The unveiling of the experiences of Mallam Garba Shehu in the political space as packaged in a book last Wednesday, was understandably graced by an incongruous audience. It couldn’t have been otherwise, given the paradoxical role the esteemed journalist and public relations expert has played in the course of a so far distinguished career. President Bola Tinubu […]

Just a week ago, President Bola Tinubu was hailed and nailed on this page over his score in his first two years in office as assessed by the 2023 Social Democratic Party, SDP, presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo. Adebayo had in his assessment of the two years spent by Tinubu in power scored him an F9 in governance […]

The fine print of the agreement reconciling Governor Siminilayi Fubara of Rivers State and his estranged political godfather, Nyesom Wike, was, as of press time, yet to be spelled out. It is, however, dead-on to say that the agreement came at a point in time that presidential historians may consider as the defining point in the Bola […]

The circumstances surrounding Vice President Kashim Shettima over his prospects in the 2027 presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC are not surprising in Nigeria. Almost all sitting vice-presidents since the advent of the Fourth Republic with the notable exception of Namadi Sambo faced scrutiny on retaining their slots in the election for a second term. […]

The celebration of this year’s June 12 Democracy Day was undoubtedly about the loudest exertion of the democratic spirit since President Muhammadu Buhari shocked everyone in 2018 with his decision to proclaim the day a public holiday. For one who had hitherto been defined by his disinterest, if not animosity, to the June 12 struggle, Buhari’s action […]

Yesterday’s formal defection of Governor Umo Eno from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC, was about the worst kept secret in the political arena. However, about the best kept secret at the point of defection was the issue with the governor’s godfather and immediate predecessor, Deacon Udom Emmanuel. It is understood that […]

When Senator Orji Uzor Kalu sought out reporters last Tuesday to admire his new dress sprinkled with President Bola Tinubu’s second-term campaign insignia, it only reminded one of the fervour little children have for their Christmas or Sallah clothes. For Orji Kalu, it was certainly not Christmas. The last genuine Christmas festivity for him was […]

A wise child brings joy to a father; a foolish child brings grief to a mother, King Solomon was quoted as saying in Proverbs10:1. Why exactly the father takes joy in glorying in the output of a wise son may be an argument for theological experts. However, why the father is left out in the agonies […]

The jury is still out on  the dispute among aides and supporters of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State as to whether his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC was a peaceful acquisition or a hostile takeover. Whatever, the defection of the governor, his predecessor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa […]

In a week that the country’s political landscape reverberated with the most shocking defection to the ruling party so far, it was no less of a shock that one of the leading lights of the Nigerian charismatic movement was also busy mobilizing against the poor in our midst. Whatever, the reason behind the defection of […]