Osun: Three Candidates, One Verdict and a State at the Crossroads, by Emmanuel Aziken
With campaign activities concluded and the electorate voting today for a governor, the contest has moved beyond the noise of rallies, endorsements and political promises. What remains is the hard arithmetic of voter mobilisation and the capacity of the leading parties to translate their structures into ballots. Fifteen candidates are on the ballot, but the […]
Buhari and Trump:Common problems
The rabidly passionate Buhari Media Organisation which does not spare insults in its defence of President Muhammadu Buhari was particularly confused. How to react to President Obasanjo’s recent troubleshooting among Yoruba and Fulani leaders in the Southwest was an issue.
Will this Senate destroy Buhari?
Undoubtedly, one of the low points for your correspondent during the just concluded screening or better, serenading of ministerial nominees, was the point when Senator Orji Uzor Kalu intervened to cover the oral delivery deficiencies of the nominee from Taraba State, Saleh Mohammed.
Bow and Go Senate!
The highpoint of the ministerial screening as at Thursday for your correspondent was the point Senator Uche Ekwunife rose to address the nominee from Nassarwa State.
Who does Buhari know?
President Muhammadu Buhari last week cited the need to get people personally known to him as the reason for his dithering procrastination in naming his ministers.
We must save Secondus
Given the kind of theatrics that come with political campaigns, it was not surprising that some mischief-makers in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, used the name of the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to mock the opposition during the recent campaigns.
