What’s a book or movie that genuinely scared you? The most visceral and deeply disturbing religious horrors ever captured on film.
The Exorcist (1973)
The MAGA-isation of Mike Rogers: From National Security Republican to Identity Politics Warrior By Lawson Akhigbe
There was a time when Mike Rogers occupied a particular place in my understanding of American politics. He appeared to belong to that category of Republican politicians who, whatever their ideological differences with Democrats, understood that national security was too serious a business to be reduced to partisan theatre. He was measured, disciplined, informed and, above all, appeared to be a man who understood the difference between intelligence work and political propaganda.
The Alliance of Convenience: When “Defensive” Means Whatever Europe Needs It to Mean Lawson Akhigbe
There are few things more instructive than watching great powers discover their principles in real time. One decade they are bombing a North African country into democracy; the next they are clutching their pearls about the sacred defensive character of NATO. The conversion is almost religious. Barack Obama, to his credit, eventually admitted that the …
Comparative Analysis: The House vs Senate Subsidy Probes – A Tale of Two Committees, One Endless Farce by Lawson Akhigbe
In the grand Nigerian tradition of investigating the same scandal twice so that everyone can feel useful, the 2011–2012 fuel subsidy crisis produced two legislative reports. One was loud, detailed, and eventually self-sabotaged. The other was quieter, slower, and largely forgotten. Both documented the same institutional rot; neither delivered the cleansing the country pretended to …
Sokoto Caliphate To Port Harcourt Riverview
If you had a free round-trip ticket to anywhere, where would you go? From the South to the North of Nigeria
