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Browsing: Atiku Abubakar
The former vice president also accepted the request of the acting Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, to give the university a bus as well as the request of the Dean, Social Sciences, Prof. A. Yagboyaju, for the renovation of the already run-down lecture theatre of that faculty
He chided not only his own party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for adopting such a method for picking candidates for elections but also the opposition parties
A statement from the Atiku Media Office in Abuja on Sunday said that the former Vice President will be in the nation’s premier university on Wednesday to deliver a lecture entitled: “Thoughts on Internal Party Democracy in Nigerian Political Parties: Challenges and Strategies
In the United States, for instance, universities rely a lot on philanthropy for student support, infrastructure and research. Think of Bill Gates and his friend Warren Buffet and what they have been able to accomplish in so short a time
As we are gathered here to celebrate this 10th anniversary of this publishing outfit, different parts of Africa, and indeed Nigeria, are being torn apart by ethnic, religious and regional conflicts. The cost to Africa in terms of human lives, property, productivity and trade is clearly enormous
He said such allegation could only have come from idle minds and busybodies looking for cheap publicity or finding someone to blame for their political problems
He said that the time has come to end the small-minded conspiracy theories of the past and place our children before the politics of the moment
He said the Asian country offered 225 scholarships to Nigerians to study in China last year and was processing even more this year.
Abubakar said the peaceful conduct of the election throughout the state had clearly shown that there was absolutely no basis other than politics for the security alarm raised by the state government
Abubakar said as an indefatigable advocate of peaceful co-existence, Suntai is one of the youngest politicians for whom he has high regard
According to Abubakar, despite the acrimonious tone of the campaign language, the will of the voters had ultimately prevailed