Tag: Atiku Abubakar

Oòni, Bugaje to speak at UNIFEMGA reunion

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A one time Political Adviser to Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Dr Usman Bugaje, will deliver the 2021 annual national reunion Lecture of the Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates’ Association (UNIFEMGA) on Saturday Aug. 21, at Ile-Ife, Osun state. In a statement by the Chairman Planning Committee of the Reunion, Mohammed Buari and Samsudeen Adenopo, Public Relations Officer, stated that the three- day programme would hold at Oduduwa Hall from Friday August 20 to 22 from 10 a.m. The statement added that Bugaje, a former member of House of Representatives, would…

Atiku hails disbandment of SARS, commends Nigerian Youths

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Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has paid tribute to Nigerian youths for their resilience in exerting pressure on the police authorities to disband the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in response to public agitations to end abuses by that of the Nigerian Police Force. Emporium Reporters earlier reported that the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has announced the dissolution of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)unit of the Nigeria Police Force.   He said the operatives will be redeployed to other police formations and commands. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in…

Dogara Condoles With Atiku Over Pariya’s Death

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The former Speaker of House of Representatives ,Hon. Yakubu Dogara has expressed shock over the news of the sudden death of Personal Assistant to the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Alhaji Umar Pariya. Dogara in a statement signed by him said “Alh Pariya was an exceptionally gifted and energetic man who pursued with courage; causes that were larger than himself. Humility was his trademark and loyalty his seal. I extend my heartfelt condolences to his immediate family and pray God to grant them the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.…

Why Atiku Isn’t Coming By Farooq Kperogi

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Poor leadership is obviously a grave, enduring problem in Nigeria, but an even graver problem, in my opinion, is the country’s docile, acquiescent, and fatalistic citizenry. Most Nigerians are afflicted by a condition anthropologists call cargo cult mentality, that is, the superstitious belief, first recorded among pre-modern tribes in Melanesia, that all the fine things of this world will somehow magically and effortlessly appear because people who desire it wish it into existence. It’s cargo cult mentality that drives and sustains the forlorn hope that “Atiku is coming” as Nigerians…

Atiku: When Lies Fail Test Of Reality By Phrank Shaibu

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The ready assumption by some writers and public commentators is that most Nigerians are gullible and have short memories. As such, some of these self-acclaimed political analysts churn out falsehood as facts in an attempt to manipulate the mind of well-meaning Nigerians. Sadly, the consequence of keeping quiet to such writers is that, if their lies are allowed to travel far and unaddressed, the truth will easily be sacrificed on the altar of lies. With the seeming public hysteria ‎since former Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku defected from the ruling…