Category: Analysis

The Tinubu Enigma: Power, Strategy and the Nigerian State Part One: The Outsider Who Became the System

By Lanre Ogundipe   Few figures in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic evoke as much fascination, admiration, suspicion and debate as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. To his...

The Illusion of Control: What the Iran–U.S.–Israel Crisis Teaches About the Limits of Power

The Illusion of Control: What the Iran–U.S.–Israel Crisis Teaches About the Limits of Power The most dangerous wars in history have often been launched under the...

From assassination to regional war: How Iran crisis could reshape global order

  By Emmanuel Yashim,NAN Ali Khamenei,Late Iranian Leader     The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Feb. 28, 2026 in a joint strike...

Tunji Disu, Oyedele: Revving up the governance engine

By Tunde Rahman Last week has been hugely significant in Nigeria’s contemporary history. The plaudits arising from the announcement of Executive Order 9, aimed at...

Iyabo Obasanjo Is a No, No

  – By Azuh Arinze I read what Bamidele Johnson wrote. I also saw the response from Remi Ladigbolu. However, we must not lose sight of the fact that politics,...

US/Israel-Iran war: Risk managers outline potential impact on Nigeria

  Dr Abbas Idriss,RIMSON President The Risk Managers Society of Nigeria (RIMSON) has outlined possible impact of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East on Nigeria...

The exit of Ali Khamenei and implications for the Church and humanity

  By Gbenga Osinaike   Ali Khamenei The news of the death of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Hosseini Khamenei, on Saturday February...

No Excuses, No Bias: The Constitutional Test of Nigeria’s 2027 Election

By Lanre Ogundipe   When the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, stated that the Commission cannot...

The making of an Inspector-General of Police

  By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has quit the office; An Assistant Inspector-General of...

US-Israel strikes on Iran underway as Tehran faces regime survival test

Operation ‘Roaring Lion’ reportedly targets compound linked to Supreme Leader Khamenei in opening wave By Efrat Lachter   Pix:9Smoke in sky An...