Atiku and the northern oligarchs should be careful of what they are asking for, by Rotimi Fasan
Our politicians are already up in arms, nagging and threatening fire and brimstone about the INEC list of politicians cleared for the January 16, 2027 election. The electoral body is being accused of bias and favouritism. There are allegations that while some names have been excluded from INEC’s list on the grounds that they did […]
Igbo, Yoruba fight over maths
Always at war but never apart, that is the story of Igbo-Yoruba ties. If they are not talking about rivalry between Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Chief Obafemi Awolowo, there is debate on the role played by Emma Ifeajuna and Victor Banjo in the Biafra war.
The rise and rise of political extremism
Thugs came to the Senate. And took the mace. That sums it up. Fani Kayode wants the Arch Bishop of Canterbury tied to a stake, quartered and butchered. The Arch Bishop’s offense is that he supports President Buhari.
That brazen attack on democracy
You can describe Wednesday, April 18, 2018 anyhow you like, but it was indeed, a national day of opprobrium. Some would also say it was a national day of mourning. Or how does one describe a day the National Assembly, in broad day light, was under attack.
Why your legislator is a mace snatcher
Last Wednesday’s mace snatching incident is the first recorded event of such in either of the two chambers of the National Assembly. However, similar incidents of mace snatching are not strange to State Houses of Assembly where political theatrics sometimes turn to physical exchange of blows by legislators.
Sino-American spats, dominance and energy
Last month, the disposition was a petty quarrel over protectionism between the world’s two largest economies, the United States and China. The row might have caused disintegration in the foundations of America’s relationship with China.
