Oshiomhole’s question and Akpabio’s silence, by Emmanuel Aziken
In a week when ordinary Nigerians took to the streets in one of the most energetic public expressions of anger against the security failures of the Bola Tinubu administration, the National Assembly sadly brought its vanity to full manifestation. Across Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan and even Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigerians poured out their frustration over the worsening […]
Good lessons from Edo State
Governor Godwin Obaseki understandably, would not want to see himself as a champion of the controversial but yet constructive proposal to prohibit grazing, especially given the fact that senior officials of the APC administration in Abuja have kicked against it
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.
