Understanding Adeleke’s Dance Around Yesterday’s Enemies, by Emmanuel Aziken
Governor Ademola Adeleke’s victory in last weekend’s Osun governorship election surprised few observers. He entered the contest with incumbency, a family network, Davido’s digital reach and a grassroots structure that followed him to Accord. What has surprised many supporters is the speed with which Adeleke embraced figures they had spent months identifying as political enemies. […]
Okpebholo very wrong on Obaseki’s babies, by Emmanuel Aziken
One of the most distressing acts in the suppression of democratic expression since the advent of the Fourth Republic was the inconsiderate lock-out of 14 elected members of the Edo State House of Assembly in 2019. After winning their elections in the 2019 General Election, the 14 elected members were refused inauguration in an egregious […]
Okpebholo and Obahiagbon: The politics of grammar in Edo State
From the celebrated verbal excursions of the irrepressible Patrick Obahiagbon to the controversial grammatical gaffes of Governor Monday Okpebholo, Edo State has seemingly gone full circle. But should we care? The latest gaffe by Governor Okpebholo which saw him stutter over figures while delivering his 2025 budget address to the State House of Assembly on […]
Ibori’s defection and the storm ahead in Delta, by Emmanuel Aziken
The defection of five members of the House of Representatives from the opposition to the All Progressives Congress, APC has inevitably consolidated the position of the ruling party in the polity. The APC which started as a minority in the House of Representatives has by the serial defections of seemingly politically spineless Labour and Peoples […]
The Untold Political Influence of Igbo Wives Across Nigeria, by Emmanuel Aziken
The president of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio in the last week subtly gave a hint to Ndigbo on how they can ease the yoke of political marginalization that has been the lot of their people since the 1966 crisis. The new trail for Igbo emancipation surfaced at the night of tributes for the late […]
Awaiting The PDP ‘Obituary’ Statement, by Emmanuel Aziken
After its calamitous trouncing in the Edo State governorship election two months ago, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP could be headed towards death if it fails to revive itself in today’s governorship election in Ondo State. However, having repeated the same mistakes it did in Edo State, the prospects of the PDP cashing in on […]
