Political Notes

Tinubu’s daughter roars as his Lagos empire quakes, by Emmanuel Aziken

Just a week ago, your correspondent quietly and perhaps discreetly painted a picture of the emerging problems President Bola Tinubu is facing in his Lagos political base, using the drama around Nollywood actor and lawmaker, Desmond Elliot, as a window into the unfolding tension.  The Desmond Elliot story helped to show how the President has, over time, […]
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Troubling Issues Ahead of Edo Poll, by Emmanuel Aziken

In what many may consider as the most provoking development leading to next weekend’s governorship election in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP last Thursday walked away from a peace accord among the parties and candidates. The accord was brokered by the General Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee, NPC. Peace accords have since 2015 […]

No To INEC’s Peace Accords! By Emmanuel Aziken

The 2015 General Election, despite what many saw as some deficiencies, is, however, generally regarded as the best election of the Fourth Republic since the 1999 elections that gave birth to the present dispensation

Understanding Wike’s rebellion in the eyes of Bode George, by Emmanuel Aziken

For a man who once vowed not to abide in Nigeria should Asiwaju Bola Tinubu emerge as president of Nigeria it could have been tempting to discard the pledge by Chief Bode George not to serve in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Disciplinary Committee that was constituted by the national leadership earlier this week. Just […]

The truth the elders told Tinubu, by Emmanuel Aziken

Last Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu hosted the first National Council of State meeting of his administration. The body comprising of former and current heads of the various organs of government, to wit, executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Federal Government is meant to provide the president with advice to guide him in the administration […]

Protest: Trading blame between Tinubu and governors, by Emmanuel Aziken

As Nigerians ponder over the lessons of the recent protest against bad governance and hunger in the land, it is becoming clear that those who ordinarily should reset the course of governance in the country have not drawn any lesson from the uprising against the status quo. That much was espoused in President Bola Tinubu’s […]

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