Dinner with the Devil (1975)

What’s the most underrated movie you’ve ever watched? Directed and produced by Oba Sanya Dosumu (the current traditional ruler of Owu), this is a highly celebrated pioneer piece of early Nigerian cinema. Shot on celluloid rather than modern video formatting, it famously gave the legendary veteran actor Enebeli Elebuwa his first major breakthrough role. It also starred Wole Amele …

Philanthropy, Public Grants, and the Law: Decoding the Mechanics of the Dangote Refinery IPO Partnership by Lawson Akhigbe

When major corporate milestones unfold, they often bring complex legal questions in their wake. Recently, discussion has swirled around whether public-private partnerships involving state governments and philanthropic foundations to buy shares in the historic Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Initial Public Offering (IPO) run afoul of corporate laws—specifically regarding a company financing its own shares.

Key Points Arising From The Oputa Panel

The Oputa Panel’s report remains one of Nigeria’s most thorough official indictments of its own recent past and one of its most thoroughly ignored. After receiving more than 10,000 petitions and hearing only about 150 of them in public, the commission delivered a seven-volume catalogue of institutional failure that still reads like a national audit of impunity.