The Face, the Mind and the Algorithm: INEC Goes Shopping for Artificial Intelligence by Lawson Akhigbe

There Is No Art Shakespeare has King Duncan declare in Macbeth that there is no art to find the mind's construction in the face. He says it of the traitor he has just had executed. Then Macbeth walks in, glowing with loyalty, and Duncan promotes him on the spot. The play does not end well …

Birds of a Feather: The Company a President Keeps and the Shadow of State Capture By Lawson Akhigbe

There is an old saying that birds of a feather flock together.It is not a principle of criminal law. It is not evidence of guilt. But in politics, where access, influence and patronage can be more valuable than money itself, the company a government keeps is worth examining.President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not enter Nigerian …

The Farouk Lawan Committee: What the Probe Actually Found

National Assembly In January 2012, amid the Occupy Nigeria protests that followed the sudden removal of the fuel subsidy, the House of Representatives set up an Ad-Hoc Committee to investigate the management of the Petroleum Support Fund (PSF) scheme. Farouk Lawan, then widely regarded as one of the more upright lawmakers, was named chairman. The …