Anxiety is spreading within the top hierarchy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as pressure mounts on delegates to the forthcoming national convention to pick the...
The camp of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere appears divided over the 2019 Presidential election, as a leader of the group, Senator Ayo Fasanmi has thrown...
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to be at the crossroads over what to do with the high number of aspirants jostling...
In the next few weeks, activities geared towards the 2019 general election will begin, and a lot of attention will be placed on the opposition parties...
Some powerful forces in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are canvassing consensus for the purpose of picking the party’s presidential candidate in next year’s election to...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said Nigerians will determine who the party’s presidential candidate will be. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan told Punch,...
By Churchill Okonkwo… Galvanic corrosion can occur when two different metals are located together in a liquid electrolyte such as salt water. The type of metal...
Senate President Bukola Saraki is warming up to join the race for the Presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in August, according to sources...
Some supporters of the former Vice President and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday expressed disappointment with the way he treated...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Kano State governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, was nowhere near the venue of his party’s national...
Former Vice President and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Friday assured that he would stick with his new party whether...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has debunked media reports that he will be in the United States later this month. Reports over the weekend said Mr...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has regretted perceived evidences of Nigeria heading towards authoritarianism under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The former Vice President who gave the...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is not resting in his ambition to wrest power from President Muhammadu Buhari come 2019. The presidential aspirant has appointed former...
All is now set for the formal declaration of interest for the office of the President in the 2019 general elections by former Vice President, Atiku...
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), a youth group from the region, has reacted to the claim that it said President Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice President...
The recent proposal by former vice-president Alhaji Abubakar Atiku to privatize oil and gas sector, especially the country’s refineries, has been described as “callous and anti-people”....
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government of discouraging investors from coming into the country. He said that the government...
By Femi Fani Kayode… “Labelling the attackers as Fulani is wrong. Fulani people are peaceful and live in harmony with other ethnicities. To call the killer...
Prof. Kingsley Moghalu became one of the first Nigerians to openly declare his interest to contest for Nigeria’s presidency in 2019 when he addressed the media...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the current structure under which the Nigerian federation is being run as deformed. He argues that good leadership or...
By Femi Qudus… A new crisis may be brewing in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the decision to zone its ticket for the 2019 presidential...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has refuted claims that he is the chief financier of the national apex body of Fulani herdsmen, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders...
By Gideon Oghenetega… The political class would appear to have made up its mind about the 2019 elections. Nigeria ‘compulsorily’ has to choose between a Buhari...
Controversial deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has descended hard on Kaduna State’s Governor Nasir El-Rufai for denying that former...
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has lambasted former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for claiming that he was abandoned by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration despite his...
By Joseph Edgar… It is beginning to look like the duo Buhari and Atiku would be the most likely contestants come 2019. Although it is looking...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar is intensifying consultations among governors and stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2019 polls. The consultations according...
By Gozie Irogboli… The most dominant topic in the political circles and among political commentators in Nigeria at present is the recent defection of Alhaji Atiku...
Last Saturday was historic for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party. On that day, the party held its second convention since 2015 general...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that he regretted disagreeing with ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo but said he did the right thing fighting to ensure his...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on ex-members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to return to the party. According to him, aside PDP there...
By Jerome-Mario Utomi That Atiku Abubarka has resigned his membership of the All Progressive Congress(APC) is no longer a news. The interesting aspect of this episode...
Just as many political analysts had predicted, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has announced his return to the opposition People’s Democratic Party. Atiku made the announcement...
The Presidency has declared former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as a liar over his claim that President Muhammadu Buhari was once barred from entering the United...
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo That Mr Atiku Abubakar resigned from the APC a few days ago certainly did not come as a surprise to me and...
By Reuben Abati… “I hear say Atiku don port oh, from APC to God knows where…” “He used to be a Customs officer. Going from one...
BY Joseph Edgar Let me surprise my readers today. I will support the recent decamping of this political juggernaut, Atiku Abubakar, simply as an academic exercise....
Ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, is not letting off any chances in his touted move to replace President Muhammmadu Buhari in 2019. Atiku, who last Friday, dumped...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has one more hurdle to cross in his secret deal with some stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by...
By Funmilola Ajala… POLITICAL FALLOUT I was in a phone conversation, on Friday morning, with a compatriot currently holidaying in Dubai when the news popped up...
There were fears among the All Progressives Congress chieftains on Friday, following the defection of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar from the ruling party. Saturday PUNCH gathered...
By Remi Oyeyemi… The former Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku is today one of the most interesting personalities on the Nigerian political pedestal. Interesting because as...
The former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has announced his resignation from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). His resignation from the party is coming after...
As speculation over Atiku Abubakar’s return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) heightens, the party Board of Trustees (BoT) chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin, has said that...
Nigeria’s former Vice President (VP) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, has been accused of hijacking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
By Barrister Folarin Sode… * 1st ERA….. INTELS (known then as NICOTES- {Nigeria Container Services} was founded in the early 80s by an Italian (from Genoa,...
By Immanuel James…. With all his foibles, Mohammadu Buhari deserves commendation for his honesty.. The man’s honest ad-libbing, in words and actions, contradicts the script of...
The push to get former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) and return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to enhance...
On Thursday, September 28, 2017, three events signalled a shift in gear in the march towards the 2019 presidential election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
