The Politics of Political Overdose
In politics, victory often carries within it the seeds of future defeat. Parties collapse not only from weakness but sometimes from excessive strength. What appears as expansion may in fact Continue Reading
From Democracy to Domination
Democracy, at its core, is not merely the ritual of elections but the architecture of inclusion – an ever-expanding arena where voices, interests, and identities contend in pursuit of collective Continue Reading
All Stake, No Share: Nigeria’s Inclusive Exclusion
They call them “stakeholders,” with the solemnity of a boardroom oath and the smug assurance of men who have never had to itemize survival. It is a word that arrives Continue Reading
The Lagos Republic and Its 35 Satellites
In a country where expectations are historically low but somehow still manage to be unmet, the administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu has boldly charted a new course: redefining what it Continue Reading
Between Appropriation and Reality – The Crisis of Budget Credibility in Nigeria
Nigeria’s 2026 budget, assented to by Bola Ahmed Tinubu with all the ceremonial gravity of statecraft, presents itself as a monumental fiscal undertaking – ₦68.32 trillion in projected expenditure, a Continue Reading
A Nation Powered by Generators, Ruled by Solar
The defining image of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu presidency will not be one of reform carefully explained or sacrifice collectively embraced. It will be remembered, instead, as a moment of Continue Reading
Democracy on Life Support
Nigeria’s political space is not merely shrinking – it is being deliberately constricted, engineered into a narrow corridor where dissent is tolerated only in symbolic doses and opposition is permitted Continue Reading
A Nation Mortgaged, A Region Enriched
Nigeria is not merely borrowing – it is drifting into a new architecture of dependence, one constructed not by external colonial powers, but by internal choices that replicate the same Continue Reading
The Ritual of the Presidential Detainee
Nigeria’s political history since the return to civilian rule in 1999 has produced a curious and troubling pattern – one that is rarely acknowledged openly but is nonetheless visible to Continue Reading
If the Bases Come, the Missiles Will Follow
If the Bases Come, the Missiles Will Follow The widening arc of confrontation between the United States and Iran has once again revealed a recurring pattern in the architecture of Continue Reading