LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says President Muhammadu Buhari would have ordered his arrest if he had evidence of corruption against him. In a statement issued on his behalf by his campaign organisation, Abubakar said his emergence has thrown the camp of Buhari into confusion. He also dismissed the allegation of the Buhari…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ibrahim Babangida, former military ruler has decided to throw his weight behind Abubakar Atku after emerging as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in the concluded party presidential election. Babangida who had earlier declared his support for Bukola Saraki, President of the 8th Senate, backed down when his preferred aspirant could not…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has paid a Thank You Visit to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike at the Government House Port-Harcourt on Sunday evening. It was earlier reported that Nyesom Wike, left the venue of the Peoples Democratic Party convention before the convention ended. He reportedly left shortly after congratulating…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has emerged the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate for the 2019 election. He emerged after a keenly contested primary held at Adokiye Amesiamaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Sunday. The Chairman of the PDP Convention Committee and Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, announced…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday paraded a 43-year-old man suspected to have made scary threats asking former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to either withdraw from the 2019 presidential race or have his plane blown up mid-air. According to police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, an Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, the suspect…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland and one of the founding members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Plateau State, Ambassador Yahaya Kwande , has declared his support for former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. He made the declaration when Atiku, who is one of the 13 presidential aspirants of the Peoples…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Few months to 2019 general elections and less than four weeks to the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential primaries, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged threats to his life and those of his family members. The petition to the president, which was also copied the PDP…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar stood before a cheering crowd in his home state of Adamawa on Saturday, announcing he will seek the Peoples Democratic Party ticket for president next February. Decrying the large-scale killings that have touched many parts of the country in recent months before thousands packed into Yola town…