Akpabio’s Suicide Saga:When leaders forget, by Emmanuel Aziken
When Nigeria’s youngest senator, 41-year-old Asuquo Ekpenyong of Cross River South, moved a bill to decriminalise attempted suicide, few could have anticipated the sharp confrontation it would provoke between a new approach to mental health and the traditional thinking of the political establishment. During Tuesday’s plenary on October 13, Senate President Godswill Akpabio opposed the […]
Umahi, Diri and the search for morals
By Emmanuel Aziken The theatrics shadowing the defection of Governor Dave Umahi from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC should ordinarily have been enough humour for Nigerians in the face of challenges at all levels of governance. But besides Umahi’s solo political drama, Nigerians were this week also treated to […]
El-Rufai in ‘enemy’ territory
The visit of Governor Nasir El-Rufai to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday was remarkable. The sympathy visit was despite the well-known political differences between the two leaderships of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Lagos and Kaduna. Significantly, it came days after Mallam hosted one of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s most notable Southwest political rivals, Dr […]
Trump and Biden: How Nigerians are voting
By Emmanuel Aziken With the dominant influence of the United States in the world, it is understandable that many are concerned about next Tuesday’s presidential election. Dr Rueben Abati on Friday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to caution the United States to ensure democratic ethos are observed in the election! The omens are indeed cloudy. On […]
Lazy youths and lazy govts
By Emmanuel Aziken In the euphoria to get President Muhammadu Buhari to speak to the nation on the #EndSARS protest, it was bemusing seeing hardened critics of the president ardently and subtly pushing that he should not read from a prepared address. The intention was purely an act of mischief by the critics to ridicule […]
The minimisation of Mimiko
By Emmanuel Aziken The re-election of Rotimi Akeredolu as governor of Ondo State was a significant political landmark. While it showed the struggle for political ascendancy between the two major political parties in the country, it also posited the readiness of the increasingly divided chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC to bury their […]
