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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...

Journalism has changed; don’t you think?

Journalism has changed; don’t you think?   “Comment is free, but facts are sacred”- Charles Prestwich Scott.   By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705...

When ABUAD bows for BAO

  By abiodun KOMOLAFE           “Building Legacies: Governance, Successor-generation and Continuity”, a lecture delivered by Governor...

Amupitan’s Yanga Wakes Trouble

  By Azu Ishiekwene   Six months after his appointment as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan...

Pat Utomi: An economic buccaneer flirting with intellectualism

Pat Utomi: An economic buccaneer flirting with intellectualism   By Sunday Dare     Professor Pat Utomi has once again chosen to dance naked in the public...

The Tinubu Enigma Part 6: Political Intelligence as Power — The Mind Behind the Machine

The Tinubu Enigma Part 6: Political Intelligence as Power — The Mind Behind the Machine By Lanre Ogundipe If Part 5 examined the structure of power surrounding...

Terrorism: Of Sovereignty, Help from Outside

    Sovereignty is the supreme, absolute power and authority of a state to govern itself, manage its own affairs, and make laws within its territory without...