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Atiku, el-Rufai, Tambuwal, others meet Buhari + Photos

Daily Dispatch April 11, 2025

A former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was at the head of a team of prominent politicians, including Nasir el-Rufai and Aminu Tambuwal, who met with former President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. A statement by the Media Office of the presidential candidate of the Peoples

Politics

Atiku denies resignation rumour from PDP

Daily Dispatch April 4, 2025

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, remains a member of the leading opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Atiku’s media aide, Mr. Paul Ibe, made this assertion on Friday in a statement made available to FrontPage. Ibe made the assertion against the backdrop of a “rumour” to the effect that Atiku had left the party. Recall […]

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Atiku, Tambuwal, El-Rufai other northern elders plotting to unseat Tinubu – Shehu Sani alleges

Daily Dispatch June 25, 2024

A former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has said the recent visits by some prominent northern politicians to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State, were all plots to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who is also the Peoples Democratic Party […]

Politics

Atiku, Yari, Ningi dumps PDP, APC, to form new political party

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2024

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Zamfara State governor, Abdullaziz Yari and Senator Abdul Ningi have initiated the move to form a mega party ahead of the 2027 general election. Recall that Atiku, who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023, lost the election to President Bola Tinubu. Yari also lost […]

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Atiku, Obi and the Road to Kilimanjaro

Daily Dispatch November 2, 2023

By Azu Ishiekwene  Former vice president and presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, said on Monday that Nigeria was the bigger loser in last week’s decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. That was a convenient exaggeration to hide his misery. But it was unnecessary. After […]

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PEPT: Tinubu, Atiku, Obi to know fate September 16

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2023

The Presidential Election Tribunal has finally fixed a date to make public its verdict. This is coming barely four weeks after it adjourned for judgment. A usually reliable source disclosed Sunday that the five-member tribunal which sat at the Court of Appeal complex in Abuja from May 8 to August 1, has agreed on September […]