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• Gubernatorial candidate promises better deal for Bauchi dr Babayo Liman, secretary of the North East Zone of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), along with other executive members defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday. Liman briefed journalists in Jalingo and said his decision was motivated by “the lack of structure in the … Read more
As Dogara reiterates his opposition to the Muslim-Muslim ticket The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has assured Christians will be safe if he is elected president. Speaking at the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) General Church Council (GCC) 2023 in Jos, Plateau State, he emphasized that he remains … Read more
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar said Saturday that if the Kogi people voted for him in February’s presidential election, the Ajaokuta Steel Complex and other people’s challenges would be solved and history would be made. Abubakar made the promise while addressing a huge crowd at the Kogi Confluence Stadium, the site of the PDP presidential campaign rally … Read more
The All Progressive Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) has called for Atiku Abubakar’s immediate withdrawal from the presidential race over alleged involvement in corrupt practices. Bayo Onanuga, APC PCC Director (Media and Public Relations), also issued a statement urging the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate to clarify his health condition. “A man … Read more
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has commended “the commitment and courage of the people of Oyo State in their support of their presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and all the party’s other candidates in the 2023 general election.” The party’s national leadership said the show of support for Atiku during the G-5 governors’ rally in Ibadan, … Read more
Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal says People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is the only flag-bearer who can positively influence Nigeria’s political destiny. Tambuwal, the director-general of the PDP’s presidential campaign council, made the allegation Tuesday at the party’s campaign rally in the state’s Binji and Tangaza local government areas. According to … Read more
A spokesman for Atiku Abubakar’s presidential campaign, Daniel Bwala, said former President Olusegun Obasanjo is seeking a third term by proxy by endorsing Labor Party presidential candidate Peter Obi. Obasanjo officially endorsed Obi for the Feb. 25 election, saying that the former Anambra state governor has an advantage over other candidates. But Bwala, who dismissed … Read more
Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy National Leader Chief Olabode George said in this interview with SEYE OLUMIDE (Southwest Bureau Chief) that PDP presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar cannot and should not be trusted with the restructuring of Nigeria , if controversies surrounding the call for the party’s national leader, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, to step … Read more
2 minutes ago Former Pope Benedict XVI. has died at his Vatican residence at the age of 95, almost a decade after resigning due to ill health. {ad} He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope since Gregory XII. resigned in 1415. Benedict spent his … Read more
All Progressives Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate Senator Kashim Shettima has criticized an opinion poll published by a national newspaper that ranked Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of APC’s Bola Tinubu. Speaking to journalists in Kano yesterday, Shettima rebuked what he saw as the organization’s “willful bias” to discredit Tinubu, insisting … Read more