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Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Atiku Abubakar has raised concerns over reports of young Nigerians allegedly selling their kidneys to cope with the country’s rising cost of living. Atiku, in a post on X on Friday, said the reported development reflected the severity…
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has warned that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s call for the return of fuel subsidy could reverse the gains of the Federal Government’s ongoing economic reforms. In a statement signed by Abimbola Tooki, Special Adviser to the National…
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he will reopen Nigeria’s land borders if elected president. The African Democratic Congress presidential candidate made the pledge while addressing supporters in a video circulating online and shared by ADC chieftain, Dele Momodu, on Friday. Atiku said the closure of Nigeria’s borders with…
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The National Association of Nigerian Students has criticised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s proposal to restore fuel subsidy if elected president in 2027, describing the promise as a political response to economic hardship rather than a sustainable solution to Nigeria’s fiscal challenges. The NANS President, Akinteye Babatunde, stated this in…
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Organised labour in Osun State on Monday rejected allegations by the All Progressives Congress, APC, that the palliative paid to workers and pensioners by the state government was a strategy to influence votes ahead of the August 15 governorship election. Speaking during a protest at the front of the state…
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Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has argued that the current administration’s claims of economic recovery are contradicted by worsening living conditions and the declining state of Nigeria’s manufacturing sector. In a statement issued on Monday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank…
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African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday labelled former President Olusegun Obasanjo unforgiving and vindictive as the hostility between the former allies appeared to degenerate. Atiku, vice president to Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007, said the latest tirade against him by his former boss was more of…
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Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has launched a scathing attack on President Bola Tinubu, urging him to abandon what he described as political grandstanding and focus instead on addressing Nigeria’s worsening economic and security challenges. Reacting to Tinubu’s Tuesday declaration that he…
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said Nigeria’s 2027 general election should be decided by voters at the ballot box rather than through litigation, following the Court of Appeal’s decision overturning a Federal High Court judgment that sought to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and other political parties. The…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will recognise only the candidates submitted by the Senator David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress, confirming that the faction has already nominated candidates for 471 elective positions ahead of the 2027 general election. INEC National Commissioner, Mohammed Haruna, told The…
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