The spokesman for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has called on Vice President Kashim Shettima to address questions surrounding the 2012 arrest of convicted Boko Haram member Kabiru Sokoto at the Borno State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja. In a post on his X account on Thursday, Ibe...
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Spokesman to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has questioned the cost of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike’s live media chats, demanding transparency over the funds used for the broadcasts. Ibe raised the concerns in a statement following Wike’s latest live television appearance involving several...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has received a fresh petition urging it to reopen the alleged financial crimes case involving former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and determine whether prosecution should follow. The petition was submitted by former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ehiozuwa Johnson Agbonayinma, who...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has appealed to Nigerians facing economic hardship and insecurity to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), describing the ballot as a tool for peaceful change. Atiku made the call in a message shared on his official X account on Wednesday, where he acknowledged the...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on security agencies to urgently rescue Ahmed Zakka, his wife and their infant child, who were reportedly abducted in Kaduna State. Atiku made the appeal in a post on X on Monday, describing the incident as another painful reminder of the insecurity...
The Federal Government’s announcement that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Retail will temporarily forgo its petrol retail profit margin and sell fuel at cost has reopened one of Nigeria’s most contentious economic and political debates: Is petrol subsidy gradually returning? The government has been categorical that it is...
Nothing indicates that the 2027 general elections is barely 90 days away. Both the ruling APC and its major opponents seem stuck in an ideas quagmire. The only central national issue seems to be the the prices of petroleum products. It is all about the removal of petroleum subsidy...
An aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has challenged the Federal Government’s explanation that its petrol discount programme through NNPC Retail does not involve public money. In a statement addressed to the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, Ibe...
The media office of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic policies, saying they have worsened poverty and hardship across the country. The criticism followed comments by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Daniel Bwala, during an interview on Channels Television,...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has launched a blistering attack on the opposition, declaring the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential ticket of Atiku Abubakar and former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, as a “joint ticket of corruption.” He spoke during a high-powered political engagement...
The media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has defended his principal’s decision to refer to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu simply as “Bola,” arguing that no Nigerian law makes it an offence to address the President by his first name. Ibe made the clarification in a...
Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has questioned President Bola Tinubu’s claims that Nigeria is making economic progress, saying many Nigerians are yet to feel any real improvement in their daily lives. In his message to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary on Thursday,...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has demanded the immediate release of five Nigerians reportedly arrested in Borno State over T-shirts bearing the words “Tinubu Must Go.” He said that if a political slogan is the reason for their detention, those responsible must explain how wearing a shirt became an...
The camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the Federal Government to publish the full details of the recently announced $700bn Nigeria-United States minerals investment framework. It said Nigerians and the National Assembly should be allowed to examine the agreement because of the country’s vast mineral...
Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga has said the impressive 2025 financial performance of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) shows why Nigeria should not return to the fuel subsidy regime. Onanuga, in a post on his X handle on Tuesday, said NNPC Ltd. recorded significant growth across key...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has formally endorsed the Tinubu Must Go (TMG) nationwide campaign after a recent opinion poll by the movement showed him as the preferred presidential candidate of a majority of participants. Atiku, who is the 2027 Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) announced...
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has unveiled plans to introduce a new fuel subsidy system aimed at reducing the cost of petrol and easing economic pressure on Nigerian families. Atiku said the proposed subsidy would not return Nigeria to the...
Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has approved a lean and people-driven Presidential Campaign Council, saying the structure reflects the economic realities facing Nigerians ahead of the 2027 general election. The campaign team, according to Atiku, is designed to operate with discipline and...
All Progressives Congress (APC) has intensified its attacks on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2027 presidential election, urging Nigerians not to entrust him with the nation’s leadership. In a statement issued on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the ruling party alleged that Atiku’s...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, has criticised the Federal Government’s comparison of petrol prices in Nigeria and the United States, arguing that the figures do not reflect the economic realities facing ordinary Nigerians. Ibe, in a statement shared on Wednesday, said comparing the pump price...