Ike Ekweremadu flags off reelection campaign, says “it’s been God all the way”
IT HAS BEEN GOD ALL THE WAYAs has been our tradition, PDP, Enugu West Senatorial District, flagged off campaigns for the 2019 elections with an interdenominational prayer rally for peaceful and...
View ArticleOshiomhole can’t tell his spots from his stripes
12 December 2018 Adams Oshiomhole, the chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and former two-term governor of Edo State, issued a statement yesterday denying he had said some...
View ArticleNigeria’s vice presidential debate shows why (s)elections are a waste of time
14 December 2014 Five candidates for the Number Two position in Nigeria lined up this evening on national TV for a debate. The word “debate” is used very loosely here. There was a lot of talk, but...
View ArticleAl Jazeera’s Mehdi Hasan asks the questions Nigerian journalists fail to ask
15 December 2018 Nigerian journalists should watch Al Jazeera’s Mehdi Hasan and always do so with pen and paper ready for note-taking. Hasan was at his best again on the Upfront programme titled: “Who...
View Article2019: Atiku throws down the gauntlet, says “I can’t wait for the presidential...
I watched with pride as @PeterObi laid out our vision to get Nigeria working again. Can’t wait for the presidential debate. #2019Debate — Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) December 14, 2018 Follow @naijiant...
View ArticleAtiku tells the BBC that the Nigerian army needs a “younger generation of...
18 January 2019 Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) told the BBC that the problem of the Nigerian army in its attempt to defeat Boko Haram is “fatigued...
View Article2019 Nigeria (s)election: “Our crowds are bigger than yours”
25 January 2019 As next month’s presidential (s)election approaches, the battle between the main opposing camps – incumbent Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar...
View ArticleAtiku atikulating in Bayelsa State, thanks them “for being loyal to PDP”
Bayelsa, I came to thank you for being loyal to PDP and Nigeria. The forthcoming election is about the future of Nigeria and of our youth and women. As you already know, to get Nigeria working again...
View ArticleNigeria Votes: Will Buhari win a second term?
1 February 2019 Nigerians head to the polls on February 16 to vote for their next president. Incumbent Muhammadu Buhari faces more than 70 challengers – chief among them, former vice president Atiku...
View ArticleBritish High Commission in Nigeria “extremely concerned” about use of...
10 March 2019 The voting yesterday for the governorship and state assembly of Rivers State appears to have turned into a predictable orgy of violence. The state is tagged as the “Rivers of Blood”...
View ArticleAAC candidate for Enugu State governor ends up “not voting for himself”!
11 March 2019 An old quote that has been incorrectly attributed to Joseph Stalin has been given a new lease of life in Nigeria: ‘Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide...
View ArticleEU: Nigerian state elections marred by ‘systemic failings’
11 March 2019 International observers have condemned accusations of violence and intimidation during the highly-contested state elections. State governors wield a considerable amount of power and...
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