The Labour Party which fielded Peter Obi in the presidential polls is divided while the PDP is riven by two factions: one being backed by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar – who was the party's presidential candidate in the last election – and another by Nyesom Wike (AC Vol 64 No 23 Tinubu tightens grip opposition regroups)...

Two of Tinubu's most serious opponents come from the north: Atiku Abubakar from Adamwa in the north-east and Rabiu Kwankwaso in Kano in the north-west...

Opposition leaders Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi sided with Dangote as did African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina (AC Vol 64 No 25 Opposition left outmanoeuvred)...

We were told he invested heavily in the PDP candidate Atiku Abubakar's presidential campaign last year...

Atiku Abubakar former Vice-President and defeated presidential candidate last year weighed in a few hours later with a ‘stern caution' to the ‘distinguished service chiefs and military commanders who authorise the use of lethal force against peaceful civilian protestors'...

His main rivals Atiku Abubakar of People's Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi for the Labour Party got 29% and 25% respectively...

Tinubu is fortunate that criticism from Atiku Abubakar's People's Democratic Party and reform-minded Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi lacks the punch it had before February 2023's presidential polls...

Atiku Abubakar a former vice-president and PDP presidential candidate for 2027 blamed Tinubu for the crisis in Kano state which had degenerated into riots and said the deployment of soldiers was unconstitutional...

After declining to endorse either Atiku Abubakar on the PDP ticket or Tinubu on the All Progressives' Congress ticket Ibori said he would support Obi...

Atiku Abubakar People's Democratic Party presidential candidate is asking about the cost of the financing as pressure mounts on the national budget...

' Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar the People's Democratic Party candidate last year has attributed the spike in attacks and insecurity which apply across the country to worsening levels of poverty and hunger...