Tinubu’s daughter roars as his Lagos empire quakes, by Emmanuel Aziken
Just a week ago, your correspondent quietly and perhaps discreetly painted a picture of the emerging problems President Bola Tinubu is facing in his Lagos political base, using the drama around Nollywood actor and lawmaker, Desmond Elliot, as a window into the unfolding tension. The Desmond Elliot story helped to show how the President has, over time, […]
Political Notes: Keyamo’s good fight
By Emmanuel Aziken Those in the know allege that Mr Festus Keyamo belongs to the Mallam Nasir El-Rufai tendency in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. That is perhaps the first nexus between the two men who have carved a special niche in relationships between the executive branch of government and the legislature. The El-Rufai-Keyamo […]
Was Buhari right to humiliate Oshiomhole out of office?
By Emmanuel Aziken The question as to whether President Muhammadu Buhari and other members of his inner team were justified in humiliating Comrade Adams Oshiomhole out of the office of national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC is one that will endure for some time. After lending himself to the ferocious campaign that returned […]
Imagining Oshiomhole as Chief Justice
By Emmanuel Aziken Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was in a very awkward position on Wednesday night when he was asked if he would appeal the Court of Appeal order that suspended him as chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Oshiomhole who spoke to Channels Television a day after the shocking suspension, was surprisingly muted […]
Oshiomhole and Ize-Iyamu: A matter of grace
By Emmanuel Aziken The ways of the politician have been well decrypted in the saying, ‘that there are no permanent friends, but permanent interests.’ It is as such not amazing to many that Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has become the favoured man by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to replace Mr. Godwin Obaseki as governor of Edo State […]
Buhari and our 36 dictators
For whatever his critics may think of him, President Muhammadu Buhari last week took a positive step towards addressing the excesses of Nigeria’s governors. His assent of the Executive Order 10 of 2020 is undoubtedly one of the most poignant steps taken by the administration in its two terms. Executive Order 10 gives the framework […]
