Political Notes

Atiku’s Desperation and Tinubu’s Panic, by Emmanuel Aziken

When Atiku Abubakar reinvented his stance on fuel subsidy in mid-August, it was no surprise that the Presidency launched an all-out campaign against him. The former vice-president was painted as a desperado who would say anything in what Villa critics called a naked bid for Aso Rock in 2027. Bayo Onanuga, President Bola Tinubu’s information […]
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Mary Odili again! By Emmanuel Aziken

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

Tinubu’s Women ‘Problem’, By Emmanuel Aziken

There are few who meet Senator Remi Tinubu without going away with a favourable impression of the lady that has become Nigeria’s First Lady. With a beauty that resonates in pictures and reality, Senator Remi Tinubu alongside Senator Margery Okadigbo are the only women in Nigeria to have sat in the Senate after their husbands. […]

Tinubu’s Untold Links to  Man-United, By Emmanuel Aziken

From all accounts, all newly convicted prisoners irrespective of crime or status, are thoroughly searched before they are turned in to their cells. In some countries, they are compelled to go under the shower with supervision. The rooms are also laid bare and swept clean. The major reason is to prevent them from concealing weapons […]

Bow and lie-lie Senate, By Emmanuel Aziken

On the heels of the bribery scandal,  the Senate as an institution entered into an official war with El-Rufai who dammed the legislative body and turned his back by snubbing several of their resolutions directed at him

Could the 10th National Assembly be our worst? By Emmanuel Aziken

It was under their scrutiny that billions of naira was expended on school feeding during the lockdown, a whole nation was scammed in the form of a new national airline, millions of invisible persons enrolled into a palliative programme, trillions of naira expended on an opaque petrol subsidy regime and so on

What happened to Festus Okoye? By Emmanuel Aziken

Of course, Okoye may not have acted directly to impinge the integrity of the ballot, but his decision to defend the worst presidential election in Nigeria since the Maurice Iwu era is befuddling

Police should kill bandits, not democracy in Plateau, Nasarawa, By Emmanuel Aziken

Arguably the best Inspector General of Police since the exit of Solomon Arase, Nigeria’s top police shot, IGP Usman Alkali Baba appears to have now run himself into an unnecessary controversy. Given the foibles of the ruling political class, he had within reasonable expectations held his dignity in the face of the rascality of political […]

Can Tinubu control Nigeria the way he holds Lagos? By Emmanuel Aziken

For a man who has successfully pinned down his Lagos political rivals to submission, suggestions as to whether President Bola Tinubu could transform Nigeria into his political image is now a matter of debate. Considering the cavalier surrender of the likes of Chief Bode George, and before then, his former political combatant, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, […]

How Tinubu can escape Buhari’s first booby trap

By Emmanuel Aziken It’s an irony that the fortunes of the Nigerian petroleum industry were at the worst under the longest serving minister of petroleum in the country’s history, Muhammadu Buhari. Even more astounding is the fact that the last eight-year spell was not Buhari’s first time as minister of petroleum, having occupied that portfolio […]

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