Tinubu’s Figures, Atiku’s Counter: Let the 2027 debate begin, by Emmanuel Aziken
There was something remarkable about the political exchange that followed President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Day address on Thursday. It was not merely the sharpness of the disagreement. It was the speed. Within hours of the President presenting his economic record and declaring that Nigeria had reached a turning point, Atiku Abubakar was before the country […]
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 […]
