Senate President Godswill Akpabio

May 22, 2025

How Akpabio turned Montesquieu’s separation of powers on its head

Despite being a fundamental principle of democracy, the doctrine of separation of powers appears to be under threat in Nigeria, as recent remarks by Senate President Godswill Akpabio suggest...

April 17, 2025

South-South leaders to Nigerians: Make Akpoti-Uduaghan’s cause your own

South-South leaders have urged leaders in other geo-political zones to make Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s cause their own. They also advised Kogi Central constituents not to allow political clowns, destructive...

April 7, 2025

Profiling Natasha as Segilola, sweetheart of 1001 men

Sorry, I digress. Gradually, the Nigerian presidency is putting finishing touches to its own sculpture of a village liar, Ìbídùn, it is busy carving. Or writing itself into the...

April 3, 2025

Season of Natashas

Life is full of seasons. There is a season to be born. There is a season to crawl. There is a season to walk. There is a season to...

Tinubu’s leadership is failing—And Nigeria is barreling toward disaster

March 27, 2025

Rivers: The day after

In 1983, the ABC, an American broadcast company, envisioned exploring the effects of nuclear war on the United States. The product was a television movie called “The Day After”....

March 25, 2025

INEC picks holes in petition to recall Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the petition submitted to it seeking the recall of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi Central, did not meet the “requirements” for the...

March 15, 2025

A dirty linen in New York

The grouse Nigerians hold against their government has never been limited to the executive arm of government despite the abundance of evidence that it is the most powerful arm...

March 14, 2025

The Agony of Honour: Natasha’s fight in the red chamber

For weeks, the red chamber has been embroiled in a triangular controversy, with verbal accusations buzzing among distinguished senators of the National Assembly. One name has remained at the...

March 12, 2025

Imasuen, Akpabio, and the burden of their past

The ongoing controversy surrounding Senator Neda Bernards Imasuen serves as a mirror reflecting Nigeria’s leadership crisis. A man disbarred by the New York State Supreme Court in 2010 for...

March 11, 2025

When lawmakers break the law: The dangerous trend of suspending senators

The recent suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) by the Nigerian Senate is not just an attack on her—it is an attack on democracy itself. This is not...

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