Opinion
PRESS STATEMENT : NNPC’s Latest Clarification Underscores Nigeria’s Refinery Trust Deficit – Lanre Ogundipe
The recent clarification issued by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) concerning its China refinery arrangement deserves careful...
Read moreThe Tinubu Enigma: Power, Strategy and the Nigerian State Part 10: Reform, Pain and the Burden of Power By Lanre Ogundipe
There is a profound difference between winning power and governing a distressed state. Politics rewards optimism. Campaigns thrive on promises,...
Read moreRefineries, Reforms, and the Cost of Repeating Failure By Lanre Ogundipe
Nigeria’s decision to once again seek foreign partners and financing to revive its long-ailing refineries comes with urgency, but also...
Read moreThe Tinubu Enigma: Power, Strategy and the Nigerian State Part 9: Transparency, Accountability and the Limits of Power Systems By Lanre Ogundipe
If the earlier parts of this series examined the rise of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the architecture of his political influence,...
Read moreWhen Evidence Meets the Gun: An Indictment of Instant Justice By Lanre Ogundipe
Outrage, it appears, is most sincere when it is politically neutral—but this time it is anchored in something firmer than...
Read moreTax Reform Without Trust Will Fail —Lanre Ogundipe
Nigeria’s 2026 tax reform arrives not as an isolated policy choice but as a fiscal inevitability shaped by years of...
Read moreThe Tinubu Enigma: Power, Strategy and the Nigerian StatePart 7: The Economics of Power — Money, Resources and Political Sustainability— Lanre Ogundipe
If Part 6 examined the intelligence that drives President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political method, the next layer of analysis must confront a...
Read moreThe Tinubu Enigma: Power, Strategy and the Nigerian StatePart 7: The Economics of Power — Money, Resources and Political Sustainability—Lanre Ogundipe
If Part 6 examined the intelligence that drives President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political method, the next layer of analysis must...
Read moreThe Sacred Cow and the Missing Milk: The Cow Produces, The Village Waits —By Lanre Ogundipe
In the ancient village of Abuja, there lived a cow so extraordinary that it defied logic and humbled imagination. The...
Read moreDo We Now Die by Appointment?A nation reassured into routine vulnerability —By Lanre Ogundipe
It would appear that the nation is on the verge of a significant administrative breakthrough.For years, there has been a...
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