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 […]
The political value of a Nigerian life
The dangers inherent in journalism are brutally being conveyed to the whole world by the unfolding developments around the disappearance of the missing Saudi journalist, Jammal Khashoggi. Khashoggi was reportedly dismembered in his country’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey earlier this month. He was killed on account of his sensitive commentaries that apparently did not put the Saudi government in good light.
What will Garba Shehu, Audu Ogbeh say against Atiku?
It is the opinion of some that Mallam Garba Shehu is still held with suspicion in the inner circle of the cabal around President Muhammadu Buhari. That is despite the fact that he is undoubtedly one of the finest media managers of the fourth republic.
The new narrative in Enugu
The discord and drama that once trailed relationships between governors and their predecessors in Enugu State seem to have been buried and it is no surprise that the incumbent governor seems to be drawing applause from friends and foes of his political platform.
The political lies that killed Citizen Khorsa
Nigeria’s leading political actors were all about in the outgoing week projecting themselves and seemingly rewriting history. It was, however, a different matter for the majority of the apolitical class.
The political trials of the tailor’s son
Loyalty is one of the most abused words in the vocabulary of the Nigerian political class.
