Trump’s Letter, Atiku’s Lobbyists and old American stories about Tinubu, by Emmanuel Aziken
Politics is often less about the event itself than about the timing of the event. A document released today may have been written weeks earlier, but when it surfaces at a politically sensitive moment, it immediately acquires a meaning far beyond its contents. That is the context in which the recent exchange involving President Bola Tinubu, former […]
Ondo 2016: A race wrecked by lawyers?
The Nigerian politician whether he is a lawyer or a media practitioner or a scholar all have one lifestyle, they are avaricious, they are greedy, they are selfish
Divide and Rule:The Presidency’s game against National Assembly
It was an unusual meeting at the Maitama, Abuja residence of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki last Wednesday. His guests were the principal officers of the Senate and their corresponding colleagues in the House of Representatives who were led by Speaker Yakubu Dogara.
PDP: The reward for impunity
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State speaking not long after Senator Ali Modu Sheriff was invited to take over as chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP was right on point when he said: “my boss Sheriff will destroy PDP.” The governor’s sense of clairvoyance some claimed, was not exceptional given the spectacular or controversial background of the former governor.
Clinton winning the battle for 270
In U.S. presidential election, 270 is not just a number, it is the magic number – the Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency. And if the election was decided today, Hillary Clinton would win in a landslide. With about 80 days to the November 8 elections, all the scientific polls in America show that Clinton would conveniently secure at least 288 electoral college votes, with Trump guaranteed 174 while 76 toss up votes could go either way.
