Can Tinubu Advice Governors On What He Controls? By Emmanuel Aziken
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may have intended to offer straightforward governance advice when he urged state governors to focus less on grand infrastructure projects and more on addressing the immediate needs of ordinary Nigerians. Instead, his remarks may have ignited a much broader conversation, not only about governors’ priorities but also about the Federal Government’s own choices. The […]
Should Tinubu take treatment from a doctor who voted Obi? By Emmanuel Aziken
The news that President Bola Tinubu had dropped the nomination of Ruby Onwudiwe as the Southeast nominee to the board of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has stoked different reactions in the country. No reason has been formally given for the withdrawal of the nomination. However, nearly all reports allege that she was dropped after reports […]
As Gov Bago kneels before Tinubu…,by Emmanuel Aziken
The picture of Governor Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger State kneeling before President Bola Tinubu in the presidential office was on Friday eliciting strong reactions in social media. Ordinarily, there should be nothing to it for the 50-year-old governor kneeling to greet the president who will be 71 later this month. The picture was brought to social […]
The future problems of Adams Oshiomhole, by Emmanuel Aziken
The gist in Benin is that the emergence of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State has become a mortal blow for the political relevance of the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Adams Oshiomhole. The nexus for such flows from the unbridled […]
Was Utomi right to have told Akpabio shut up? By Emmanuel Aziken
It was a shock hearing Professor Pat Utomi last Thursday telling Senator Godswill Akpabio to shut up. Given the dignity of the office he occupies as President of the Senate, and also being the second in the order of succession, some may say that the learned academic should have been more restrained in his vituperation against […]
Untold Intrigues As Candidates Emerge in Edo, by Emmanuel Aziken
The political firmament around Edo State was yesterday shaken after Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu formally withdrew from the contest for the All Progressives Congress, APC governorship ticket. It is a significant development. Despite being a pastor, Ize-Iyamu has undoubtedly been among the most active political actors in Edo State in the Fourth Republic. He has been directly […]
Our Senators and their common sin, by Emmanuel Aziken
It was remarkable that in the face of the increasing agitations against the increasing hardship in the land, that the All Progressives Congress, APC was this week forced to seek the understanding of Nigerians on the challenges in the land. Just six years ago, during the time of the immediate past government of President Muhammadu Buhari, the […]
Edo’s Heartbeat and the wait for Obaseki’s Successor, by Emmanuel Aziken
The process to pick the candidates of the major parties in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State starts today with the election of ad-hoc delegates by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The PDP has as usual adopted the indirect option of choosing delegates to nominate its candidate in a congress to be held on […]
Another Side To President Tinubu’s Private Visits, by Emmanuel Aziken
As the commander-in-chief went on a private venture at this particular time, the issue of the failure of the state to provide its basic responsibility of security to the citizenry again came to the fore.
The Confusion Around Adams Oshiomhole, by Emmanuel Aziken
It was reassuring that the acting chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Edo State, Mr Jarett Tenebe on Thursday evening came out to denounce reports he said linked Senator Adams Oshiomhole to the alleged plot to screen out some formidable aspirants in the contest for the party’s governorship ticket. The report had among […]
Re-examining Bwala’s joke on the brain of APC politicians, By Emmanuel Aziken
The shocking defection of one of Atiku Abubakar’s spokesmen, Daniel Bwala to President Bola Tinubu, and as such to the All Progressives Congress, APC has bewildered the nation. Though some political actors claim not to be totally shocked given their knowledge of Bwala, the greater proportion of Nigerians have been astounded by the movement of […]
Final Match: Appeal Court Vs Supreme Court! By Emmanuel Aziken
It is not for nothing that the apex court in the land is called the Supreme Court. It is supreme in all things and literally can make a man a woman and vice-versa. As the last point for adjudication of all judicial cases, the finality of the Supreme Court equates it almost with the power of God. […]
The mystery with Atiku that Na‘Abba took to the grave, By Emmanuel Aziken
Na‘Abba became the speaker of the House ofRepresentatives by the accident of the foolery of his predecessor, Salisu Buhari who was helped to office by the executive branch
Would Tinubu as Governor have accepted the directives to Fubara? By Emmanuel Aziken
President Bola Tinubu has been a fighter on both sides in the contestation of power between the presidency and governors. Last Monday and for the umpteenth time since his inauguration as president, Tinubu more than ever before brought to the fore his determination to use his new podium in the presidency to dominate his environment. We have […]
Why Nigerian politicians prefer cancer to malaria, By Emmanuel Aziken
What was supposed to be the 56th birthday memorial of Nyesom Wike turned into a national political spectacle last Wednesday with weird political recitals in Rivers and Abuja. A day before the birthday, and in an earth-shaking development, it was announced that 27 of the 31 PDP legislators in the 32-member Rivers State House of Assembly had […]
Shaibu’s Sins as sop for sainthood, By Emmanuel Aziken
Shaibu’s particular slant of ungratefulness had earlier been projected by his cavalier denunciation of the man he once claimed as his father, Comrade Oshiomhole at the height of the quarrel between him and Obaseki.
