The White Paper

The White Paper

El-Rufai’s $100m campaign chest?

There are many routes to the Nigerian presidency, but those who seek it cannot hide. We can, at least, say that about Malam Nasir El-Rufai, the immedi

Wanted: Tinubu’s one-point agenda

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appears to be losing his grip on the government, not in the sense of not being in charge as ex-PresidentMuhammadu Buhari w

Judicial reform, please?

In “Courts of Politics” last week, I made the case that because our judges increasingly hear and rule on political cases, the courts are becoming expo

Courts of politics

Three baseline observations. First, politics has effectively become the chief subject of litigation and adjudication in Nigerian courts, thereby expos

Tinubu’s quandary

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is in a quandary. In fact, the President is in three quandaries at this point in his presidency. The first is reputational