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Tinubu turned COP28 summit to owambe party- Atiku

The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has criticized President Bola Tinubu over his huge entourage to the ongoing COP28 Climate Change Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Atiku said Tinubu turned the global change summit into an ‘Owambe’ all-comers jamboree with his large entourage. In a statement by his spokesman, Paul Ibe, Atiku said Tinubu did ...

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PDP urges NASS to reject 2024 budget proposal

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the National Assembly to reject the N27.5 trillion budget proposed by President Bola Tinubu for the 2024 fiscal year. The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, said this in a statement on Wednesday. Politico.ng had reported that  President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday presented a budget of N27.5 trillion for the 2024 ...

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APC berates Atiku, PDP for attacking judiciary

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the attack on the Judiciary by main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in this year’s general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. APC said they were being haunted by the ghost of their inglorious past. Reacting to the comments by the PDP and Atiku over recent court verdicts that upturned ...

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Presidency rejects Atiku’s allegations on one-party state

The Presidency has rejected the allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its former presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, that President Bola Tinubu was muzzling the opposition and foisting a one-party state on Nigeria. It accused PDP and Atiku of raising a false alarm and embarking on a campaign of calumny, following their defeat at the last general election. ...

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Apapa tells Obi and Atiku to emulate George Weah

The Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party, has urged its presidential candidate, Peter Obi and his counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar to emulate the gesture of President of Liberia, George Weah and congratulate President Bola Tinubu. The LP’s factional spokesman, Abayomi Arabambi made this call in a statement on Sunday. Arabambi urged Obi and Atiku ...

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APC reacts to Atiku’s call for merging of opposition parties

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Bola Tinubu remains unperturbed in delivering his electoral promises of the Renewed Hope mandate following the call by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, rallying opposition political parties. The spokesman of APC, Felix Morka, reacting to Atiku’s call for opposition political parties to merge against the ruling ...

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All opposition parties should merge to dislodge APC- Atiku

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called on the opposition political parties to merge against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Atiku said the opposing political parties should form a coalition because APC was pushing Nigeria into dictatorship and a one-party state. Atiku spoke while receiving a delegation from the national executive committee ...

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Guber Polls: Atiku urges PDP members to come out in large number

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has urged voters in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states to troop out on Saturday to vote for the candidates of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Atiku claimed the All Progressives Congress, APC, which runs the affairs of the government had brought untold hardship and misery to Nigerians, adding that the PDP members could not engage in ...

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2027: Atiku should retire from politics and support Obi- Igbo group

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-cultural organization, has urged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to retire from politics and support the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi in forming an alliance with New Nigeria Peoples Party’s candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Ohanaeze said such realignment would boost the chances of the opposition in the 2027 presidential election. The body warned ...

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APC to Atiku: You are a serial loser with the ambition to rule Nigeria

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as a serial loser. APC spokesman, Felix Morka, said Nigeria was greater than Atiku’s unrealised presidential ambition. Morka was responding to Atiku’s world press conference on Monday, following the Supreme Court’s ruling that upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election. Following his defeat at the ...

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