Browsing: Alhaji Atiku Abubakar

Abubakar in a press statement by his media office in Abuja on Wednesday, said though he is bound to respect the decision of the Federal High Court to reinstate the former Deputy Governor of the state, Bala Ngilari, as the substantive Acting Governor, the verdict of the court has inevitably delayed the ouster of the PDP whenever the election is held

Atiku, who disclosed this in a condolence message released by his media office in Abuja on Thursday, noted that the late former Managing Director of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had distinguished herself in her own profession as an excellent and hardworking journalist who rose to the position of President of the Nigeria Guild of Editors

A statement from the Atiku Media Office quoted the Turaki Adamawa and chieftain of the APC, whose first wife, Hajiya Titi Atiku Abubakar. hails from Ilesa in Osun State, as calling on his in-laws to trounce the Peoples Democratic at the governorship election slated for this Saturday

Speaking with newsmen in Gombe, Abubakar said that traditional institutions were the basis of the society.
He said the recent attack of the emir of Gwoza by insurgents, which led to his death, was very shocking, adding that the government should be able to protect the traditional institution

When the President, in his most recent media chat, spoke about the government’s successes at pushing Boko Haram to the “fringes” of the North East, it immediately occurred to me that some of the credit for that should go to the ‘civilian JTF’ – the band of youth in and around Maiduguri who have taken it upon themselves to act as a vigilante force to fight Boko Haram