Tag: Alhaji Atiku Abubakar

PDP PROTEST TO INEC: A DISSECTION By Law Mefor

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The world over, politicians try to win elections by fair and foul means. That tendency is the reason institutions and laws exist and are operated by men of honour and integrity, who are sticklers to rules and unyielding to pressures from partisan interests.   The February 2023 Presidential election in Nigeria is a watershed and a new low in the kind of life Nigerians live as human beings who deliberately refuse to grow up and join civilized societies. Our leaders lack honour and integrity, and have now added impunity by…

#NigeriaDecides 2023: Olanipekun, 49 other lawyers to defend Tinubu against Obi, Atiku

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A legal icon and one-time President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Wole Olanipekun, will lead 49 other lawyers to defend the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu at the presidential election tribunal.   Olanipekun, a senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, with other legal luminaries to ensure that Tinubu prevail over his arch rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, who have challenged his victory.   Tinubu, the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, emerged as the winner…

2023 Elections: 87.2m Nigerians to determine Tinubu, Atiku and Peter Obi’s fate

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that 87,209, 007 voters will determine who becomes the next Nigeria president among Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC); Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Pary (PDP); Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and others.   INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, announced the development on Thursday, February 23, 2023, during a media briefing at the national collation centre in Abuja.   According to him, out of the country’s 93,469,008 registered voters, 87,209, 007 have collected their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs)…

At the end, only one will win! By Olusegun Adeniyi

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The less you say, the less risk you run of saying something foolish, even dangerous. In 1825 a new czar, Nicholas I, ascended the throne of Russia. A rebellion immediately broke out, led by liberals demanding that the country modernize—that its industries and civil structures catch up with the rest of Europe. Brutally crushing this rebellion, Nicholas I sentenced one of its leaders, Kondraty Ryleyev to death. On the day of execution, Ryleyev stood on the gallows, the noose around his neck. The trapdoor opened but as Ryleyev dangled, the…

POSN disowns PDP video purportedly showing Peter Obi asking Nigerians to vote for Atiku

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Peter Obi Support Network POSN has refuted PDP video purportedly showing its Presidential Candidate,Mr Peter Obi asking Nigerians to vote for PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.   The POSN in a statement distanced the Labour Party and Mr Peter Obi from the video that is making its rounds across social media platforms.   The statement read in full;   “Yes, in 2019, Peter Obi as running mate to Atiku called on Nigerian to vote for his principal, Atiku and they heard him and voted for Atiku. Today, he’s calling…

OFFICIAL PROJECTIONS: 2023 NIGERIA GENERAL ELECTIONS

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Official Projections of the 2023 Nigeria Presidential Election Click to view the official projections   Nigeria is the most populous nation on the African continent with an estimated population of over 213 million people. Nigeria doubles as the largest black nation globally and her territory hosts some of the most ancient evidence of human civilization. Not having a political history without turbulence, the world looks on to Nigeria as she attempts to advance into the 7th electoral cycle since the commencement of her fourth republic in 1999   Governance Index…

How Atiku will win presidential election —Chief Jumoke Akinjide

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Former Minister of State for FCT and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Chief Jumoke Akinjide, spoke to a group of journalists on the presidential election, how Atiku Abubakar and others will perform in the zones, the focus of the next president, why President Muhammadu Buhari must ensure credible elections, among other issues. DARE ADEKANMBI brings excerpts.   Why do you think, Atiku, who is a Northerner, should succeed Buhari who is concluding eight years of two terms?   First of all, as you know, I…

Atiku is now Nigeria’s public enemy number one – APC

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The APC Presidential Campaign Council has said the current sabotage of the Naira notes swap and fuel scarcity that have caused untold hardship to millions of Nigerians across the country revealed the true character of Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as public enemy number one.   APC PCC accordingly said “Nigerians will recall that since the Central Bank introduced its current cash-limit and new Naira notes swap policies, Atiku Abubakar and PDP maintained opportunistic silence with the hope they will benefit from the discomfort the policies will…

Atiku/Tinubu: Please, grow up! – by Olusegun Adeniyi

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Street wisdom dictates that those in glass houses don’t walk naked. This seems lost on Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate and the flagbearer of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have allowed their media managers to trade damaging allegations that question their own character and integrity. Each side has succeeded in painting the candidate of the other party as a criminal who is unworthy of the position being sought. While some Nigerians may be enjoying the…

Atiku, El-Rufai, Udenta and the vindication of ‘Esu Odara’ By Tunde Olusunle

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Scholars are divided over what the most appropriate description and perception of Esu in Yoruba cosmology should be. The more widely held notion about Esu, is to make it the lexical parallel of Satan or the devil, in the English language. Esu within this context, connotes evil and devilry in all its ramifications. He is the purveyor and conveyor of wickedness, mischief, anguish, grief, even negativity in totality. Esu in popular perception, is mean-spirited, malevolent, devious, vile. The list goes on. This dimension to the Esu persona, considered as a…