Tinubu’s daughter roars as his Lagos empire quakes, by Emmanuel Aziken
Just a week ago, your correspondent quietly and perhaps discreetly painted a picture of the emerging problems President Bola Tinubu is facing in his Lagos political base, using the drama around Nollywood actor and lawmaker, Desmond Elliot, as a window into the unfolding tension. The Desmond Elliot story helped to show how the President has, over time, […]
Delta 2023: Understanding Ibori’s Option To Disgrace
By Emmanuel Aziken Reacting to yesterday’s Supreme Court judgement on the dispute over the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s governorship ticket in Delta State, one enthusiast in a Delta WhatsApp forum said “Congratulations to Sheriff! A bigger Congratulation to APC.” The sarcasm was easily understood by many. Ahead of the court judgment, there was a report […]
The secret fears of Jonathan
By Emmanuel Aziken After years of being neither here nor there, President Goodluck Jonathan this week came out to endorse the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential ticket for the 2023 election. He did so during a visit to him by PDP vice-presidential candidate, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa. The endorsement ordinarily should not have been news given the fact […]
Aisha Buhari and Bola Tinubu: The untold story
By Emmanuel Aziken When Governor Nyesom Wike last September alleged that a powerful element in the Presidential Villa was supporting opposition presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, it helped to fuel suspicions on the intentions of the Muhammadu Buhari presidency in 2023. Wike’s hypothesis was that the support from the powerful element in the Presidential Villa was responsible for […]
Lalong Vs Dogara: The unfolding battle in the Christian North
By Emmanuel Aziken A picture of the increasingly vicious battle within the Northern Christian community of Nigeria over the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC emerged this week in the vicious media war between Governor Simon Lalong and former Speaker Yakubu Dogara. Incidentally, both are chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Lalong is […]
Understanding the opinion poll on Obi, Atiku, Tinubu
By Emmanuel Aziken It was understandable that the Tinubu Campaign Organisation was outraged over the outcome of the ANAP NOI polls that put Peter Obi as the leading candidate for the 2023 presidential election. The study puts Obi as the choice of 21% of Nigerians with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar coming a joint […]
Tinubu and Ndigbo: The continuing paradox
By Emmanuel Aziken The release of a video, earlier this week, in which the prospective First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Remi Tinubu was seen heckling the Igbo, chastising them for always failing to follow the political mainstream in Lagos was particularly distressing. It was particularly so for some of us who have hailed her activities […]
Shekarau, Kwankwaso and the politics of zero principle
By Emmanuel Aziken The political landscape in the country was enlivened last Monday after the penultimate governor of Kano State, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau defected from the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The defection of Mallam as he used to be popularly called in the days of yore was his second entry […]
WIKE: Not yet wrapped up
By Emmanuel Aziken Events in the last week that saw Nigeria’s past and aspiring leaders rushing to London for talks with Governor Nyesom Wike brought reminders of the several talks that led to the country’s independence in 1960. Among key players who have been to London for talks on the future of the country were […]
The APC’s Christian-Christian campaign team for Muslim-Muslim Presidency
The revelation yesterday of the defection of Chris Finebone, the spokesman of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP again brought home the dire straits facing Hon Rotimi Amaechi, the man who championed the change that landed Nigeria in its present situation.
Understanding Buhari’s passions for Niger Republic
Understanding Buhari’s passions for Niger Republic
