The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has picked Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate for the 2023 election. PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, said a 17-member committee had been set up by the party to pick a running mate and had submitted three names to Atiku to…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors ganged up with some vested interest groups to derail the quest of southern Nigeria to produce the next president of Nigeria. He said it was the agreement of the governors of Southern Nigeria that the presidency should come to the South,…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Friday, called on the federal government to address the looming food crisis before it becomes a calamity. Atiku in a statement on his social media page said the warning given by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations on Wednesday, of a looming acute food crisis in…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) decision on Wednesday in approving the sum of $1.5 billion for spending on the modernisation of the Port Harcourt oil refinery has received backlash from former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. The former vice president in a statement criticized the Federal Government’s approval, saying budgeting such huge amount to renovate or…
Former Nigeria’s Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire between the Federal Government and the Boko Haram Islamic sect. News of the agreement was widely reported in the Nigerian media, including Aproko247, though a known contact with the group, Ahmad Salkida, doubted the credibility of the development. Atiku took to his Twitter…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has disclosed that the opposition party, All Progressives Congress, APC, can chase the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, out of Aso Rock in 2015 if some certain things are done. The former PDP chieftain, speaking in an interview with Voice of America, VOA, on Friday, said Nigerians are hungry for…
Former Nigeria’s Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has formally announced his defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. The Adamawa State-born politician announced this on Sunday via a press statement personally signed by him. The Turaki Adamawa disclosed in the statement that he was resigning from the PDP to…