In the wee hours of Friday morning, Chinyere Igwe, a member of the House of Representatives, was allegedly taken into custody along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with more than $500,000 in his possession. Igwe, who sits in the lower chamber of the National Assembly and represents Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 2 there, … Read more
According to Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar continues to send prominent individuals to Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, the NNPP presidential candidate, to quit the race and support him. In an interview with Trust TV’s Daily Politics, Galadima said this, adding that … Read more
Former PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar’s assistant Michael Achimugu claims he made the main opposition contender’s alleged involvement in corruption public to discourage Nigerians from supporting him. Recall that Atiku acknowledged participating in the misuse of public contracting funds in a phone call that was taped. The former vice president described how he was in … Read more
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday of impeding the prosecution of his case. On Wednesday in Abuja, Atiku informed the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, that despite having paid the commission N6.69 million for certified true copies of papers he intended to offer … Read more
Dr. Abiye Sekibo, the Director General of the People’s Democratic Party’s Campaign Council in Rivers State, escaped being assassinated on Thursday ahead of the PDP presidential campaign rally in the state. On Thursday night, at Rainbow Town in Port Harcourt, gunmen dressed in police uniforms opened fire on the Land Cruiser bulletproof jeep of the … Read more
As a member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Seidu Baba has distanced the Forum from supporting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as a consensus candidate. During a press conference in Abuja on Saturday, Baba made this revelation. He stated that despite the former vice president’s efforts to be the sole … Read more
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Tuesday adjourned the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, against the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as President-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The presiding justice of the court sitting in … Read more
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Thursday in Abuja told Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, lead counsel to Bola Ahmed Tinubu that he was citing an old law against the request by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku for live coverage of proceedings of the court. Chairman of the … Read more
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), claimed that Bola Tinubu, the candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), was attempting to separate himself from the shortcomings of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Atiku claimed that Tinubu’s recent critiques of Buhari’s administration were an effort to distance himself from the failings of … Read more
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar claims that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is attempting to turn Christians against him by superimposing him onto the “image of Jesus” ahead of the general election in 2023. The upcoming elections are scheduled to begin on February 25 and include the elections for the … Read more