Umahi: How Mary, not Habila, destroyed a powerful senator, by Emmanuel Aziken
It was not merely the accident at Chappaquiddick that destroyed Senator Ted Kennedy’s lifelong ambition of becoming President of the United States. It was Mary. Mary Jo Kopechne. She was the young woman who died after Kennedy’s car plunged from a narrow bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in July 1969. Kennedy escaped from the submerged vehicle, but he […]
Why Ekwueme is weeping
It is this great national institution that has lately been reduced to near irrelevance, not even able to voice its positions on national issues
Why up NEPA is a chorus at APC National Secretariat
The hustle and bustle that in the past made the secretariat wear the aura of festivity were totally missing
What is the difference between PDP and APC?
The controversy surrounding the Rivers State Government-owned helicopters best exemplifies the saying that in politics there are no permanent positions, but permanent interests.
Rascality does not know party boundaries
When Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State cries of being a victim of alleged political contrivances weaved by agents and agencies of the Federal Government he ordinarily should win sympathy from us. It is after all, natural for victims of oppression to garner sympathy. However, when acolytes of the ‘oppressed,’
Buhari’s leave: Why Osinbajo will watch his back
It was one of the most horrendous experiences in recent American political history. A supposedly deranged American, John Hinckley Jr, in 1981 so wanted to impress star actress, Jodie Foster who he had a crush on, and thought the best way to show his prowess was to kill President Ronald Reagan. Thankfully, Mr. Hinckley’s infamous crave was not fully realised, but his action inevitably threw up an interesting drama that has remained a defining point in political ambition.
