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And Tinubu Blinked, by Emmanuel Aziken

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 […]
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Buhari’s budget blues

Buhari’s budget blues

The presentation of the 2020 budget proposals to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday was another opportunity for Nigerians to appreciate the workings of a democracy.

What Third Term for Buhari means

What Third Term for Buhari means

A very senior chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC recently but privately confessed that one of the greatest mistakes Nigeria made was not conceding the third term to Dr. Olusegun Obasanjo.

Buhari’s body language

Buhari’s body language

It was on the sidelines of his first outing with the Lagos press as minister of information in the fourth quarter of 2015, that Alhaji Lai Mohammed said that President Muhammadu Buhari was looking for the first minister to send to jail!

Women who spoke when Osinbajo was quiet

Women who spoke when Osinbajo was quiet

It was easy for those critics presidency officials describe as mischief makers and naysayers to taunt Prof. Yemi Osinbajo over his perceived demotion in the affairs of the Muhammadu Buhari presidency.

Women who spoke when Osinbajo was quiet

Women who spoke when Osinbajo was quiet

It was easy for those critics presidency officials describe as mischief makers and naysayers to taunt Prof. Yemi Osinbajo over his perceived demotion in the affairs of the Muhammadu Buhari presidency.