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The Consensus Republic
Nigeria’s primaries have always been decided before they began. This has been true in the Fourth Republic, and long before it.
May 27
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Afolabi Adekaiyaoja
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The Issue with 'Claiming' Success
Champions Arsenal, My Father's Shadow and Nigeria's diaspora identity crisis
May 20
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Afolabi Adekaiyaoja
28
2
9
The Machinery of Ethnicity
How the conventions built to manage Nigeria's diversity became the system that entrenches it.
May 13
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Afolabi Adekaiyaoja
35
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He Who Pays the Umpire
Who does Nigeria's electoral commission actually answer to, and why has that question never been settled?
May 6
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ChiAmaka Dike
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April 2026
All the Presidents’ Men
Nigeria actually has policy congruence, just not where expected
Apr 29
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Afolabi Adekaiyaoja
28
2
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A Country Running on Estimates
Nigeria budgets, fields votes, and plans—just not from the same set of facts
Apr 22
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Hillary Essien
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The State Sends Its Condolences
Is Nigeria's insecurity by design?
Apr 15
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Afolabi Adekaiyaoja
11
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The Opposition Cannot Hold
Nigeria's opposition movement is limited by design
Apr 8
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Kunle
68
7
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Conventions without convictions
The absence of policy discourse is down to how political parties are designed
Apr 1
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Afolabi Adekaiyaoja
26
3
14
March 2026
The Spectre of a One-Party State
Is it possible to run a one party state successfully in Nigeria?
Mar 25
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Afolabi Adekaiyaoja
35
2
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An Obituary for the PDP
No umbrella for the rain
Mar 18
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Afolabi Adekaiyaoja
42
3
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The Lifecycle of a Nigerian Ruling Party
What goes up, must come down...
Mar 11
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Afolabi Adekaiyaoja
62
3
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