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ADC Crisis: The untold winners of Supreme Court verdict, by Emmanuel Aziken

The decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria to remit the leadership crisis in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) back to the trial court may, at first glance, appear like a procedural outcome. However, beneath the surface lies a profound reaffirmation of democratic principles and a subtle but significant boost to Nigeria’s multiparty system. At the heart […]

As Akpabio turns to prayer, by Emmanuel Aziken

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has again stepped into the eye of the storm, not so much for what he said as for what his words now represent in a country increasingly impatient with the language of power. His latest assertion he is praying that insurgency in Nigeria will end in 2026 has reopened a familiar debate: the […]

Bible’s saddest story plays out in Nigeria, by Emmanuel Aziken

Earlier this week, I read what many consider as about the most saddening story in the Bible. It is a story so dark that it forces a painful reflection on the depths to which human society can descend when authority collapses and morality is abandoned. It is the account of the Levite and his concubine in Judges […]

Tinubu in a fix over next Lagos governor, by Emmanuel Aziken

The rumour mill has continued to churn over the conspicuous absence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from several high-profile commissioning ceremonies during his recent visit to Lagos. What should ordinarily have been a triumphant return to his political base, the very platform that launched him to national power, has instead opened the floodgates of speculation.  Observers have […]

Easter: Lessons Tinubu, Buhari followers should note from Jesus, by Emmanuel Aziken

About this time some 1,993 years ago, the most outstanding Personality to have walked the earth, Jesus The Christ was executed in Jerusalem, an event so profound that it split the record of time into what we now know as before and after Christ. His death has, for centuries, been interpreted as the ultimate sacrifice for the […]

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