Atiku Abubakar

2023 Tambuwal To Lead Atiku's Presidential Campaign As DG

2023: Tambuwal To Lead Atiku’s Presidential Campaign As DG

September 16, 2022 6:29 am

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Vice President, Atiku Abubakar have appointed the Sokoto State Governor and chairman of the party’s Governors Forum, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as Director General for the National Campaign Management Committee (NCMC) for the 2023 elections.

The party also appointed former governor of Cross Rivers State, Liyel Imoke as Deputy Director General Operations, Professor Adewale Oladipu, as Deputy Director Administration, Chief Raymond Dokpesi as Deputy Director Technical and Systems, while Ekwesilieze Nwodo is appointed as Deputy Director Research and Strategy of the NCMC.

Read Also: 2023: Secondus Praises Atiku, NEC For Stabilising PDP

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2023 We’ll Retire Political Tourist Atiku To Dubai -Shettima

2023: We’ll Retire Political Tourist Atiku To Dubai -Shettima

September 12, 2022 7:20 am

The Vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima has explained why he believes that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar will not win next year’s election.

He pointed out that if an excellent track record of service delivery, qualitative leadership, and capacity for grooming competent administrators are criteria, Atiku cannot match the APC candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Exuding confidence, Shettima said the Tinubu/Shettima ticket will retire the former vice president in 2023 poll.

The former governor of Borno State spoke in Abuja when a support group, ‘APC National Integrity Movement’, visited him.

But, …

2023 I Won’t Rest Until I Unify PDP – Atiku

Flood Victims: Atiku Tasks FG On Humanitarian Assistance

September 11, 2022 5:55 pm

Atiku Abubakar who is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the former Vice President of Nigeria has openly urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to initiate some humanitarian assistance for flood victims.

The Wazirin Adamawa who had also acknowledged that climate change is real, had added that flooding that has followed torrential downpours in towns and villages in Nigeria – like other places around the globe, confirms this.

Read Also: 2023: Secondus Praises Atiku, NEC For Stabilising PDP

Atiku, in a statement Sunday, described the damage that has been occasioned on account of the floods as …

NBA How Atiku, Obi, Shettima Violated Electoral Law – Wali

NBA: How Atiku, Obi, Shettima Violated Electoral Law – Wali

August 27, 2022 5:08 am

A good governance activist, Kingsley Wali has asserted that Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Kashim Shettima violated the electoral law at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference.

Wali claimed that the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate turned the event into a campaign ground.

Shettima, Borno Central Senator, represented the APC flagbearer Bola Tinubu at the NBA gathering which was held in Lagos earlier this week.

Read Also: 2023: Tinubu Will Replicate Lagos Feats On Nigeria – Shettima

He told reporters that it was appalling to see …

2023 Obi, Kwankwaso Have Destroyed Atiku’s Chances - Adeyeye

2023: Obi, Kwankwaso Have Destroyed Atiku’s Chances – Adeyeye

August 26, 2022 7:10 am

Former Minister of Works and an ardent supporter of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s presidential bid, Senator Dayo Adeyeye has claimed that the present division in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has done serious damage to the chances of its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 presidential poll.

Adeyeye made this remark while speaking on a political programme on the African Independent Television (AIT) which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

Adeyeye, who is National Chairman of South-west Agenda for Asiwaju 2023 Presidency (SWAGA), said the emergence of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankawaso as presidential candidates of Labour Party …

2023: Atiku, Peter Obi, Tinubu’s Running Mate, Shettima Finally Meet

2023: Atiku, Peter Obi, Tinubu’s Running Mate, Shettima Finally Meet

August 22, 2022 2:43 pm

Two of the candidates who are currently running for the 2023 Nigerian presidential election on Monday have met in Lagos State. They include the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi who had met at the Eko Hotel in Lagos.

Both presidential candidates will be speaking at the Nigerian Bar Conference’s 62nd annual general conference.

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Also in attendance were the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential running mate, Kassim Shettima; and Chimamanda Adichie.

More reports reaching Africa Daily News, New …

2023 Secondus Dares Wike For Threatening Him Over Atiku

2023: Secondus Dares Wike For Threatening Him Over Atiku

August 21, 2022 6:25 am

A former Chairman of Nigeria’s opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus has lashed out at Governor Nyesom Wike over his warning against his support for Atiku Abubakar.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Wike had lost the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket to the former vice president in the primary elections which was held in May.

The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal’s last-minute deal with Atiku knocked Wike, who supported him at the 2018 convention in Port Harcourt, to the second position.

Since then, Wike has gone on the offensive attacking state and national …

2023 I Will Lead Nigeria Out Of Darkness, Atiku Vows

2023: I Will Lead Nigeria Out Of Darkness, Atiku Vows

August 19, 2022 5:37 am

Against the backdrop of the strike saga which involved the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has vowed to lead Nigeria out of the darkness if they elect him as their President in 2023.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the union’s strike which was happened on Wednesday left Nigeria in darkness for over 12 hours after it shut down power stations over welfare issues.

However, NUEE after its meeting with the Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige suspended the strike for two weeks.

Atiku …

2023 Retaining Power In The North Wrong, Obasanjo Bombs PDP

Obasanjo Bombs PDP Over Plot To Retain Power In The North

August 18, 2022 5:59 am

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has questioned the rationale behind the decision of his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in picking Atiku Abubakar as presidential candidate ahead of next year’s general election.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Atiku hails from Adamawa State, a state in northern Nigeria and was Obasanjo’s deputy between 1999 and 2007.

Obasanjo pointed out that the decision is not politically correct and in the spirit of the understanding between the North and the South of Nigeria going by the fact that President Muhammadu Buhari who is from the North will be …

PDP Crisis Wike Aligns With APC, Gives Tough Conditions

PDP Crisis: Wike Aligns With APC, Gives Tough Conditions

August 13, 2022 3:08 am
Despite the meeting which was held between the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  Atiku Abubakar, and the governor of Rivers state Nyesom Wike in Abuja to resolve the party’s ongoing crisis, it appears the efforts has not yielded any fruits. 
Africa Daily News, New York reports that since the two leading opposition politicians met in the Abuja home of the former minister of information, Professor Jerry Gana, tempers appear to have flared rather than brought forth answers.
According to reports made public over the weekend, Atiku’s camp may have resorted to organising for the 2023 general
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2023 El-Rufai Denies Alleged Plans To Join PDP

2023: El-Rufai Denies Alleged Plans To Join PDP

August 9, 2022 4:38 am

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has asserted that not even his corpse will be found in the camp of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP).

El-Rufai made this assertion while putting out his response to a comment by the spokesperson to PDP presidential candidate, Daniel Bwala,

Recall that Bwala, who was an aide of the current Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, had last month dumped the position and the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s choice of a fellow Muslim, former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima as …

2023: Details Of Atiku And Gov Wike's 'Burying Of The Hatchet'

2023: Details Of Atiku And Gov Wike’s ‘Burying Of The Hatchet’

August 5, 2022 1:36 pm

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and the controversial Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State have finally met in Abuja to resolve the issues besieging them and burying the hatchet of discord in order to work together for 2023.

Atiku Abubakar and Nyesin Wike, who have been known to be having a running battle since the PDP presidential primary had also met in the house of Professor Jerry Gana.

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Atiku had defeated Wike in the primary, and the Rivers’ governor indicated interest in being …

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