The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has described as wasteful and a highway to fraud the claim by Works Minister Dave Umahi that the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will tentatively cost N15.6 trillion. Atiku also knocked Mr Umahi for altering the project’s initial plan after Gilbert … Read more
A former Nigerian senator from Enugu State, Chukwuka Utazi, has revealed why he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Utazi, who represented Enugu North District in the 9th Senate under the PDP platform, defected to the APC during a meeting of the party … Read more
The presidency on Sunday dismissed a proposal by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on the management of Nigeria’s foreign exchange crisis and its impact on the economy. Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga said Atiku got his “facts muddled up” and that his proposal was similar to that implemented by the Muhammadu Buhari administration which the current … Read more
A former National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mark Jacob, has given the “reason” Nyesom Wike supported President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 general election. Mr Wike, a former governor of Rivers State, is a member of the PDP. But the former governor supported Mr Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress candidate in … Read more
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has asked President Bola Tinubu to show a clear direction of his government and stop groping in the dark. Atiku stated this in his New Year message to Nigerians on Monday. “The government must show a clear direction of its policy projections and desist from the subsisting behaviour of groping … Read more
Prominent Nigerians including former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar and former President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, have congratulated Christians as they celebrate Christmas. In separate statements released on Monday, the leaders urge Nigerians to embrace peace and unity during this period and to love one another for the sake of progress and growth … Read more
