Tinubu’s Figures, Atiku’s Counter: Let the 2027 debate begin, by Emmanuel Aziken
There was something remarkable about the political exchange that followed President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Day address on Thursday. It was not merely the sharpness of the disagreement. It was the speed. Within hours of the President presenting his economic record and declaring that Nigeria had reached a turning point, Atiku Abubakar was before the country […]
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 […]
Sweet and sour tales about Aisha Buhari and the next First Lady
By Emmanuel Aziken With Nigerians closely monitoring the activities of the major presidential candidates, it is not surprising that their wives are now turning into an issue in the campaign. The focus on the wives of the candidates have been especially ignited by the actions and inactions of the outgoing First Lady, Aisha Buhari. After […]
Why Tinubu and Atiku are collaborating against Obi
By Emmanuel Aziken When two weeks ago Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar bumped into one another at the Abuja Airport, greeting one another cheerfully, some of their ignorant supporters may have been very aghast. How come the men we are fighting for are smiling and sharing banters, the very ignorant supporters may have wondered. […]
Oshiomhole and Wike: The friendship of Obaseki’s enemies
By Emmanuel Aziken Perhaps no other two persons have stirred political drama in Nigeria’s South-South region in the Fourth Republic than Governors Nyesom Wike and the comrade governor, Adams Oshiomhole. The sight of Governor Wike commissioning his numerous projects and the praise singers cheering ‘Nyesom Wike pepper dem well, pepper dem well…as eh dey sweet […]
