Tag: Ehichioya Ezomon
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Edo 2024: Shaibu dares Obaseki on governorship ambition – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu subtly took Governor Godwin Obaseki to the cleaners on November 19 in Abuja, prompting polity watchers to predict a “battle royale” ahead of the September 21, 2024, governorship poll to replace Obaseki, who completes his eight-year tenure next November.
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Bayelsa 2023: Sylva’s undoing partly self-inflicted – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Because of the deck stacked against him – or more aptly, due to the deck he stacked against himself – it’s illusory to project the November 11, 2023, governorship in Bayelsa State as a walkover for former Governor Timipre Sylva. From the get go, Mr Sylva faced numerous huddles, to reach the Creek Haven
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Atiku, Obi’s petitions different from conventional legal matters – By Ehichioya Ezomon
This is a response to a comment on my October 30, 2023, piece on, “How Supreme Court trashed Atiku’s ‘fresh evidence’ from Chicago.” Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got the new evidence from
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Bayelsa 2023: APC escapes ‘second affliction’ – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has 10 days to campaign to regain lost grounds in attempts to reclaim the governorship it won in 2020, but lost via a Supreme Court ruling that terminated
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How Supreme Court trashed Atiku’s ‘fresh evidence’ from Chicago
It’s obvious on October 23, 2023, that the Supreme Court judgment on appeals from the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) would be a formality. The barely 120 seconds it took the court to dismiss the 50-ground appeal by former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) starkly bears this out!
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The Akpabio-Ndume ‘showdown’ at Senate plenary – By Ehichioya Ezomon
It’s good to see Senate President Godswill Akpabio putting ice on the “plenary spat” between him and Senate Chief Whip Ali Ndume on October 17, 2023. The disruption the rowdiness could’ve caused was timely averted with the Senate going into an executive (a closed-door) session.
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Passports backlog and Minister Tunji-Ojo’s wave of ‘magic wand’ – By Ehichioya Ezomon
When someone does a good job, they deserve our praise, and our honour. Today, that praise, that honour goes to the Minister of Interior, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, for a promise made and a promise kept. He’d pledged on September 7, 2023,
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Atiku goes for broke over Tinubu’s certificate saga – By Ehichioya Ezomon
President Bola Tinubu – acclaimed cat (or bat) with nine lives – seems to face the last test of his staying political power, as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar moves to quash the judgment of the Presidential
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Edo 2024: Obaseki’s ‘divine’ forgiveness of Shaibu’s ‘political follies’ – By Ehichioya Ezomon
“He who is begged or pleaded with is king,” is an adage that the average Edo person doesn’t take for granted, mostly if the act for which forgiveness is sought is committed publicly – such that the aggrieved feels slighted and injured – and the mollification is also displayed openly. Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki…
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Obaseki scorches political terrain, holds no prisoners – By Ehichioya Ezomon
The faceoff between Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki and Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu recalls to mind a popular meme – “If Men Were God” – adopted by a transport company plying many routes across Nigeria. The phrase was left hanging without supplying what would