The Adekanmbi Proposition: Competence, continuity,capacity, By Eniola Akinsipe
As Oyo State edges closer to the 2027 governorship election, political discourse is beginning to shift. The era when ambition alone could dominate headlines...
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
Political analysis in Nigeria often reduces power to moments—elections...
Amupitan: What history?, By Taiwo Adisa
Parents of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did a good job when they gave their son a unique name, Amupitan,...
ADC: As Tinubu’s cat readies to eat a poisonous toad, by Festus Adedayo
Pre- and post-colonial Yoruba society curated allegories that helped tame greed for power by potential emperors. It also dealt with tendencies within the society...
When Defection Becomes Doctrine: Law, Power and the Alliance of Convenient Democrats
By Lanre Ogundipe
Nigeria’s political evolution has produced many paradoxes, but few are as revealing—or as consequential—as the phenomenon of cross-carpeting. What was once exceptional...
On power generation, Adelabu joins the gbáàtúẹ̀yọ̀s, By Abimbola Adelakun
When the memes that savagely mocked Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu hit the internet, he must have been doubly unnerved because it is election year—the...
The ethics of persuasion, by Ruth Oji
Last month, I received an email from a marketing executive who was wrestling with her conscience. Her company had developed a new software product...
Celebrating Barrister Akeem Agbaje on Birthday by Rotimi Agboluaje
In a country where professional excellence often operates in silos, the life and career of Barrister Akeem Adedeji Agbaje offer a compelling example of how law, enterprise and...
Akpabio, Abaribe, selective justice, and the dual-party registration bill, By Taiwo Adisa
Something happened on the floor of the Senate on March 13, 2026, which, until today, leaves a sour taste in the mouth, as far...
Locating Gen Abacha on the 2027 road, by Festus Adedayo
Have you read Niyi Osundare’s poem, The word is an egg? It explores a deep-rooted Yoruba philosophy of the permanence and fragility of the...
