Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has opposed the upward review of electricity tariff in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari approved the implementation of the cost-reflective electricity tariff for the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, in August. The new tariff regime, which kicked off on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, has drawn the ire of Nigerians who […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is requesting that the National Assembly reject the approval of any new loan request meant for projects that are not viable. In a letter to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, Atiku called on the National Assembly not to approve loans that are not income-generating or production-based. The letter […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd) on his 79th birthday.

Barely ten hours after the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, condemned the five million naira fine, (N5m ), slammed against a Lagos-based radio station, Nigeria Info 99.3Fm,  for what it termed ‘unprofessional conduct and violation of NBC code’, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, Friday described the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, action as illegal.

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Thursday condemned a particular part of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, code, stating that broadcast stations would be punished if they insult a President, Governor, Senator, or any one occupying political position in the country.