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Former Nigeria vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, is on the verge of dumping the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), after he met with former President, Goodluck Jonathan. This Day reports that the meeting was held at the instance of Atiku, who is reportedly considering offers from PDP chieftains to return to the party. Jonathan was said to have advised Atiku to consider returning to the PDP early enough, as he has to be a member for a period of time, before he could be eligible to contest for political office. “Atiku was advised to return early to enable him to fulfil the eligibility condition in the party’s constitution and also have ample time to integrate his political structure into the PDP’s,” a source privy to the meeting said. Source: The source added that it was made clear to Atiku, that he stood a better chance to realise his ambition in the PDP than the APC, since President Muhammadu Buhari looked set to be given a...

President Muhammadu Buhari and ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar have come under the scrutiny of Nigerians in a prelude to the 2019 presidential election battle. The sensational declaration by the Minister of Women Affairs, Hajia Aisha Jummai Alhassan, last Wednesday, that she would be supporting former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, whom she described as her godfather, in 2019 and not President Muhammadu Buhari, who appointed her into his cabinet, if both men choose to contest the presidential election; and Atiku’s outburst that the Buhari administration had sidelined him even though he helped to install it, sparked debates. Amid the discourse, an online medium, SaharaReporters, conducted a mock poll asking Nigerians who they would vote for if the presidential election were to hold now. In the poll conducted and the final result declared yesterday, 43 per cent of the 20,253 Nigerians that participated said they would vote for Buhari, 12 per cent said they would vote for A...

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has told Nigerians that the country is still in recession, according to Atiku, since Nigerians can’t  eat three square meals then the country is in recession. He said this while responding to a report by the NBS that the nation has exited recession. In a series of tweets in Wednesday, Atiku said although the news was a good one, inflation was still high. He wrote, “As a Nigerian, investor and employer of labour, the news of Nigeria’s official emergence from the recession is most welcome. “The news is surely a boost for Nigeria — it tells investors, local and foreign, that our economy is worth investing in. “While we rejoice, it’s also important to recognise that economic weakness at the bottom of the pyramid remains. Inflation is still high. “We must continue working hard to expand economic opportunity for all Nigerians. “When all Nigerians can eat three square meals, that’s whe...