Tinubu’s Figures, Atiku’s Counter: Let the 2027 debate begin, by Emmanuel Aziken
There was something remarkable about the political exchange that followed President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Day address on Thursday. It was not merely the sharpness of the disagreement. It was the speed. Within hours of the President presenting his economic record and declaring that Nigeria had reached a turning point, Atiku Abubakar was before the country […]
The emergence of OBIdient Nigerians
The emergence of OBIdient Nigerians
The forgotten story of Mbaka, Peter Obi and Buhari
The forgotten story of Mbaka, Peter Obi and Buhari
How President Tinubu will reckon with Buhari
How President Tinubu will reckon with Buhari
Tales of political betrayal
By Emmanuel Aziken As the political season reaches a feverish pitch this weekend, the Nigerian political space is saturating with stories of betrayal by political actors seeking to gain the ascendancy over benefactors. Of course, there can hardly be a more fitting example of this narrative than the stories emanating from Benin on the relationship […]
How Kano will affect 2023 Presidential Election
By Emma Aziken The defection of Senator Ibrahim Shekarau to the newly formed New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP may not just be read as another in his cyclical political gyrations but reflects a political realignment that could ultimately affect the whole country. The NNPP is led by Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, Shekarau’s predecessor and successor as […]
