Category: Analysis

Part 5: The Engine of Power — How Tinubu Builds, Sustains and Reproduces Influence

The Tinubu Enigma: Power, Strategy and the Nigerian State Part 5: The Engine of Power — How Tinubu Builds, Sustains and Reproduces Influence By Lanre Ogundipe...

In Jos, Tinubu Did Something Splendid Then Spoilt It

By Felix Oboagwina Oboagwina Until I saw this particular photograph of the visit, I felt tempted to add my voice to the cacophony of criticisms that trailed the...

Nasir el-Rufai mother’s burial: Matters arising

Nasir el-Rufai mother’s burial: Matters arising   By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058   “I don tire for this country o! In fact, I am...

The Tinubu Enigma: Power, Strategy and the Nigerian State

  Part Four: Vilification and Survival By Lanre Ogundipe In Nigerian politics, power is often measured by how quickly it can be acquired. It is more accurately...

Hunger, political loyalty and street reality (1)

  By abiodun KOMOLAFE           It is a painful reality that we must accept: Nigeria is a very poor country, holding one of the world’s...

Middle-East crisis: How Tinubu’s policy of naira-for-crude guarantees supply security in Nigeria

Middle-East crisis: How Tinubu’s policy of naira-for-crude guarantees supply security in Nigeria   By Temitope Ajayi     President Bola Tinubu...

The Final Red Line: Why an Undersea Cable Strike in the US–Israel–Iran War Could Provoke Nuclear Retaliation*

    “The Achilles’ heel of the digital age lies beneath our oceans.”— *Global Taiwan Institute*   The next global shock may not come with...

Trials of Dasuki and Malami: A study in nemesis,

  by Yushau A. Shuaib Some call it the law of karma. I prefer the older formulation: what you do unto others shall, in time, be done unto you. Nigeria’s recent...

10 major takeaways from President Tinubu’s State Visit to the United Kingdom

    By Temitope Ajayi   Nigeria returned to global significance with the just-concluded state visit to the United Kingdom by President Bola Tinubu. The...

Will state governors respond to Tinubu’s challenge

    By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193   This appears to be a season of anomy. Controversies, conflicts, and chaos wallop the...