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Atiku, Obi and the Road to Kilimanjaro
Former vice president and presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, said on Monday that Nigeria was the bigger loser in last week’s decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. That was a convenient exaggeration to hide his misery. But it was unnecessary. After unsuccessfully contesting to be president six times, it…
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Supreme Court Approves Live Coverage of Presidential Election Judgment Amidst Heightened Security
Nigeria – In response to mounting public demand and anticipation, the Supreme Court has yielded to pressure and granted permission for live coverage of the impending judgment regarding the February 2023 presidential election petitions. This significant decision comes as the nation holds its breath in expectation of the apex court’s ruling on a matter of utmost national importance. The Supreme…
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Why Wike is acting like a bull in China shop — Atiku
The Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has said Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, was now acting like a bull in a China Shop because he is sliding into political oblivion. Atiku who spoke through his Special Assistant on Public Communications, Phrank Shaibu, in Abuja, yesterday, said it was sad that Wike succeeded in deceiving four of his…
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Election Petition: Why I withdrew my motion on material inspection – Atiku
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has said he withdrew a motion before the Appeal Court over a request to inspect electoral materials because the issue had been overtaken by events. In a statement, Abubakar, said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had already granted him access to inspect the material hence his withdrawal of…
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JUST IN: Atiku hires 19 SANs to challenge Tinubu’s victory
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has put together a legal team of 19 Senior Advocates of Nigeria to challenge the outcome of the February 25 election. Atiku briefed them on Wednesday at his campaign Headquarters in Abuja, asking them to “establish the claim of illegality in the election and reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian…
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G5 can’t claim glory for Atiku’s loss in presidential poll – Melaye
Spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dino Melaye has said some of the party’s governors who openly opposed the party’s candidate; Atiku Abubakar cannot claim glory for his lost at the polls conducted last Saturday. Recall that Atiku lost the presidential poll to his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Bola Tinubu. Atiku finished second behind the former…
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Tribunal to hear motions by INEC, Tinubu, APC, Obi, LP
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has listed some motions for hearing this afternoon. One of such motion is the one filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seeking to vary the orders granted to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to inspect materials used for last presidential…
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Polls: Tinubu lashes out as Atiku leads protests to INEC
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, were at loggerheads, over the conduct of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the protest embarked upon by the opposition party leadership against the outcome of the February 25 presidential election. Atiku, alongside National Chairman of the PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu and…
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Court okays Obi, Atiku’s request to inspect election materials
Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, on Friday, secured leave of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja to have access to all the sensitive materials the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, deployed for the conduct of the presidential election that held on February 25. The appellate court, which will sit as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal,…
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Elections: PDP vows to retrieve mandate
The Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party has vowed to challenge the outcome of the February 25 presidential election that returned the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as President-elect. The campaign also urged party supporters to be worry-free as efforts are being made to retrieve the party’s mandate. Speaking on Wednesday evening through…
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Accept defeat, congratulate Tinubu, APC urges Atiku, Obi
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has urged the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to accept defeat and congratulate Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu. The APC PCC Media Adviser, Dele Alake, said this while condemning the LP and PDP for calling for the cancellation of the presidential election. According to…
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Atiku: Christians in Nigeria have nothing to fear, says Haruna
A former Governor of Adamawa, Mr Boni Haruna, says that Christians in Nigeria have nothing to fear if Alhaji Atiku Abubakar gets elected as president of the country. Haruna gave the assurance while fielding questions from newsmen late on Thursday in Abuja. In a statement signed by Mr Ilemona Onoja, the head, Â New Media Department of the PDP Presidential Campaign…
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Polls: Northern youths adopt Atiku, say he understands Nigeria better
The Joint Action Committee of Northern Youth Associations, on Wednesday adopted former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, as their Presidential candidate in the general elections, saying he understands Nigeria more. Addressing the press in Kaduna, Convener of the Association, Murtala Abubakar, said that the elections would be a watershed for all Nigerians especially the younger generation. Advocating support for the former…
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Ohaneze bemoans women wing over endorsement of Atiku, reaffirms support for Obi
 The Apex Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has reaffirmed its irrevocable support for Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party as sacrosanct. The group also distanced itself from supporting and endorsing Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in the forthcoming election. This is contained in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr…
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Election: Atiku’s victory ‘ll bring unity, development to Nigeria- Arisekola-Alao
Nigeria will witness more progress, development and unity, if Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), win the Feb. 25 election. Mrs Basirat Arisekola-Alao, the Oyo State Coordinator of SHE project of Mrs Titi Abubakar, wife of the PDP Presidential candidate, made this assertions at the inauguration of the project on Friday in Ibadan. The…
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Atiku parleys young people on planned virtual interactive platform
The presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has met with some youths in Abuja, ahead of his planned unveiling of a virtual interactive platform to interface with Nigerians. The virtual interactive platform is an innovation, aimed at carrying the populace along in governance, if he becomes president, according to the Team Lead of the project, Ms. Debie Mangut. Mangut…
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PDP women campaign council canvasses votes for Atiku Abubakar in Osun
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Women Campaign Council (WPCC) on Monday in Osogbo urged Southwest women to vote for former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar  at the Feb. 25 presidential election. Mrs Hadiza Adado, Director-General of the Atiku/Okowa Women Presidential Campaign Council, gave the charge on the side-line of a one-day town hall meeting, held at the Osun capital city. Adado said…
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