Tag: PDP

2023: Atiku vows to stop fraudulent petrol subsidy in first 100 days

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar says he will remove the controversial and fraudulent petrol subsidy which could cost Nigeria up to $9bn in 2022, according to estimates by the Financial Times. Atiku, who acknowledges that oil will continue to be key in turning Nigeria’s economy around, said years of under-investment in infrastructure and large-scale theft have depressed oil production and brought untold misery. In an interview with the Financial Times, Atiku said, “I will remove fuel subsidy. Within the first 100 days in office,…

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2023: “We’ll restore security, revamp Nigeria’s economy” – Atiku

Aminu Imam

The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has promised Nigerians that his administration will restore peace and revamp Nigeria economy if trusted with the mandate in 2023. Atiku disclosed this yesterday, during the Plateau State presidential campaign flag off, held at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium Jos and urged Plateau people to vote for him and the PDP Governorship candidate, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang, and all candidates of the party at the February and March, 2023 elections. He assured Plateau people and Nigerians that if PDP is…

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Political Violence: Atiku supporters threaten to resort to self-help in Rivers

Aminu Imam

Supporters of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have threatened to resort to self-help if the Nigerian Police and other security agencies fail to protect them from further attacks in Rivers State. Recall that suspected thugs numbering over 200, had last Thursday attacked the Port Harcourt residence of the Chairman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in the State, Senator Lee Maeba, injuring his older brother and damaging four of his vehicles. But, addressing newsmen in Port Harcourt shortly after a meeting with the…

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2023: “APC plans to derail polls; place them on watch list” Atiku’s men urge security agencies

Aminu Imam

…”Allegation, height of delusion”, Tinubu’s spokesman fires back The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organization has raised alarm over an alleged plot by the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, to incite violence in order to derail the 2023 elections. Spokesperson of the campaign, Kola Ologbodiyan, raised the alarm in a statement he issued in Abuja, on Friday. Ologbodiyan said the campaign “alerts our nation and the international community of designs being promoted by the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to…

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2023: “My husband has come to save Nigerians from poverty” – Titi Abubakar

Aminu Imam

The wife of the PDP presidential candidate, Titi Abubakar, says her husband is contesting for the 2023 presidency in order to rescue Nigeria. Titi made the remark on Monday at the PDP presidential rally at the Tafawa Balewa Square, in Lagos. She commended the women and youths for defying the sun to attend the rally. Titi, however, urged Nigerians to use their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to show that they were tired of suffering. Stressing that it would not be easy to wrestle power from APC, Mrs. Abubakar urged the…

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“Nigerians‘Il never witness APC beyond 2023”, Says Atiku

Aminu Imam

…Wife says husband’ll defeat Boko Haram, provide scholarships to students Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has promised to provide enough funds for education, praying that Nigerians will never witness a repeat of All Progressives Congress (APC)’s government beyond 2023, which he says brought untold hardship on Nigerians. The PDP presidential candidate made this known at the party’s rally in Akure, Ondo State, yesterday. He bemoaned the state of education in the country which he specifically blamed the ruling APC over what he described as poor…

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2023: Atiku promises to set up $10bn to tackle youth unemployment in Kwara if elected president

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the forthcoming general elections Atiku Abubakar, has promised to set up 10Billion US Dollars, which will be used to tackle youth unemployment, if he wins the presidential election in February 2023. The former Vice-President made this pledge in Kwara, while addressing a mammoth crowd of party faithful, stakeholders and supporters, who trooped out in their numbers to receive him and his campaign train in Ilorin today. In his welcome address, the Kwara State PDP Chairman, Babatunde Muhammed, joyfully expressed happiness for the…

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2023: ‘Enemies of progress frustrating PDP’s quest for presidency’ – G5 Govs. 

Aminu Imam

The five State Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, dubbed as G5, have accused some “enemies of progress” of frustrating the party’s quest for the presidency in 2023. The Governors in the G5 group, led by Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, are Seyi Makinde, of Oyo; Samuel Ortom, of Benue; Okezie Ikpeazu, of Abia, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, of Enugu State. The governors have been at the forefront of calls for Iyorchia Ayu to step down as National Chairman of the PDP, on the grounds that the presidential candidate and…

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Katsina 2023: “We are all set for Yakubu Lado’s victory in the Governorship contest” – Chairman, Media Committee, Imrana Nas

Aminu Imam

The chairman of the Atiku/Lado Campaign Media Committee of Katsina State, Alhaji Imrana Nas, the champion of the poor, has expressed the intention of his committee to ensure that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship candidate in Katsina state, Alhaji Yakubu Lado Danmarke, wins in the upcoming 2023 election. Imrana Nas stated this during his parley with journalists in Katsina, shortly after the launch of their Committee, which took place at the PDP party secretariat in the state. The Chairman of the Media Committee added that it is evidently clear…

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2023: Atiku vows to ensure economic stability for Nigeria, at his campaign in Gombe

Aminu Imam

Umar Kaltungo The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar (GCON), today in Gombe promised to ensure economic stability if elected the president in the forthcoming election. Addressing a mammoth crowd of cheering party chieftains and supporters who trooped out in Gombe Township Stadium, the former vice-president promised to work for the economic development and stability of the country. He assured the people of Gombe that his government will revive the dilapidated Da?in-Kowa Dam and appealed to the indigenes of the state to give him the opportunity…

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