Political Notes

From Obasanjo and Tinubu camps to Atiku’s war room, by Emmanuel Aziken

From Obasanjo and Tinubu camps to Atiku’s war room, by Emmanuel Aziken

Atiku Abubakar’s choice of leaders for his 2027 presidential campaign tells a larger story than the announcement of a campaign council. Its chairman, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, was once firmly identified with Olusegun Obasanjo. Its deputy chairman, Nasir El-Rufai, served on a panel that examined allegations against Atiku during his bitter struggle with Obasanjo. Both later moved […]
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Oshiomhole and Obaseki: Shadow boxing

Oshiomhole and Obaseki: Shadow boxing

When last Thursday a group of loyalists belonging to the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, issued a communique asking aggrieved colleagues not to split the party as was recently done in some states, the message was clear.

Oshiomhole and Obaseki:Shadow boxing

Oshiomhole and Obaseki:Shadow boxing

When last Thursday a group of loyalists belonging to the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, issued a communique asking aggrieved colleagues not to split the party as was recently done in some states, the message was clear.

Now that Amaechi, Akpabio are friends again

Now that Amaechi, Akpabio are friends again

It was bound to happen that  Senator Godswill Akpbabio and Rt. Hon. Chibuke Amaechi would become friends again. After all, some observe that they have nothing to fight for again. That is after the recent poor outings by their camps in Akwa Ibom and Rivers States.

Now that Amaechi, Akpabio are friends again

Now that Amaechi, Akpabio are friends again

It was bound to happen that Senator Godswill Akpbabio and Rt. Hon. Chibuke Amaechi would become friends again. After all, some observe that they have nothing to fight for again. That is after the recent poor outings by their camps in Akwa Ibom and Rivers States.

Has Tinubu changed?

Has Tinubu changed?

By the time Yakubu Dogara was finishing his mandatory National Youth Service Corps, NYSC programme in 1994, Bola Ahmed Tinubu had etched a name as an international pro-democracy activist with recognition in the capital cities of many western countries.