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Photos and videos of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate arriving the United States took over the social media on Thursday. The visit was of course a three-dimensional thing.  The former Vice President, apart from using the visit to correct the notion that he was a wanted man in the United States, would be meeting with US Government officials. He would also meet with members of the business community, with whom he would discuss ways of making the Nigerian economy more viable through the creation of more opportunities. The PDP candidate will also meet with Nigerians community in Washington DC. He is thus using the visit to drum up international support for his presidential bid as well as harness some business opportunities in preparation for becoming President. In an interview with BBC on Wednesday, Atiku had expressed confidence that he would win next month’s presidential election. Though he said he doubted if the election would be fre

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Demicratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has assured that women will not be relegated to the background when he  becomes  President. He went on to assure that they would form a critical part of his government if voted into power. Abubakar also vowed to provide jobs for youths. This, he said will give their mothers peace of mind. Atiku Abubakar made the promises when he met the women’s wing of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) on Friday. Atiku, who spoke on the importance of women in nation building, said “women are at the heart of our families, businesses and communities. This is why one of my first exclusive events this campaign was with the women of our party today, to discuss my policy and plans for them. Mothers are most concerned about the direction of our economy. If our children cannot get jobs, mothers cannot sleep. My job as president will be to bring peace of mind to mothers all over Nigeria, by ensuring the

The Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that would privatize the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation if elected. Atiku, who made the assertion while speaking at an interactive session with the business community on Wednesday in Lagos, described the state-owned oil firm as a “mafia organization.” He said he would effect the privatization even if it would cost him his life. He said, “Let me go back to my experience. When we got into office, I walked up to my boss and said, “Sir, there are two mafia organizations in government: one is the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation while the other one is the National Electricity Power Authority. “I said unless we dismantle these mafia organizations, we cannot make progress. Let’s privatize them… the long and short of this is that I am committed to privatization as I have said. I swear even if they are going to kill me, I will do it (privatize NNPC).” The former Vice President explai

Nigeria’s former Vice President and Peoples Presidential Democratic Party’s presidential candidate has expressed worry on the credibility of next month’s presidential election. In an interview with BBC’s Mayen Jones, monitored on Thursday, Atiku, who is seen as President Buhari’s number one challenger, was asked w hat he would do if he loses the election. “The point is that I am not even going to lose but everybody knows that I have always accepted if I lost in the past, but this time, I am not going to lose”, he replied. Asked if he expects next month’s election to be free and fair, Atiku said “that is no, because I have not seen any evidence that this government is actually willing to offer a free, fair and credible electoral process. We have seen what they have done in their by-elections where they have deployed members, police; security forces sometimes to harass voters, sometimes to raid voters that they believe are for the opposition”. On his concerns for the fairness of