Tinubu’s Figures, Atiku’s Counter: Let the 2027 debate begin, by Emmanuel Aziken
There was something remarkable about the political exchange that followed President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Day address on Thursday. It was not merely the sharpness of the disagreement. It was the speed. Within hours of the President presenting his economic record and declaring that Nigeria had reached a turning point, Atiku Abubakar was before the country […]
Why APC ‘Bastards’ are not reconciling
Only few would have been shocked by Mr. Adebayo Shittu’s claim that he would be a bastard to be seen supporting his party’s candidate in the 2019 governorship election in Oyo State.
When Mbaka blessed Obi
If anyone needed proof of the damage politics has done to the spiritual orientation of Nigerians, the recent encounter between Father Ejike Mbaka and Mr. Peter Obi would certainly be a good referral.
When a monarch refuses to be gagged
The true story of the dramatic encounter between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Umar Ibn Garbai Elkanemi in Maiduguri last Wednesday took almost 48 hours to seep out.
Akpabio, Chime and the 16 years of PDP
It was understandable that a photograph of Senator Godswill Akpabio and the two living former presidents of the fourth republic, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and Dr. Olusegun Obasanjo at the wedding of Mr. Timi Alaibe’s daughter two weeks ago would captivate social media commentators.
Issues from the Muslim-Muslim strategy in Kaduna
When and how President Muhammadu Buhari sanctioned Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s bid for a Muslim-Muslim governorship ticket in Kaduna State will be an issue for those who project the president as a non-partisan leader.
