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 […]
Why Tinubu is forgetful of Southeast, South-South, by Emmanuel Aziken
When, in the near future, political and other stakeholders from the Southeast gather to review the fate of the region in Nigeria’s geopolitical balance, many eyes will turn to Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu for explanations. As Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kalu is today the highest-ranking political officer from the Southeast, a position that confers […]
Tales of Betrayal and Aregbesola’s Difficult Task Against Tinubu, by Emmanuel Aziken
The acerbic attacks of Daniel Bwala at the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its triumphant 2023 presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, resurfaced this week as the political space again reflected on the fickleness of Nigerian politicians. In a social media post that has come to symbolise the mutability of Nigerian political actors, Bwala, who before the 2023 General […]
NOA’s Impossible Road To Heaven, by Emmanuel Aziken
Ever since the Ibrahim Babangida administration established the National Orientation Agency, NOA, in its last days, perhaps to reorient the narrative of its tragic decision to annul the June 12 election of 1993, the agency has gone through various administrations. Perhaps none of the heads of the agency may have succeeded as the present administration, shepherded […]
Peter Obi and the alliance of desperate candidates
By Emmanuel Aziken How the El-Rufai family jumped full circle from bashers of Peter Obi to his leading cheerleader in Northern Nigeria may not be directly linked to Nwakaego El-Rufai, wife of Bashir El-Rufai. The El-Rufai family, with Bashir in the lead, was not too long ago easily identified as the primary bashers of Peter […]
Can Atiku be trusted as President?, by Emmanuel Aziken
The death ofPresident Muhammadu Buhari penultimate Sunday has unarguably upended politicalpermutations over the 2027 political succession, putting Atiku Abubakar in anunprecedentedly favoured position. Though Buhariwas not expected to be on the ballot, his image was largely expected to weighseriously on the options open to his followers. The myth of the 12 millionvotes around Buhari had, however, been […]
