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 […]
Igbo men with conscience enjoying Tinubu’s soaked slice of bread, By Emmanuel Aziken
There is no doubt that there is a deliberate effort by the APC to buy out opposition in the land and Senator Ubah is about the latest bargain.
Tinubu and Atiku: The story of common betrayal, By Emmanuel Aziken
The declaration of Tinubu as president by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC last February may have consumed whatever was left of their tenuous political relationship. The expense that Atiku put to unravel things that the president claims could cause him irreparable damage is shocking to some.
The Political Dimension To Church Succession: The Odukoya Scenario, By Emmanuel Aziken
It is simply ludicrous that some of the disciples of the late Odukoya who were with him when the ministry was started and who would have helped in nurturing the young Jimmy even before he went into Nollywood would now come kowtow to him because of the ‘anointing’.
A Deputy Governor’s lessons in humility, By Emmanuel Aziken
His apparent failure to manage Comrade forced him out of the All Progressives Congress, APC to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP where he was grudgingly accepted. Just as in the APC, Obaseki has had to fight with his benefactors, notably, Chief Dan Orbih who managed his re-election campaign in 2020.
Unfolding drama on the Plateau, By Emmanuel Aziken
The outcome of the election for Lalong was a riposte to the fate that befell the penultimate president of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki in 2019.
