April 8, 2021 The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has said he did not institute the case challenging the citizenship of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. He noted that the case which started in 2019, was filed by a civil society organisation – the Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission ...

The Presidency has said that Nigerians should stop dwelling solely on the negatives in the country, while refuting claims that the current administration  promised to make one naira become equivalent to one dollar. Mr. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said the claims suggesting that President Muhammadu Buhari made such ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday said the Nigerian government lacks the capacity to address challenges facing the nation, calling on stakeholders, elder statesmen and the Nigerian people to help in rescuing the country which he noted is on the precipice. Atiku was reacting to a recent report by Bloomberg Business that tagged Nigeria ...

Question: How serious is Nigeria’s anti-corruption fight? Answer: That depends on the accused, the accuser and the amount of prejudice (bias, preconception, prejudgment, predisposition, partiality) and the “politricks” involved. Item 1: Bureau of Public Enterprise (under Nasir el-Rufai) chose the management-contract option to improve NITEL before privatisation and advertised for OPERATORS ONLY, not CONSULTANTS and ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday said Nigeria must stop rewarding criminality, warning that doing so will result in more crimes being perpetrated. He noted that a situation whereby children and minors were being kidnapped, the ex-vice president asked the Federal Government to tackle cases of abductions by ending what he calls the reign ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised the Federal Government to have a rethink on its directive on cryptocurrency transactions in the country. His advice is coming a day after the  Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued a directive to banks and other financial institutions to close accounts of any individual who transact in cryptocurrency. ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has asked the newly inaugurated U.S leaders – Joe Biden and Kamala Harris – to support Nigeria’s fight against terror and remove all travel restrictions imposed on Nigerian citizens by the Donald Trump administration. In a tweet on Thursday, Atiku said Nigeria has enjoyed good relations with the US since ...

Tributes have continued to pour in for the nation’s fallen heroes as the country marks the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day. The event which held at the Arcade in Abuja seeks to honour Nigeria’s fallen heroes and the men who give their all to defend the nation’s peace and sovereignty. President Muhammadu Buhari and the Service ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday urged the federal government to immediately restrict flights, temporarily, from the United Kingdom. Atiku’s call comes on the heels of the news of a new strain of COVID-19 circulating in the UK. The new strain is said to be more infectious than the original COVID-19 virus. Several countries, ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday said that President Muhammadu Buhari must act now, by taking necessary, and painful actions including adjustment to the proposed 2021 budget, to exit another recession the country has entered. Abubakar in a statement he issued in Abuja, said that although COVID-19 pandemic had exacerbated an already bad situation, ...