Tinubu’s daughter roars as his Lagos empire quakes, by Emmanuel Aziken
Just a week ago, your correspondent quietly and perhaps discreetly painted a picture of the emerging problems President Bola Tinubu is facing in his Lagos political base, using the drama around Nollywood actor and lawmaker, Desmond Elliot, as a window into the unfolding tension. The Desmond Elliot story helped to show how the President has, over time, […]
Ekweremadu’s contradictions!
The seeming contradiction flows from Ekweremadu’s survival and successes in the system he is now criticising. Indeed, among the few politicians who have survived the bumpy theatrics that have been characteristic of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, few would have stories to tell like Ekweremadu.
Hyenas in our midst
By Emmanuel Aziken Devotees of wild life television programmes know very well the hatred lions have for hyenas and jackals. It is that deep-seated mutual animosity that First Lady Aisha Buhari and Senator Shehu Sani drew on to illustrate the seemingly bestial inclination of the Nigerian political class. Hyenas and jackals move in packs and […]
Why Nigerians rig everything, everywhere
Anyone wondering why the authorities in Abuja find it difficult to give Nigeria the required leadership should also consider the imperious inclinations of many of those in authority over smaller jurisdictions.
Preventing hostile takeover at Government House
Just three years ago the imagination of Obong Godswill Akpabio playing second fiddle in the affairs of Akwa Ibom State seemed a near impossibility.
Why Obasanjo lives on
Some of the graduates delightfully introduced themselves by inserting OLUSEGUN as their middle name; a moving expression of their eternal loyalty to the former president
