Opinion
The 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...
Read moreOgun Punch Consensus Gubernatorial Candidate and the Politics of Convenient Denial-by Segun Omoboriola
Only a week after The Punch Newspaper reported Senator Solomon Adeola Yayi as the emerging consensus gubernatorial figure within critical...
Read moreThe Tinubu Enigma: Power, Strategy and the Nigerian StatePart 5: The Engine of Power — How Tinubu Builds, Sustains and Reproduces Influence — By Lanre Ogundipe
Political analysis in Nigeria often reduces power to moments—elections won, offices occupied, alliances struck. Victory is explained through campaign strategy;...
Read moreEditorial: 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 more
