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, […]
Police should kill bandits, not democracy in Plateau, Nasarawa, By Emmanuel Aziken
Arguably the best Inspector General of Police since the exit of Solomon Arase, Nigeria’s top police shot, IGP Usman Alkali Baba appears to have now run himself into an unnecessary controversy. Given the foibles of the ruling political class, he had within reasonable expectations held his dignity in the face of the rascality of political […]
Can Tinubu control Nigeria the way he holds Lagos? By Emmanuel Aziken
For a man who has successfully pinned down his Lagos political rivals to submission, suggestions as to whether President Bola Tinubu could transform Nigeria into his political image is now a matter of debate. Considering the cavalier surrender of the likes of Chief Bode George, and before then, his former political combatant, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, […]
How Tinubu can escape Buhari’s first booby trap
By Emmanuel Aziken It’s an irony that the fortunes of the Nigerian petroleum industry were at the worst under the longest serving minister of petroleum in the country’s history, Muhammadu Buhari. Even more astounding is the fact that the last eight-year spell was not Buhari’s first time as minister of petroleum, having occupied that portfolio […]
Understanding why Buhari failed
By Emmanuel Aziken The unusual turnout of travelers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja yesterday, the last working day of the Muhammadu Buhari administration could be interpreted in various ways by political pundits. Some could have seen the mass movement through the airport as indicative of the claim that people like Chief Bode George […]
Akpabio, Umahi and the Argument on Separation of Powers
By Emmanuel Aziken It has been distressing hearing the outgoing governor of Ebonyi State, Deacon David Umahi justify his decision to withdraw from the Senate leadership contest on the premise of the guidance given him by the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Though Umahi’s prospects had not received any serious consideration, the justification for him dropping out in […]
