No Nigerian was more influential on the state of affairs of the nation in 2017 than Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. From the evening of the 19th of January till the 10th of March, and between 8th May and 19th August, Osinbajo showed why he was the deal breaker that made the 2015 merger between the […]
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Dear Queen Buhari, Go Bring Daddy Home
For better or worse, the Office of the First Lady has assumed a less significant role in Nigeria, from the exulted elegance of the Stella Obasanjo days, to the theatre that was Dame Patience Jonathan. So that when Mrs Aisha Buhari continues to raise alarms about her husband, borrowing the glossary of Senator Shehu Sani, […]
Saraki as Acting President was the Senate’s Show of Force
It was brief, it was a relief, like that moment after your laptop is ignored by the unexpected thief. While the majority of Americans groaned in anguish commemorating an apparently underwhelming Fourth under their enigmatic 45th president, Nigeria nearly had its third Acting President in Seven months. Senators Enyinnaya Abaribe of Abia South and Kabiru […]