Category: Analysis
Governance, national ethos and succession planning (1)
By abiodun KOMOLAFE The key failure of the post-colonial state in Africa – transcending both ideology and individual...
When 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 sentiment. The events...
Ibadan Summit Jamboree: When Political Movement Is Mistaken for National Renewal
Ibadan Summit Jamboree: When Political Movement Is Mistaken for National Renewal Àjànàkú Kò ni tí kó,kó máa rìn By Lanre Ogundipe There is a Yoruba proverb...
Opposition: Sound without fury.
Life is full of sound and fury signifying nothing- Williams Shakespeare-Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 5). Above reflects on the absurdity and futility of life,...
Tax Reform Without Trust Will Fail
By Lanre Ogundipe Nigeria’s 2026 tax reform arrives not as an isolated policy choice but as a fiscal inevitability shaped by years of structural weakness in...
What goes around
What goes around… By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 It is sweet to be a champion! Ex-champion is a pill too bitter to...
The Mega-Contracts: Procurement, Protocol, and the Presidency
In an era where social media algorithms thrive on sensationalism, the boundary between legitimate governance and institutional cronyism is often...
2027: Concensus as APC litmus test
Since the beginning of the Fourth Republic in 1999 and the first cycle election in 2023,none of the three previous Governors in Ogun state have been...
The Tinubu Enigma- Part 7: The Economics of Power — Money, Resources and Political Sustainability
By 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...
FG speaks on False allegation of Hidden Spending and Diversion of Federation Revenue
Minister of State for Finance ,Taiwo Oyedele has reacted to what he described as false allegation of hidden spending and diversion of Federation Revenue....
