Tag: By Lanre Ogundipe
The Peacock that forgot the gate: Anatomy of power and the...
“Power rarely collapses from opposition. More often, it collapses from the arrogance it breeds.”
In the great palace of governance, there lives a creature every...
The Tinubu enigma: Power, strategy and the Nigerian state – the...
A few figures in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic evoke as much fascination, admiration, suspicion and debate as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. To his supporters, he...
Reforming Nigeria’s Policing: Learning from federal models without losing national control,...
“Security institutions demand patience. When power outruns structure, protection can become oppression.”
Nigeria’s worsening security crisis has once again revived the national debate over restructuring...
No excuses, no bias: The constitutional test of Nigeria’s 2027 election,...
When the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, stated that the Commission cannot guarantee a “perfect” election in...
Daylight Governor, Night Pilgrim, By Lanre Ogundipe
He governed only in daylight.
At least, that was the legend he authored.
“No godfather. No sponsor. No patron. I bow to no one.”
It was intoxicating....
R.O.A.D is not a coincidence: A reform mandate before IGP Rilwan...
Sometimes, symbolism demands responsibility.
The new Inspector-General of Police bears the name Rilwan Olatunji Adio Disu: R.O.A.D.
At a time when the Nigeria Police Force is...
Fasting in the Republic of Excess: Ramadan, Lent, and the Moral...
“Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” — Proverbs 14:34
“And do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly…” — Qur’an...
State power, silent systems, and the cost of weak boundaries, By...
When a former governor publicly alleges that he learned of an impending arrest because the National Security Adviser’s phone call was “tapped,” the matter...
Between Personalities and Principles: The institutional toll of the Ahmed-Dangote rift,...
The recent turmoil within Nigeria’s energy regulatory space is not merely a clash between Farouk Ahmed and Aliko Dangote. To view it through the...
The Empty Refrigerator: A Nation’s Verdict on the APC’s Re-Election Delusion,...
There is a brutal, foundational law in politics that the APC leadership is actively defying - the masses do not vote theories or spreadsheets;...
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