From Obasanjo and Tinubu camps to Atiku’s war room, by Emmanuel Aziken
Atiku Abubakar’s choice of leaders for his 2027 presidential campaign tells a larger story than the announcement of a campaign council. Its chairman, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, was once firmly identified with Olusegun Obasanjo. Its deputy chairman, Nasir El-Rufai, served on a panel that examined allegations against Atiku during his bitter struggle with Obasanjo. Both later moved […]
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 […]
Tinubu’s quiet pursuit of Buhari’s assets, by Emmanuel Aziken
President Bola Tinubu was in Kano yesterday to condole with the family of the late Alhaji Aminu Dantata, who passed away in Abu Dhabi on June 28, 2025. Dantata, who was undoubtedly one of Nigeria’s most successful entrepreneurs, died in his good old age. He, poignantly, before his death, chose to be buried in Saudi Arabia, the […]
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 […]
