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- 4 Jan 2021
Atiku Sells Intels Shares for $60m
Intels Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s oil and gas logistics firm, has said it has severed ties with Atiku Abubakar, former vice president, who was one of its major shareholders. Atiku Abubakar Intels…
- 30 Jan 2017
Only Knowledge-Based Economy can Guarantee Growth – Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has said that a knowledge-based economy would guarantee a speedy technological advancement in Nigeria. Speaking with newsmen in Jalingo on Sunday, Abubakar noted…
- 20 Nov 2014
Jonathan Poses Threat to Democracy- Atiku
Atiku Abubakar, former vice president on Thursday said President Goodluck Jonathan posed threat to the nation’s democracy. Atiku slammed the President for what the ex-VP described as the “crude…
- 16 May 2015
PDP Dangles 2019 Presidential Ticket on Atiku
The undying presidential ambition of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has now become the talking point among close associates of President Goodluck Jonathan who have already begun moves to woo…
- 1 Feb 2019
The Economist Taps Atiku as Next President
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has again predicted that Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will win the February 16 election. EIU is the…
- 9 Jul 2014
Atiku Advocates Mobile Technology Use to Conquer Illiteracy
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former vice president of Nigeria, has advocated the use of mobile technology to conquer illiteracy in the country. Posting on his website, http://atiku.org/aa/, he said that,…
- 10 Jul 2022
Atiku Pledges to Continue Digitisation of Nigeria, Provides Enablement for Youth to Prosper
The former Vice President, under the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo democratic government, (1999-2007), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Waziri Adamawa and presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (…
- 16 Apr 2019
Atiku to Tap Microsoft, IBM Experts to Authenticate INEC Servers
Atiku Abubakar,presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, is set to call Microsoft, IBM and Oracle experts to authenticate his claim that the servers belonging…
- 1 Apr 2015
Men Who Made Buhari’s Victory Possible
The significance of Muhammadu Buhari’s victory is underlined by the fact that this will be the first in the history of Nigeria’s electoral process when an incumbent president is defeated. It was no…
- 3 Jul 2022
Atiku to Launch Aaron's Book: Nigeria Drivers of Digital Prosperity
Nigeria’s former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar (Waziri Adamawa), will this Thursday, 7th July 2022 lead a pack of eminent Nigerians to the Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos for the launch and…
- 18 Oct 2018
Atiku Denies Involvement In Fake Money-Sharing Scheme
The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCO) has distanced its principal from an online scheme, ‘Atiku Grant Disbursement Programme’, which claims to disburse grants to unsuspecting Nigerians.…
- 8 Dec 2025
A Nation on Alert: Is FIRS’ Xpress Payments Move Consolidating a Revenue Cartel?
By Blaise Udunze Nigeria’s national mood is tense. The country is facing economic hardship, insecurity, public distrust in institutions, and an increasingly widening gap between citizens and their…
- 17 Mar 2022
Kebbi Ministry Trains SME Associations on Leveraging ICT
The Kebbi State Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has trained the members of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), on leveraging the use of ICT. While declaring open the one-day…
- 9 Dec 2014
Late Yar’Adau Deceived Me, Atiku, Others are Shameless Liars-OBJ
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former president in his new memoir titled “My Watch” has accused late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adau of deceiving him about how serious his health issues were before he became…
- 13 Jun 2015
Fashola, Amaechi, Others May Make Buhari’s Cabinet
Immediate past governors of Lagos and Rivers states, Mr. Babatunde Fashola and Mr. Rotimi Amaechi respectively; a former governor of Ekiti State, Engineer Segun Oni and Education minister in the…
- 12 Dec 2014
Buhari, Jonathan Race for Soul of Nigeria
It’s now official. Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) is the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate for the February 2015 election. According to Punch, he defeated four other APC aspirants…
- 29 May 2015
Adesina Wins AfDB Presidency
Akinwumi Adesina yesterday became the eighth President of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) after winning in a tight race. Cape Verde’s Cristina Duarte, the first woman to seek the post, Chad’s…
- 2 Feb 2022
Fidelity Bank Finances Ultra-Modern Rice Milling Factory
Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has joined Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, and a host of dignitaries including two state governors…
- 16 Oct 2014
Gen. Buhari’s Presidential Bid Could Spark Northern Anger
General Muhammadu Buhari , yesterday declared he would run for president, criticising President Goodluck Jonathan's administration for corruption and failing to tackle the Boko Haram Islamist…
- 28 Oct 2018
Elumelu at TEF Says Entrepreneurship is the Key to Unlocking Economic Development
5,000 African entrepreneurs, private and public sector leaders and the broader entrepreneurship ecosystem convened in Lagos on Thursday, October 25, 2018 for the annual Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)…
- 3 Feb 2023
NBC Fines Arise TV, TVC N2m over Breach of Broadcast Code
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Arise News TV and TVC N2 million each for allegedly breaching the national broadcasting code in the countdown to the 2023 general elections. Balarabe…
- 9 Sept 2014
Injured Col. Obasanjo Eager to Return to War Front
Lt-Col Adeboye Obasanjo, son of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, who was shot on Monday by Boko Haram insurgents near Michika in Adamawa State, has said that he wants to return to the battle…
- 10 Apr 2015
South Africa Offers GMB Seized Nigerian $15m
South Africa has indicated her willingness to return the more than $15 million seized from some Nigerians last year in a move designed to please the country's new president. This is contrary to…
- 26 Feb 2018
Ekeh Urges FG to Grant Tax Concessions to Save Tech Sector
Leo Stan Ekeh, serial digital entrepreneur and chairman of Zinox Group has charged the Federal Government to seriously consider extending exceptional tax concessions to the technology sector as a…
- 18 Mar 2019
Malami, Onu, Others May Make Buhari’s New Cabinet
The faces of those likely to make up President Muhammadu Buhari’s new cabinet are beginning to emerge with Boss Mustapha, secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), tipped to retain his…
- 5 Jan 2021
Intels Refutes Atiku’s Claims Says No political Influence on Business Decisions
Integrated Logistics Services Limited (Intels), has said its business has not been hindered by political influences from the present government. The company made the clarification in a statement it…
- 16 Sept 2019
2019 Argungu Polo Tournament Wraps Up, As Fayrouz Supports The Cultural Fete
As part of the events leading up to the 2020 edition of the Argungu Fishing Festival, a special polo tournament was organized by the Kebbi State Government in partnership with Fayrouz. The premium…
- 1 Apr 2013
Atiku, el-Rufai Trade Words over Killing of Nitel
Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, former director general, Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) under whose watch the controversial contractual agreement with Pentascope, a Dutch firm to manage Nitel , Nigeria’s…
- 27 Dec 2012
Lagos Airfield Gets Lighting Facilities 5 Years After
The domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos has come alive again as the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (Nama) few hours ago, successfully deployed an emergency…
- 22 Jul 2013
Sad! Govt Playing Politics with ICT
No modern economy can exist without fundamental information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure because these are the tool for national and economic development. In recognition of this…