Tag: Atiku
The Late 5: Atiku accuses Buhari’s APC of plotting to rig elections; Okorocha’s party dumps Buhari, adopts Atiku | Other top stories
Here are the top stories that drove conversation today Atiku gives Lamido, Makarfi, Dogara, Ekweremadu appointments The presidential candidate of ...
The Big 5: Atiku campaigns in Niger; promises women, youth employment; Nigerian military reopens Maiduguri-Damaturu road, gives reason for closure | Other top stories
Here are the top stories you should be monitoring today. Atiku campaigns in Niger; promises women, youth employment The presidential ...
The Late 5: I won’t disappoint Nigerians – Buhari; I’m ready to vacate office to restore security in Zamfara – Governor Yari, other top stories
Here are the stories that drove conversations today: I won’t disappoint Nigerians – President Buhari At the State House in ...
Choosing Saraki as the DG of Atiku’s presidential Campaign Council is a pragmatic choice
Nowadays, rumours in Nigerian politics most likely turn out to be true. As this article was written to appraise Dr ...
Isime Esene: Obasanjo has elevated hypocrisy to an art form
Yesterday, Atiku Abubakar got a much needed reprieve from his former boss, Olusegun Obasanjo. The former Vice President got the ...
Now that Atiku has a presidential ticket, how will he rebuild a reformed image and win critics over?
Candidates seeking to be president of Nigeria in about 130 days time will find a very motivated former Vice president ...
Atiku: How the presidential candidate needs to plan for a Nigerian Doomsday Protocol
By Adekoya Boladale In Central Africa and predominately Cameroon, there is a specie of frog called: Hairy frog. Like every ...
As we approach the 2019 elections, President Buhari must not be made a poster boy for violence and political intolerance
Thursday, September 6, 2018, would have been a bloody day in Nigeria save the timely intervention of the Nigerian Police ...
Igbo Presidency, defending Atiku: These are the talking points from Saraki’s ‘robust’ response
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has responded to the statement released by Bola Tinubu in which the APC leader accused Saraki ...
Saraki for President is a real possibility now, but will he take the bait?
However long it was going to take, Bukola Saraki’s defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been in the ...
Opinion: These are Nigeria’s emerging political leaders that will dominate the 2019 election cycle
A strong indication of both the quality and failure of politics in Nigeria, as the people look forward to the ...
The Late 5: Dapchi girls reunite with families, Atiku pledges 40 per cent appointments to the youth, and other top stories
These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. The released Dapchi girls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents were ...
Presidency 2019: These are our possible contenders so far and how they stand
The National Assembly may still be in conflict with the Executive over the sequence of the 2019 elections but there ...
“I have not made up my mind about 2019” “The United States will remember this day” | Read our top 10 quotes from last week
Last week, Nigerians stewed in misery while the Federal Government struggled to get its stories straight about the $1billion it ...
“I was quite wealthy before coming into government” | 7 things we learned from Atiku’s reply to I Go Dye
Since Mama Taraba announced her support for Atiku’s 2019 campaign, Twitter Nigeria has been in a tizzy. Atiku has been ...
Reuben Abati: Atiku, Atikulation and other stories
by Reuben Abati “I hear say Atiku don port oh, from APC to God knows where…” “He used to be ...
Today’s Noisemakers: Omojuwa, Femi Fani-Kayode, Ose Anenih, [The Intels-NPA debate]
Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we ...
“Why should Buhari overlook such immense revenue drain simply because of Atiku? | 7 things we learned from Ashton Dagana’s no-nonsense article
Shortly after Mama Taraba openly declared her support for Atiku come 2019, the business mogul and former Vice President confessed ...
The Big 5: Osinbajo meets with Kachikwu and Baru, Court releases Atiku’s son, and other top stories
Good morning. These are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Turkey late yesterday ...
Today’s Noisemakers: Atiku, Dr Joe Abah, Tiwa Savage and others
Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we ...
PDP 2019: Fayose out, Atiku in?
by Alexander O. Onukwue The definitive ‘No’ said to Ayo Fayose by the PDP could mean the chances of a ...
Opinion: 2019 elections —Watch out for Atiku
by Umar Hassan No, you are wrong. No one could have possibly predicted that political drama season would premiere with ...
Alhassan: The APC deserves some praise for handling this
by Alexander O. Onukwue While the jury remains divided on whether Mrs Alhassan’s open admission of support to Atiku Abubakar ...
Reuben Abati: Dear President Buhari, what about these unseen threats to your presidency?
by Reuben Abati Mama Taraba is Senator Aisha Alhassan, the current Minister of Women Affairs in the Muhammadu Buhari ...
YNaija Editorial: Forget Buhari and Nnamdi Kanu, remember there’s only one thing that matters
There’s a chance that you have noticed – amidst everything else that has been happening – that we have been ...
The Big 5: Atiku’s race for 2019; Wole Soyinka condemns re-election talks; and other top stories
Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: 2019 seems to have arrived early for ...
Fisayo Soyombo: 2019 elections in September 2017 — Nigeria now in political recession
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo A blind man who only listens to radio must be thinking this is September 2018 rather ...
Today’s Noisemakers: Ebube, Feyi Fawehinmi, Demola Olarewaju and others [The Atiku-El Rufai 2019 debate]
Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we ...
The Late 5: Aisha Alhassan’s fate, Bannon bashes the Catholic church and other top stories
Good evening. Here are the top stories that drove conversation today: Following a controversial viral video showing minister of women’s ...
The Thread: “There’s no good reason why Atiku should be on the ballot in 2019″| TwitterNG whips up support for El Rufai
It’s been contentious on TwitterNG today, following the dramatic endorsement of Atiku for President in 2019 by one of Buhari’s ...