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Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has demanded an immediate thorough investigation into the alleged N3trillion budget padding rocking the Nigerian senate. Egalitarian Voice reports that Senator Abdul Ningi had on Saturday last week while granting an interview to the BBC disclosed that the President Bola Tinubu-led government was implementing a different budget other than that what was approved by the senate. According to him, the Nigerian senate approriated and passed N25trillion instead of the N28.77 being currently implemented by the Tinubu-led executive arm. Reacting to the allegation, the Nigerian senate had suspended Senator Ningi after majority of its members approved the move. Commenting on the development, Atiku who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) urged Tinubu to launch an inquest into the matter. Atiku who took to his Facebook page noted that "over the past few days, allegations have rocked the Senate, q...

Former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar  has expressed sadness over the death of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Mahood Lekan Balogun. Atiku, in a press statement by his media office on Friday, described the late Oba Lekan Balogun as a long-standing friend and a great patriot. He said further that the late monarch was a socialist as a politician, and even when he ascended the throne, Oba Lekan Balogun did not betray his beliefs in putting the interests of the people first. “The deceased Olubadan will be sorely missed for his wisdom and strategic thinking,” Atiku said. According to the statement, Atiku shares in the mourning of the late king and declared his solidarity with the people of Ibadan at this difficult time. He also prays for the Ali-Iwo family of the late Olubadan to find the fortitude to bear the loss of a patriarch, and for the Almighty Allah to forgive the shortcomings of the late king and accept his soul.

Former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar  has expressed sadness over the death of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Mahood Lekan Balogun. Atiku, in a press statement by his media office on Friday, described the late Oba Lekan Balogun as a long-standing friend and a great patriot. He said further that the late monarch was a socialist as a politician, and even when he ascended the throne, Oba Lekan Balogun did not betray his beliefs in putting the interests of the people first. “The deceased Olubadan will be sorely missed for his wisdom and strategic thinking,” Atiku said. According to the statement, Atiku shares in the mourning of the late king and declared his solidarity with the people of Ibadan at this difficult time. He also prays for the Ali-Iwo family of the late Olubadan to find the fortitude to bear the loss of a patriarch, and for the Almighty Allah to forgive the shortcomings of the late king and accept his soul.

Former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar unwittingly indicated, during his press conference in Abuja on Thursday, that he along with his former boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo manipulated the 2003 elections in the Southwest in order to replace governors of the states with PDP candidates. Atiku said at the conference while feeding questions from journalists that he was the one who saved the then Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu, who is now the president of Nigeria, from being rigged out like his colleagues in the region. Atiku revealed that when then President Obasanjo wanted the PDP to take over the Southwest states he insisted that Lagos should be spared. “I said, leave Lagos alone,” he said. This revelation has reminded Nigerians of the heist of the 2023 election under Obasanjo and Atiku’s watch. It has also given credence to the general belief that...