…candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, in his Independence Day remarks, backed the “Tinubu Must Go” campaign, citing the economic hardship Nigerians are facing. Reacting, Uba said Nigeria’s economic indicators, including real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of…

…Rotimi Amaechi, running mate to African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, has set a one-year deadline for an ADC administration to deliver visible changes in Nigeria. Amaechi said he would resign from office if the country failed to begin experiencing significant improvements within a yea…

…The development has attracted condemnation from opposition party leaders, including Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress, ADC. According to Atiku, the Tinubu government needs to tell Nigerians the impact of the country’s current debt burden before embarking on a fresh $1.5 billion loan from the World Bank.…

Kenneth Okonkwo, a spokesman for African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, has accused President Bola Tinubu of practising voodoo economics. Okonkwo insisted that Tinubu’s administration is not performing, adding that it is manipulating figures to cover up the inflation rate. In an interv…

…government cannot fund all of these investments on its own.President Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi are the 3 front runners ahead of the presidential election. Photo: Presidency> Nigeria's infrastructure deficit is enormous, while millions of young people enter the labour market every year. Businesses need a…

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has raised fundamental questions about the recent $700 million minerals deal between the United States and the Nigerian government under President Bola Tinubu. In a statement by his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku demanded the immediate pu…

…Leno Adesanya, has rejected attempts to link him politically with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, saying such associations were being exploited by political detractors to create a misleading impression about his role in the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project. A…

…obligations during the period. The PUNCH earlier reported that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar demanded a full reconciliation of Nigeria’s public debt, including new borrowings, Treasury Bills and controversial charges contained in the latest external debt-service records, as the country’s debt stock climbed to N1…

Opposition leader Atiku Abubakar called for a substantial increase to Nigeria's N70,000 minimum wage, saying it has failed to restore workers' purchasing powerThe ADC presidential candidate compared Nigeria's wage to those of Libya, Algeria, Gabon and other African countries, all of which he said were higherAtiku pledg…

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, called on President Bola Tinubu to increase workers minimum wage, while backing the organised labour’s demand for a substantial increase. Atiku accused President Bola Tinubu of presiding over a ruthless economic squeeze in which wo…

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s handling of proceeds from the removal of fuel subsidy, accusing the administration of failing to account for the funds even as the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU threate…

…President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has raised concern over reports of young Nigerians allegedly selling their organs to survive amid the country's cost-of-living crisis. The post Cost-of-living crisis pushing Nigerian youths to sell organs — Atiku appea…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the renewed reference to past allegations against him is a distraction from the economic challenges Nigerians are currently facing. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said the return to issues from the Ob…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the American University of Nigeria, Yola, was established to serve the community rather than as a profit-making venture for him or his family. Atiku stated this on Friday while responding to an X user who questioned what he had done to address the plight of Almajiri childre…

…criticised a Washington-based lobbying firm reportedly engaged by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar in connection with efforts to secure the release of the records, alleging that the initiative was intended to generate political controversy ahead of the 2027 general elections. Special Adviser to the President on Med…

President Donald Trump appointed Karl Von Batten, a Nigerian-born lobbyist linked to Atiku Abubakar, to a White House presidential commission on September 2Von Batten is the managing partner of Von Batten-Montague-York, a US-based policy advisory and advocacy firmThe firm announced the appointment via its verified X pa…

…Minister Nyesom Wike says a Tinubu defeat in 2027 could make him a political target of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi. Below are the details of these trending stories and others: States owe N5.3tn as 12 governors near exit Twelve governors approaching the end of their constitutionally permitted tenures are set to leave t…

…pledges-including statements by African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar-to reinstate fuel subsidies. Dr. Isa Yuguda, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the APC Professionals Forum, warned that returning to the former subsidy framework would risk reviving systemic financial leakages an…

…from Nigerian newspapers: 1. Proceedings in a suit filed by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar before a Federal High Court in Abuja ended abruptly on Tuesday after his lawyer refused to serve the suit’s originating documents on President Bola Tinubu’s lawyer. Atiku’s suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1888/2026, was filed in hi…

…reports that the All Progressives Congress has recently attacked former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s plan to restore the subsidy, while the African Democratic Congress challenged the Federal Government to account for the N15.8tn in additional revenues it said accrued from the reforms. The National Chairman of the AP…

…sectors, even as the party pushed back against a proposal by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to restore the subsidy regime ahead of the 2027 elections. This position was canvassed by the National Chairman of the APC, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, who represented President Tinubu at the second edition of the Policy Round…

Von Batten-Montague-York, a lobbying firm linked to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has threatened to expose allegations against President Bola Tinubu during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. The US firm made the statement in a post on its verified X handle on Monday. The firm also…

…August 30, his 52nd foreign trip since taking office in May 2023Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar criticised the timing of the trip, citing petrol prices, food costs, and insecurity as reasons Tinubu should stay homePAY ATTENTION: Mark Legit.ng as a preferred source, and our content will appear higher in your Google…

…platform of the People’s Redemption Party, among others. However, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the ADC, was conspicuously absent. Explaining the ADC’s decision not to participate, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, told The PUNCH that the committee needs t…

…the 2027 elections, with the All Progressives Congress attacking former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s plan to restore the subsidy, while the African Democratic Congress challenged the Federal Government to account for the N15.8tn in additional revenues it said accrued from the reforms. The National Chairman of the AP…