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Nigeria: How the Battle for Nigeria Will Be Fought and Won
Premium Times, 15 February 2019
On Saturday, voters across Nigeria will go to the poll to elect the president, 109 senators and 360 members of the House of Representatives. Read more »
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Nigeria: Atiku Abubakar on Corruption, Amnesty & Security - Interview
DW, 15 February 2019
The former Nigerian vice president has hinted at plans to further privatize corrupt state institutions, however he continues to deny his own corruption allegations in the lead-up… Read more »
Buhari Versus Atiku - Who Will Win 2019 Presidential Election?
Nigeria went to polls on February 23 to pick a new president. Currently, President Muhammadu Buhari and former vice president Atiku Abubakar are the frontrunners in the 2019 race for the presidency. Atiku is a familiar foe for the ruling All Progressives Congress having been a member until last December when he decamped and returned to Peoples Democratic Party. It is Atiku's fourth run for the presidency after failed attempts in 2007, 2011 and 2015.
InFocus
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Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, one of Nigeria's best known and most admired citizens, this month endorsed 56-year-old Dr Kingsley Moghalu for president. It was a high-profile sign of ... Read more »
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As Nigerians get ready to go to the polls on February 16 in the first of two sets of elections to choose the president, national assembly and state legislator, the world is ... Read more »
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As Nigeria prepares to hold elections on February 16, a U.S.-based polling firm Williams and Associates, has predicted victory for Atiku Abubakar in the forthcoming presidential ... Read more »
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President Muhammadu Buhari has rounded off his campaign with a national broadcast promising a peaceful election. He urged Nigerians to come out to vote. Read more »
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Nigeria: U.S. Institute Denies Predicting Victory for Buhari in 2019
This Day, 8 November 2018
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has disowned reports predicting victory for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections. Read more »
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Nigeria: Did the Economist Magazine Really Endorse Atiku?
Premium Times, 7 November 2018
On Friday 0ctober 26, the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation released a statement claiming the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in next February's presidential… Read more »
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Nigeria: Again, the Economist Says Buhari Will Lose in 2019, Predicts Victory for Atiku
This Day, 26 October 2018
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research unit of The Economist Magazine, has predicted that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji… Read more »
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Nigeria: 2019 Presidency - It's Buhari Vs Atiku
Leadership, 8 October 2018
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was yesterday elected the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 general election. With his emergence as the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Can Atiku Unseat President Buhari in Nigeria's 2019 Elections?
African Arguments, 8 October 2018
After zigzagging the floor for over a decade, the nomadic former VP is a little closer to winning the Nigerian presidency than ever before. Read more »
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Nigeria: Atiku's Many Shots At Presidency
This Day, 8 October 2018
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's victory yesterday, clinching the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket for 2019 general elections must have come as a huge… Read more »
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Nigeria: Choice of Atiku's Deputy Splits South East
Guardian, 9 October 2018
The question of who becomes the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) standard-bearer, Atiku Abubakar, has thrown the Igbo nation into a dilemma. Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Would Have Arrested Me If I Am Corrupt - Atiku
This Day, 9 October 2018
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says President Muhammadu Buhari would have ordered his arrest if he had evidence of corruption against him. Read more »
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Nigeria: Five Reasons, My Man, Atiku, Will Beat Buhari Silly
Premium Times, 8 October 2018
This past week marked a turning point in the nation's political history. It was Abubakar Atiku and all the news around his much-anticipated victory at the national convention of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari's Emergence As APC Presidential Candidate Fraudulent - Atiku Campaign
Premium Times, 8 October 2018
The Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation has said the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari as the candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress is fraudulent. Read more »
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Nigeria: Whoever Emerges PDP Candidate Will Be Next President - Jonathan
This Day, 7 October 2018
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has predicted that whoever emerges as the candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) would eventually become the next president of the… Read more »
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Nigeria: APC Primary - How Buhari's Votes Compare to 2015
Daily Trust, 8 October 2018
The National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday, October 6 announced that President Muhammadu Buhari got 14.8 million votes during the direct… Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Versus Atiku - Who Wins the Presidency?
Vanguard, 8 October 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, weekend, picked the presidential tickets of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party,… Read more »
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Nigeria: How Atiku Emerged As Buhari's Main Challenger
Daily Trust, 8 October 2018
Former Vice President Atiku Abubarkar yesterday emerged as the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), making him the main challenger to President Muhammadu… Read more »
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Nigeria: Atiku Abubakar Covers Triumph With Tears
Guardian, 8 October 2018
Everything worked in favour of the penitent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as it regained its national political stamina through a successful special national convention and… Read more »
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Nigeria: The Horse-Trading That Raised Atiku As APC Ratifies Buhari
Vanguard, 8 October 2018
The polity was astir, yesterday, over the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as the presidential standard bearers of the… Read more »
InFocus
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Nigeria's opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has nominated @Atiku Abubakar to challenge Nigeria's President Mohammadou Buhari. Aminu Tambuwal received the second largest ... Read more »
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President Muhammadu Buhari says that those who defected from the All Progressives Congress to other political parties are the selfish and weakest members who could not align his ... Read more »
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The main opposition parties have formed an alliance to field a joint candidate to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari in next year's presidential election, and at least 20 ... Read more »
