Opinion
Editorial: Lisabi Day 2026—Beyond the Pomp, a Call to Purpose
As the booming of guns echoes from the majestic heights of Olumo Rock this week, Abeokuta once again transforms into...
Read moreDiaspora, Diplomacy and the Danger of Ethnic ProjectionBy Lanre Ogundipe
In moments of high-level diplomacy, nations speak in carefully calibrated signals. Protocol, presence and even absence are read for meaning....
Read moreThe Gilded Cage: Senator Sharafadeen Alli and the 2027 Ibadan Power Play
By :Olatunji Adesina IBADAN – For Senator Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli, the road to the Agodi Government House in 2027 was...
Read moreWho Audits the Auditors? —By Lanre Ogundipe
Nigeria’s anti-corruption conversation has been built around a familiar script: identify corrupt officials, investigate them, prosecute them, recover assets. It...
Read moreAnticipatory Asset Declaration: The System That Files Corruption Before It Happens —By Lanre Ogundipe
When assets are declared before they exist and accepted without verification, corruption is no longer concealed—it is administratively enabled When...
Read moreGold, Lithium and Guns: Nigeria’s Hidden Resource War”—By Lanre Ogundipe
A foreign legislature may debate Nigeria’s illegal mining crisis, but the more urgent reckoning lies at home. The uncomfortable truth...
Read moreOlókùnkùn of Òkùnkùn-Birimu—By Lanre Ogundipe
In Yoruba political folklore, titles are rarely ornamental. They carry meaning, sometimes praise, sometimes warning, and occasionally a quiet rebuke...
Read moreThe Tinubu Enigma: Power, Strategy and the Nigerian StatePart Three: The Kingmaker Doctrine—By Lanre Ogundipe
In the previous installment of this series, Lagos was examined as the political laboratory where Bola Ahmed Tinubu constructed the...
Read moreThe Peacock That Forgot the Gate: Anatomy of Power and the Arrogance of Governance—By Lanre Ogundipe
“Power rarely collapses from opposition. More often, it collapses from the arrogance it breeds.” In the great palace of governance,...
Read moreOPINION: Senator Iyabo Obasanjo and the Shifting Political Equation in Ogun
Politics in Ogun State has always carried a unique intellectual character. Known as the Gateway State and home to some...
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