fortune positively. Tambuwal, the Director-General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, made the assertion at the party’s campaign rally in Binji...
I have just read the diatribe of one Daniel Bwala, who claims to be a Spokesman to a desperate-for-nothing of a candidate, and I had a good laugh; I laughed at his hollowness. I am happy that Bwala acknowledges that he, himself, is an unknown entity; the reason he...
The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation says the “subjective support” for Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo is his personal wish. The Spokesperson of the organisation, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, said in a statement in Abuja that Obasanjo’s wish did not reflect the...
Nigerians are a very impatient people. Our hunger for instant outcomes should have made us the nation that invented the microwave oven. But our impatience is directed at other ends. We can at least content ourselves with the many unusual things that we have reinvented and perfected our instincts...
by EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has urged Nigerians to support his presidential ambition. The former Vice President, in his new year message signed by himself in Abuja, described the Year 2023 a defining moment for Nigeria. “I am...