Power Sector: What Atiku must do to get it right
By Chris Ekpenyong THE erratic power supply in Nigeria is generally believed to be the bane of economic and industrial development in the country. Many factors, including government inconsistencies and misguided power reform policies; inefficiency in power generation, transmission, distribution, and consumption; and the incompetent work force of energy companies, have contributed to the near collapse […]
Presidential economic blueprint: How Nigeria Dresses in Borrowed Robes, by Atiku Abubakar
His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, Vice President of Nigeria (1999-2007) and Presidential flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, last Tuesday, September 13, 2022, presented his economic blueprint to the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI. His is the first in the series.
Understanding the opinion poll on Obi, Atiku, Tinubu
By Emmanuel Aziken It was understandable that the Tinubu Campaign Organisation was outraged over the outcome of the ANAP NOI polls that put Peter Obi as the leading candidate for the 2023 presidential election. The study puts Obi as the choice of 21% of Nigerians with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar coming a joint […]
PDP Crisis: Why we opposed Ayu’s sack, discarded Wike’s option — Atiku Campaign
Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, yesterday, explained why the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, explored different options from what Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and other stakeholders proffered in resolving the crisis rocking the party.
Atiku: Driver of Nigeria’s telecoms revolution
As Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999, the most populous black nation in the world was expanding at an annual national population growth rate of 2.58 per cent, according to UN – Habitat. With a population of 119,695,565 people, Nigeria was a nation waiting for its many challenges to be taken up. Then Cometh the hour, cometh the man!
PDP crisis: Atiku at wits’ end as Ayu, Wike dig in
Indications emerged last night that presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar may have driven into a political cul-de-sac over conditions listed by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu’s stance who, it was learnt, may not step down from his office.
