The godfather of Lagos politics, Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2015, led the Southwest into an alliance with the north to birth the All Progressive Alliance (APC). His decision, evidently, was informed by the expectation that the two geopolitical regions will share power, invariably to the exclusion of the Eastern bloc. And ultimately that he, […]
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1. Dr. Oby Ezekwesili 2. Fela Durotoye 3. Atiku Abubakar 4. Omoyele Sowore 5. Donald Duke 6. Chief Obasanjo 7. Professor Charles Soludo 8. Pastor Tunde Bakare 9. Pastor Sunday Adelaja 10. Father Ejike Mbaka 11. Professor Pastor Yemi Osibanjo 12. Professor Tam David West 13. Professor Wole Soyinka 14. Rev. Chris Okotie […]
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Some details of the petition filed on Monday by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the February 23 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to challenge the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress, emerged on Tuesday. The petition, which sought to rely on 50 sets of documents, was filed before […]
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The North has made its choice with the election of General Muhammadu Buhari for another four years. The difference between Buhari’s votes and those of Atiku Abubakar is 3,928,869. Out of that figure, the South West’s contribution is 259,780. What percentage is that? The three zones in the North contributed more than 80 percent of […]
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The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last week’s election, Alh. Atiku Abubakar has presented a six-point demand to the Federal Government . Top on the demand was unfreezing of opposition politicians’ bank accounts. Another major demand presented to the former Head of State and Chairman of the National Peace […]
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Being A Text of A World Press Conference by Atiku Abubakar, Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 23, 2019 Elections on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 Dear citizens of Nigeria, Let me start by thanking you for choosing democracy as the settled system of government for our great nation. Democracy is […]
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Voter registration documents seen by Guardian in the United Kingdom on eve of election raise fears of mass rigging The number of new voters registered in Nigeria since January 2018 has increased by almost exactly the same percentage in each of its states, according to documents seen and analysed by the Guardian, raising […]
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On first look, not much separates the two front-runners contesting Nigeria’s presidential election. Both are men in their 70s with previous experience of high-level politics. Both are from the same ethnic group. And both are Muslims from the north of the country. Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, of the All Progressives Congress party, known […]
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Lobbyists hired by #AtikuAbubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), played a huge role in making him get a temporary waiver to visit the US after a ban which lasted over a decade. In a report, Reuters quoted unnamed US government officials as saying the travel ban was waived temporarily by […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council has dismissed the endorsement of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), by some socio-cultural groups. Festus Keyamo, the council spokesman, said the endorsement was engineered and carried out by PDP members and sympathisers. Earlier on Sunday, five top socio-cultural organisations in […]
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