Saraki named Atiku’s Presidential Campaign Council DG
Senate President, Dr, Bukola Saraki has been named the Director-General of the campaign of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Peter Obi as Atiku’s running mate: It’s masterstroke
The choice of a former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi as the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was generally described as a deft move by a cross-section of Nigerians.
Atiku: Nigeria’s President in waiting?
It started in the Garden City last week when in the full glare of thousands of Nigerians and millions of others watching live on television screens, he beat 11 others to the sole Presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to run for the office of the President in the 2019 general elections. But Atiku Abubakar, is gradually morphing into a national figure capable of ousting the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2019.
What will Garba Shehu, Audu Ogbeh say against Atiku?
It is the opinion of some that Mallam Garba Shehu is still held with suspicion in the inner circle of the cabal around President Muhammadu Buhari. That is despite the fact that he is undoubtedly one of the finest media managers of the fourth republic.
Nigerians differ on Obasanjo’s endorsement of Atiku
NIGERIANS across the six geopolitical zones, yesterday, differed on what the endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar by former President Olusegun Obasanjo meant.
ATIKU: Loneliness of a long distance runner
“Brace admiral, say but one good word; what shall we do when hope is gone? The words leapt like a leaping sword: sail on! Sail on! Sail on! And on! Joachim Miller, 1841-1913.
Atiku not a threat to President Buhari’s re-election, says senatorial candidate
Mr Daniel Onjeh, an All Progressives Congress (APC) Benue South Senatorial candidate has said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is not a threat to President Muhammadu Buhari’s chances of re-election in 2019.
ATIKU: Loneliness of a long distance runner
I read Millers poem on Perseverance when I was compiling the book of quotations in August 1967 according to my notes at the time. It was a difficult time for me and I came close to giving up on life. Providentially, this poem came up in a book and courage returned. It is the perfect opening for this piece on Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, GCON, former Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. His emergence as the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party actually started in 2006 at a breakfast meeting with leading columnists of the day in his residence at Ikoyi. Lagos. Some have passed on; many more are in voluntary or involuntary retirement. To the best of my knowledge, only few of us remain in active “service” since that meeting.
It won’t take me six months to name my cabinet, Atiku boasts
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Friday promised to name his cabinet before six months, unlike President Muhammadu Buhari that took months to name his.
Photos: Atiku picks Peter Obi as running mate
Photos: Atiku picks Peter Obi as running mate
N’Delta rebuffs presidency’s attack on Atiku
NATIONAL Chairman of Pan -Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, the umbrella body of elders, leaders and stakeholders of South-South region, AVM Idongesit Nkanga (retd), yesterday, said the people of Niger Delta were excited about the emergence of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the Presidential flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and his latest endorsement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
