Umahi: How Mary, not Habila, destroyed a powerful senator, by Emmanuel Aziken
It was not merely the accident at Chappaquiddick that destroyed Senator Ted Kennedy’s lifelong ambition of becoming President of the United States. It was Mary. Mary Jo Kopechne. She was the young woman who died after Kennedy’s car plunged from a narrow bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in July 1969. Kennedy escaped from the submerged vehicle, but he […]
Grazing routes, bandit routes, and growth routes
By Emmanuel Aziken Disclaiming conspiracy theories of a presidency that had been hijacked by a few visible and invisible handlers, President Muhammadu Buhari last week came out to show himself and character as being behind the actions and inactions of his administration. His interview sessions with Arise Television, and subsequently with the state-owned, NTA, conveyed […]
Conversations on the Tweet
Alhaji Lia Ahmed, the country’s veteran opposition spokesman was bristling with indignation this Saturday morning at an interactive session with a select group of newspaper editors. The setting was in September 2014, months away from what many had predicted as a do or die election. “Even if this man did not have the opportunity of […]
APC’s deception on zoning
Since Kawu Samilla, one of the closest loyalists of President Muhammadu Buhari declared that the Southeast would not get the 2023 presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, your correspondent has been wondering the reaction of some Igbo chieftains of the ruling party. Kawu according to my sources was even hospitalized in Kano when […]
Okowa and the coming battles ahead
It is arguable if anyone among his fellow political actors was as prepared as Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for the kind of positions he has held. Starting off from medical school he has held among others, secretary to the local government, chairman of local government, commissioner, Secretary to the State Government, Senator, and now governor. The […]
Assessing Ayade’s yardstick
By Emmanuel Aziken In justifying his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governor Ben Ayade last Thursday cited his determination to forge a national consensus around President Muhammadu Buhari for Nigeria to move forward. “Instead of us rising as an orgasmic whole to see how we can support […]
