The other major candidate Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) is yet to respond to Chatham House's invitation ahead of the elections on 25 February (AC Vol 64 No 1 Election noise louder but signals weaker)...

A widespread view of Tinubu and the PDP's Atiku Abubakar as oligarchs profiting from decades of professional politics could rebound against them...

Of the presidential hopefuls former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for the People's Democratic Party (PDP) not only promises major privatisations exchange rate reform and gradually to remove the fuel subsidy he also says he is prepared to request Nigeria's creditors agree to 'debt forgiveness or cancellation' and could suggest a 'flexible payment plan' for domestic creditors...

Political grandees are backing either Bola Ahmed Tinubu or Atiku Abubakar respectively the presidential candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...

The flurry of secret meetings between senior Nigerian politicians in Paris and London this week points to trouble for presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)...

The PDP's presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar was accused of deleting social media posts condemning the murder after he was told such comments could cost him millions of votes...

The establishment insists that Obi stands no chance against the two main parties' septuagenarian candidates Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar veteran politicians who each have at least a hundred times more wealth at their disposal than Obi (AC Vol 63 No 15 Presidential race tightens after flagbearers pick running mates)...

The longest-ever presidential election campaign in Nigerian history is into its next more intense phase after the three leading candidates – Atiku Abubakar Peter Obi and Bola Ahmed Tinubu – have named their running mates...