Can Tinubu dvice Governors On What He Controls? By Emmanuel Aziken
President Bola Tinubu’s extraordinary intervention in the freezing of an Osun State Government account by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has brought into sharp relief a question that has increasingly shadowed his presidency: who exactly acts in the President’s name, and how much of what is done around him carries his prior knowledge and approval? […]
How we lost Buhari
By Emmanuel Aziken In his first press interaction with the Lagos press in 2015, just after he was inaugurated minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in an off-the-record conversation with correspondent disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari was looking for his first appointee to use as a scapegoat for his anti-corruption war. Mohammed said so against […]
Osinbajo And Osinachi: Tales of betrayal
By Emmanuel Aziken The moral fiber of the Nigerian society was shaken this week after two major acts of alleged betrayal shook the national media space. The news of the declaration for the presidency by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was received with mixed reviews by political actors. While some saw it as a natural ascent […]
The stupidity of zoning Atiku’s brain
By Emmanuel Aziken In a desperate effort by some supporters to justify Atiku Abubakar’s 2023 bid for the presidency, they have alleged that the North has been marginalized by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP from the power equation since the advent of the Fourth Republic. In their argument, they alleged that the North has only […]
APC: The dangerous coronation of Abdullahi Adamu
By Emmanuel Aziken Today’s expected coronation of Senator Abdullahi Adamu as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC smacks of the kind of arrogance that can only come from a ruling party. Indeed, what came in as a rumour quickly turned into a project as President Muhammadu Buhari’s famous body language translated into […]
Ebele Obiano: Beyond the farewell slap
After eight years of a mixed legacy in Anambra State, the legacy of Chief Willie Obiano was on Thursday mired in the mud after his wife was given a dirty slap on the day he left office. Even more, the former governor was that same night slammed into custody by the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
