Osun: Three Candidates, One Verdict and a State at the Crossroads, by Emmanuel Aziken
With campaign activities concluded and the electorate voting today for a governor, the contest has moved beyond the noise of rallies, endorsements and political promises. What remains is the hard arithmetic of voter mobilisation and the capacity of the leading parties to translate their structures into ballots. Fifteen candidates are on the ballot, but the […]
So what makes APC a progressive party?
In its years in power the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was flayed for being undemocratic by critics, especially in its internal affairs. With the All Progressives Congress, APC in power, the current ruling party is now being flayed as unprogressive Apparently, ruling parties in Nigeria have a problem keeping to the meaning of the middle […]
Why Lauretta Onochie denied Buhari three times
Just as Peter denied Jesus three times before his appointment with death about 1,990 years ago, Ms Lauretta Onochie last Thursday denied membership of the All Progressives Congress, APC three times before the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Her denial of membership of the APC could also be mirrored as a […]
Why Igbokwe hates Igbo champions
The picture of Lagos-based All Progressives Congress, APC chieftain, Mr Joe Igbokwe kneeling in thanksgiving upon news of the capture of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB has stirred strong emotions. While the majority of Igbokwe’s ethnic group, the Igbo, do not subscribe to the rhetoric that have been associated […]
Lessons from APC’s bye-election loss in Kaduna
By Emmanuel Aziken The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may have been accused of hypocrisy when it last weekend mocked Governor Nasir El-Rufai over his party’s loss of the State House of Assembly bye-election in Sabon-Gari, State Constituency, in Kaduna North. The PDP said that its victory in Kaduna, “particularly in the political melting point like […]
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 […]
