Author: Centre for Nigeria Progress

NATO, Trump, and the Unravelling of Western Hegemony The article “NATO, Trump, and the Unravelling of Western Hegemony”  published April 3, 2026, frames the current geopolitical inflection point with provocative clarity. It traces NATO’s evolution from a post-WWII defensive bulwark to a tool of power projection, highlights Trump’s transactional “proprietor” approach as internal corrosion rather …

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(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday 15 December, 2025). General Sani Abacha was a great teacher. He pioneered the doctrine of consensus candidacy in Nigeria. He founded a country of five political parties and when it was time for the parties to pick their candidates for the presidency, all the five reached a consensus …

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Sometimes I sit quietly and ask myself a dangerous question: what exactly are the values of Nigerian politics, and how do they benefit the ordinary Nigerian?I ask because since the rebirth of party politics in May 1999—also known as The Great Return of Hope™—the ordinary Nigerian has been waiting patiently for dividends that appear to …

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In London, prosecutors say Diezani Alison-Madueke was handed “a life of luxury” by oil barons: millions at Harrods, museum-grade furniture, and renovated townhouses in return for favourable treatment in Nigeria’s oil sector. The opening witnesses at Southwark Crown Court have produced those vivid images—but they have also produced something else: a consistent pattern in which …

Continue reading "Diezani Alison- Madueke’s Case:A Story That No Longer Holds Its Shape by Bolouere Opukiri"