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 […]
Magu’s role in the 2023 puzzle
By Emmanuel Aziken The narrative about the job of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC being a poisoned chalice is one that flows from the disastrous end of the stewardship of all occupants of that position to date. That the stewardships of Nuhu Ribadu, Farida Waziri, Ibrahim Lamorde, and Ibrahim Magu […]
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 […]
