From Zacchaeus to Zacch: Taxation, trust and the burden of power
History occasionally hides its deepest ironies in names. More than two thousand…
The Tinubu enigma: Power, strategy and the Nigerian state
Power is often imagined as the triumph of arrival. In reality, it…
The Tinubu enigma: Power, strategy and the Nigerian state
There is a profound difference between winning power and governing a distressed…
When evidence meets the gun: An indictment of instant justice
Outrage, it appears, is most sincere when it is politically neutral but…
The Tinubu enigma: Power, strategy and the Nigerian state (8)
If the preceding parts of this series have examined the structure, intelligence…
Tax reform without trust will fail, By Lanre Ogundipe
Nigeria’s 2026 tax reform arrives not as an isolated policy choice but…
The Tinubu enigma: Power, strategy and the Nigerian state (7)
If Part 6 examined the intelligence that drives President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s…
Voter’s complicity: How citizens sustain the system they criticise
If the persistence of familiar faces in Nigeria’s political space is troubling,…
Honour is not scholarship: Nigeria must protect the integrity of the title “Dr.”
Certification is not ceremonial. It is procedural. It is earned through disciplined…
Olókùnkùn of Òkùnkùn-Birimu, By Lanre Ogundipe
In Yoruba political folklore, titles are rarely ornamental.