Oshiomhole’s question and Akpabio’s silence, by Emmanuel Aziken
In a week when ordinary Nigerians took to the streets in one of the most energetic public expressions of anger against the security failures of the Bola Tinubu administration, the National Assembly sadly brought its vanity to full manifestation. Across Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan and even Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigerians poured out their frustration over the worsening […]
The NNPC Board Intrigues: Winners and losers
The minister of petroleum, that is Muhammadu Buhari, at the beginning of the week ordered the incorporation of the new Nigerian National Petroleum Company, Limited as envisaged by the new Petroleum Industry Act, PIA. Given his background as a petroleum minister under General Olusegun Obasanjo in the seventies, Buhari’s seeming speed in driving the reforms […]
Decision on zoning will be taken at appropriate time – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governors’ forum on Saturday said that a decision zoning of political offices would be made by the party at the appropriate time before the party convention, scheduled for October 30. The party and its governors’ forum stated this in separate statements issued in Abuja on Saturday in reaction […]
Fani-Kayode: The unauthorized obituary
By Emmanuel Aziken The stage for the articulation of Chief Femi Fani-Kayode’s political obituary was set in 2019 when rumours of his possible defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC surfaced. Responding at that time, the former minister who had served as communication director in the Goodluck Jonathan 2015 Presidential Campaign said that he would […]
Wike’s wicked project
By Emmanuel Aziken Despite his sometimes seemingly loud interventions, Governor Nyesom Wike is appearing to be a master in using the law to upturn permutations. Few would remember how in 2013, Wike using the seeming gaffes in the operational guidelines of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was able to take control of the party’s structure […]
Cabinet Change: Why Akpabio and … should fear
President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent vow not to leave office a failure may have translated into the unprecedented sack of two of his ministers last Wednesday. As has been reported everywhere, it is the first time that the president has sacked a minister since his advent six years ago. That is despite the avalanche of evidence […]
