By Iduh Onah THERE are governors, there are kingmakers, there are political godfathers, and then there are those rare figures…
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By Lawan Musa Danlami IN EVERY democratic society, the legitimacy of political power ultimately rests on the consent of the…
By Ivo Takor POLITICAL parties are indispensable institutions in a constitutional democracy. They organise citizens around shared political convictions, aggregate…
THE FEDERAL High Court in Abuja on Tuesday affirmed the powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue…
THERE comes a stage in the life of every consequential presidency when governance gradually escapes the immediacy of daily politics…
THE STORY of Nigeria’s power sector is one deeply rooted in broken promises, systemic corruption, elite profiteering, and the endless…
POWER is often imagined as the triumph of arrival. In reality, it is the beginning of isolation. The higher leaders…
THERE is a profound difference between winning power and governing a distressed state. Politics rewards optimism. Campaigns thrive on promises,…
THE EARLIER parts of this series examined the rise of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the architecture of his political influence,…
AS NIGERIA moves steadily toward the 2027 general elections, the political landscape is already charged with tension, ambition, and intense…