Bamanga Tukur and the In-Law Battle That Wrecked PDP, by Emmanuel Aziken
By the time Alhaji Bamanga Tukur entered the last major chapter of his public career as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, he had already built a name that did not depend on politics. Indeed, politics was only one strand in an extraordinary career spanning port administration, business, government and pan-African economic advocacy. Tukur, […]
How Two Buhari aides married one Wife at the same time! By Emmanuel Aziken
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 […]
Tinubu’s first major political blunder, by Emmanuel Aziken
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 […]
Revisiting Tinubu’s F9, A1 results, by Emmanuel Aziken
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 […]
2027: Why Shettima is in ‘trouble’, by Emmanuel Aziken
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. […]
Akpabio responds as Ekweremadu speaks from afar, by Emmanuel Aziken
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 […]
