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Presidency: Atiku Speaks On His Decision To Drop Out

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Presidency: Atiku Speaks On His Decision To Drop Out

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has spoken about his decision on dropping out of the presidential race.

News ToGo reports that Atiku is one of the frontline contenders for the post of President in 2023. He is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Speaking to the Financial Times, Atiku stated that he is at the twilight of his ambition to be the President of Nigeria. He initially declared that he would keep pursuing it as long as he is alive and healthy because it is his lifelong ambition. He said, “It is a life-long ambition and as long as I’m alive and strong and healthy, I will continue pursuing it,”

However, the Former Vice President who is now 76 has another decision. Obviously, age is an important factor. Beyond age issue, he has contested the post several times since 1992 but lost in those attempts.

Atiku then revealed, “I’ve come to the last stage now. I don’t think after this I will run again.”

Since the 2023 presidential election would be his last shot at the Presidency, Atiku is doing everything possible to boost his chances of winning. He disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari gave him a strong assurance during their private meeting.

According to him, Buhari personally assured him that the 2023 election would be free, fair and credible. The PDP candidate banks on large votes from North where he hails from, votes from South East which he has always won, votes from the South-South (the base of his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa) and some from South West to win the election.

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BREAKING: Tinubu’s Minister Who Collapsed During Screening Reveals Why

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BREAKING: Tinubu's Minister Who Collapsed During Screening Reveals Why

Tinubu’s Minister who collapsed during Senate screening has revealed why it happened.

News ToGo reports that Abbas Balarabe, the newly confirmed Minister from Kaduna State, has clarified the reason behind his collapse during his Senate screening. He explained that his fainting spell was due to sheer exhaustion as he had been informed of his nomination just the previous day and stayed awake all night preparing for the screening.

Overwhelmed by the workload and lack of rest, he slumped during the session. He expressed his gratitude to the Senate, especially the senators from his state, Kaduna, for their understanding and support. Balarabe assured everyone that he was now in good health, emphasizing that his collapse was solely due to exhaustion and nothing more.

Earlier during his screening, the nominee, who had replaced former Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai, had suddenly collapsed, causing a temporary commotion in the Senate.

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BREAKING: Tinubu Makes New Appointments (FULL LIST)

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BREAKING: Tinubu Makes New Appointments (FULL LIST)

President Bola Tinubu has appointed three new persons.

He wrote a letter to the Nigerian Senate to confirm the appointees as required by the constitution.

READ ALSO: CSU Finally Releases Tinubu’s Record, Gender Raises Doubt

The new ministerial appointees by Tinubu are:
1. DR Jamila Bio
2. Balarebe Abbas and
3. Olawale Olawande.

The President had appoint over 40 Ministers before now making him the first Nigerian President with the highest number of Ministers. With the appointment of the three persons, the number of his Ministers would be around 50- a number no past President had matched.

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BREAKING: CSU Finally Releases Tinubu’s Record, Gender Raises Doubt

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BREAKING: CSU Finally Releases Tinubu's Record, Gender Reads Female

CSU has finally released Tinubu’s records.

News ToGo learned that Chicago State University (CSU) has complied with a court order to release the academic records of President Bola Tinubu, as requested by Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the recent elections.

Following a directive from the US district court for the northern district of Illinois over the weekend, CSU provided the requested academic records.

TheCable reports that the university confirmed that the format of the certificate in question matched Tinubu’s replacement dated June 27, 1997. However, the gender raises doubt. This is because Tinubu filled ”Male” and the university in the new document addressed him as ”Mr”, but some transcripts reportedly show ”F” which suggests ”Female”. This raises doubt in the issue.

However, Atiku and his legal team are following up on the issue after alleging serious discrepancies in Tinubu’s academic records. They also claim that those inconsistencies will help them prove that he was not fit to contest for President of Nigeria.

Recall that Tinubu made serious effort to block the release of his records but the US courts ruled in Atiku’s favour. Atiku and his legal team will now go ahead to prove their case concerning the inconsistencies they discovered.

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