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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]