All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu, admitted yesterday that the 2007 election was disrupted by the battle between then president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
VICE Presidential Candidate of Action Congress(AC) in the 2007 election, Senator Ben Obi last week described Nigerian politicians as mercenaries. His verdict may jolt some people but certainly not his boss in the election, Atiku Abubakar who had earlier categorised politicians in the country into two.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
Three eminent personalities-former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the Lamido of Adamawa Dr Aliyu Musdafa and the Nobel Laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, were awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by the American University of Nigeria (AUN).
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN) hardly needs any introduction as a lawyer who has been involved in highbrow litigations across the country. He was one of the lawyers engaged by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, in his electoral cases prior to and after the general elections of 2007.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCEF) was established to stop prostitution, cartel and slavery of the 20th Century, said its founder the wife of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Titi.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
Former United States congressman, William J. Jefferson, will defend himself today as the Alexandria Federal Court hears his case which involves fraud and graft allegations including a $100,000 bribe he claimed was meant for former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Boni Haruna, former Governor of Adamawa State, has never really moved away from public glare since he assumed office in 1999. Throughout his tenure, the trend hardly changed. Haruna was originally voted as deputy to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, who contested the Adamawa governorship election before he became former President Olusegun Obasanjo's deputy.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/14/2009
Like a laden dam, Dr. Onukaba Adinoyi Ojo - one of the several spokesmen of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar -burst loose recently, spewing venom and hatred in the general direction of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, from where Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua currently governs Nigeria.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/13/2009
Former Director of Media and Publicity of the Turaki Vanguard, a group that promoted the political ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Ms. Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has taken a swipe on the former governor of Adamawa State Mr. Boni Haruna, describing him as a political liability that was responsible for the political woes of Atiku.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/08/2009
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed his condolences to the family of late Chief Christian Chukwuma Onoh over the death of the former governor of old Anambra State.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/07/2009
The above titled piece by Adinoyi Ojo Onukaba, an to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar (Daily Trust, April 28, 2009) cannot be mistaken for anything else other than the extension of the desperate antics of Atiku to under cut President Umaru Yar'adua whom he now perceives as his number one enemy since his come back bid to the PDP failed to elicit even a passing comment from the president.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/07/2009
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday condoled the family of former Governor C.C. Onoh, the government and people of Enugu State on the death of their patriarch, elder statesman and former governor of old Anambra State, Chief Christian Chukwuma Onoh.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/24/2009
This may not be the best of time for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as one of his trusted political ally, former governor of Adamawa State, Boni Haruna, may have concluded plans to defect from the Action Congress (AC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/22/2009
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Presidential Candidate of the Action Congress (AC) in the 2007 election, has appealed to the people of Ekiti State to vote Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate in the April 25 rerun election.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/17/2009
Former Political Adviser to former Vice president Atiku Abubakar, Dr. Umaru Ardo, has declared his interest, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to challenge Governor Murtala Nyako in the party primaries in the countdown to the 2011 gubernatorial election in Adamawa State.
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