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Nigeria: A Graveyard of Good intentions

    By Lanre Ogundipe   There is perhaps no country in Africa more richly endowed with ideas than Nigeria. Every administration arrives with a vision....

Tinubu Appoints Ex-UNILAG VC Prof Ogundipe As Chairman Of National Universities Commission

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe as Chairman of the governing board of the National Universities Commission (NUC)....

The Pen and the Shield: Why Nigeria Needs a Permanent Media–Security Partnership

  The recently concluded National Security Summit organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists was more than an event. It was an encounter between two institutions...

Who controls the Rhythm of this War?

  By Lanre Ogundipe     Lanre Ogundipe A retired Defence spokesman is abducted alongside his wife. Weeks pass. The security agencies cannot rescue him. He...

At 91, Uncle Sam remains in masterpiece in Motion: Celebrating a Towering Figure of Our Time

By Lanre Ogundipe Sam Amuka Shall we, in the fraternity of the pen, pause today to celebrate an icon—indeed, one of the towering figures of our time?   Shall...

BRAIDS, BALLOTS AND BREAD PRICES

  …when political devotion meets the economics of survival By Lanre Ogundipe Nigeria never disappoints. Just when citizens thought they had seen every...

RAIDS, BALLOTS AND BREAD PRICES

  …when political devotion meets the economics of survival By Lanre Ogundipe Nigeria never disappoints. Just when citizens thought they had seen every...

Celebrating Sakibu Olokojobi @60 : A steadfast voice in Nigerian Journalism

  By Lanre Ogundipe I heartily congratulate Alhaji Sakibu Olokojobi, veteran journalist, publisher, and Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of FrontPage, on the...

The Tinubu Enigma:Part 12: When Power Meets History

  By Lanre Ogundipe There comes a stage in the life of every consequential presidency when governance gradually escapes the immediacy of daily politics and begins...

The Tinubu Enigma: Part 11: Power, Legacy and the Loneliness of Leadership

  By Lanre Ogundipe Power is often imagined as the triumph of arrival. In reality, it is the beginning of isolation. The higher leaders rise within the architecture...