Can Tinubu Advice Governors On What He Controls? By Emmanuel Aziken
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may have intended to offer straightforward governance advice when he urged state governors to focus less on grand infrastructure projects and more on addressing the immediate needs of ordinary Nigerians. Instead, his remarks may have ignited a much broader conversation, not only about governors’ priorities but also about the Federal Government’s own choices. The […]
Atiku’s falling and fading star
By Emmanuel Aziken Atiku Abubakar, a man once revered for his political shrewdness and sagacity was yesterday plummeting in the consideration of many of those who had over the years seen him as Nigeria’s apex bridge builder. Atiku Abubakar’s pan Nigeria appellation was seen in almost everything around him. From the folks around him, his […]
Pastors Osinbajo, Bakare and the N310k ticket to heaven
It has been reported that one Pastor Abraham who allegedly offered tickets to heaven for N310,000 has been arraigned for allegedly obtaining money by false pretence.
Emefiele turning Dark Horse?
The last-minute decision by the group backing Mr Godwin Emefiele to pick the expression of interest and nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress, APC flowed from the decision of the ruling leadership to address the agitation against the marginalization of the Southeast halfway.
How the plan against Tinubu is progressing
By Emmanuel Aziken In the most audacious attempt at monetizing the country’s democracy, the All Progressives Congress, APC, last week fixed the price tag for its presidential nomination forms at N100 million. The development practically fenced off the aspiration of any political actor who sweated to make his money. Also affected were the young who […]
How we lost Buhari
By Emmanuel Aziken In his first press interaction with the Lagos press in 2015, just after he was inaugurated minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in an off-the-record conversation with correspondent disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari was looking for his first appointee to use as a scapegoat for his anti-corruption war. Mohammed said so against […]
Osinbajo And Osinachi: Tales of betrayal
By Emmanuel Aziken The moral fiber of the Nigerian society was shaken this week after two major acts of alleged betrayal shook the national media space. The news of the declaration for the presidency by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was received with mixed reviews by political actors. While some saw it as a natural ascent […]
The stupidity of zoning Atiku’s brain
By Emmanuel Aziken In a desperate effort by some supporters to justify Atiku Abubakar’s 2023 bid for the presidency, they have alleged that the North has been marginalized by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP from the power equation since the advent of the Fourth Republic. In their argument, they alleged that the North has only […]
APC: The dangerous coronation of Abdullahi Adamu
By Emmanuel Aziken Today’s expected coronation of Senator Abdullahi Adamu as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC smacks of the kind of arrogance that can only come from a ruling party. Indeed, what came in as a rumour quickly turned into a project as President Muhammadu Buhari’s famous body language translated into […]
Ebele Obiano: Beyond the farewell slap
After eight years of a mixed legacy in Anambra State, the legacy of Chief Willie Obiano was on Thursday mired in the mud after his wife was given a dirty slap on the day he left office. Even more, the former governor was that same night slammed into custody by the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
Political banditry against Deputy Governors
By Emmanuel Aziken When last year, Senator Rochas Okorocha was paraded like a common criminal over the botched attempt in recovering properties confiscated from him by the Hope Uzodimma administration in Imo State, there were many who felt that the incumbent administration had taken to political banditry in its faceoff with the former governor. There […]
