Now what former Speaker Mwansat described as one of the wonders of the world began to take shape last September with the two tribunals in the state taking different decisions on the same facts and petitions.

With Tinubu, a consummate politician as president it is clear that the enormous powers of the president will be wholly deployed for his maximum political gain.

If Gumi prefers that lethargy to progress he is on his own

There is no doubt that there is a deliberate effort by the APC to buy out opposition in the land and Senator Ubah is about the latest bargain.

The declaration of Tinubu as president by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC last February may have consumed whatever was left of their tenuous political relationship. The expense that Atiku put to unravel things that the president claims could cause him irreparable damage is shocking to some.

It is simply ludicrous that some of the disciples of the late Odukoya who were with him when the ministry was started and who would have helped in nurturing the young Jimmy even before he went into Nollywood would now come kowtow to him because of the ‘anointing’.

His apparent failure to manage Comrade forced him out of the All Progressives Congress, APC to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP where he was grudgingly accepted. Just as in the APC, Obaseki has had to fight with his benefactors, notably, Chief Dan Orbih who managed his re-election campaign in 2020.

The outcome of the election for Lalong was a riposte to the fate that befell the penultimate president of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki in 2019.

One of the sweetest things about Mary and Peter Odili, whatever people may say of their politics, is the bond of romance that continues to tie them as it was in their days at UNN

It was in the midst of the unfolding intrigues that Shettima found an alliance with Tinubu which saved his second-term aspiration and defined the relationship that was to lead to his emergence as the presidential running mate in 2022.