And Tinubu Blinked, by Emmanuel Aziken
For too long, President Bola Tinubu and officials of his administration have celebrated the removal of petrol subsidy as perhaps the defining demonstration of his courage in governance. To his supporters, it was evidence of a president prepared to take decisions his predecessors could not fully implement. Among Tinubu’s four predecessors in the Fourth Republic […]
How APC blew Bayelsa away
David Lyon would have today been one day in office as governor of Bayelsa State, but for the twist of fate that played on him two days ago.
Political Notes: State of our union
By Emmanuel Aziken The defining point for many as the United States President, Donald Trump, delivered his State of the Union address came at the end when Speaker Nancy Pelosi took three different batches of the speech and tore them into two! For Nigerians, the comparison could have been the case of Senator Bukola Saraki […]
State of our union
The defining point for many as President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address came at the end when Speaker Nancy Pelosi took three different batches of the speech and tore them into two!
The coming rebellion by Buhari’s men
By Emmanuel Aziken For a National Assembly whoseleadership was configured to fit the image and body language of President Muhammadu Buhari, the quivers that emerged on resumption from the yuletide break this week were remarkable. Not too long ago, Senate President Ahmad Lawan and his deputy, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, had shocked stakeholders with their unpretentious […]
Thursday blues for Buhari
Buhari, if we remember, came to power in 2015, with a three-point agenda on security, anti-corruption, and economy.
