From Obasanjo and Tinubu camps to Atiku’s war room, by Emmanuel Aziken
Atiku Abubakar’s choice of leaders for his 2027 presidential campaign tells a larger story than the announcement of a campaign council. Its chairman, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, was once firmly identified with Olusegun Obasanjo. Its deputy chairman, Nasir El-Rufai, served on a panel that examined allegations against Atiku during his bitter struggle with Obasanjo. Both later moved […]
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 […]
Our Senators and their common sin, by Emmanuel Aziken
It was remarkable that in the face of the increasing agitations against the increasing hardship in the land, that the All Progressives Congress, APC was this week forced to seek the understanding of Nigerians on the challenges in the land. Just six years ago, during the time of the immediate past government of President Muhammadu Buhari, the […]
