Political Notes

Can Tinubu Advice Governors On What He Controls? By Emmanuel Aziken

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 […]
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Final Match: Appeal Court Vs Supreme Court! By Emmanuel Aziken

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. […]

Would Tinubu as Governor have accepted the directives to Fubara? By Emmanuel Aziken

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

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 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.