Oshiomhole’s question and Akpabio’s silence, by Emmanuel Aziken
In a week when ordinary Nigerians took to the streets in one of the most energetic public expressions of anger against the security failures of the Bola Tinubu administration, the National Assembly sadly brought its vanity to full manifestation. Across Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan and even Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigerians poured out their frustration over the worsening […]
The new conspiracies against citizen Tinubu
By Emmanuel Aziken There is little doubt that the 2023 election season is turning out to be about the most exciting outing for the Nigerian media with the hard-hitting lines and narratives from the political class. The bombastic excitements of Dr KO Mbadiwe and the theatric cries of Sam Mbakwe have today been replaced by […]
As Tinubu shouts for joy
By Emmanuel Aziken The camp of All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was ecstatic on Friday morning after it emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari had agreed to campaign for him in ten states of the country. The news was relayed by Olorogun Festus Keyamo, the spokesman of the Tinubu Campaign in a […]
Issues from Buhari’s latest hospital visit
By Emmanuel Aziken President Muhammadu Buhari’s state visit to Kogi State last Thursday was arguably an opener to the secrets of the Governor Yahaya Bello legacy in infrastructure. While the president commissioned a number of projects during the state visit, the most emotive for many people may be the Reference Hospital in Okene. That hospital is acclaimed […]
Soludo’s Cat and Mouse game with Peter Obi
By Emmanuel Aziken Governor Chukwuma Soludo stirred not a little controversy when he received Atiku Abubakar on Thursday and dubbed him one of two serious contenders in the presidential contest. Soludo’s decision to narrow down the presidential contest to two persons left many wandering as to who besides his assumed favourite, that is Atiku, was the other […]
Understanding Tinubu’s Buga Dance
By Emmanuel Aziken Only very few have seen Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in such a buoyant mood as he was last Monday as the APC presidential candidate and his team members swayed to the beats of African music legend, Kizz Daniel in a London restaurant. All the stress that many of us had seen on the […]
