There are two Nigerias. Not the televised one where Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar trade statistics like boxing jabs, but the economic one—the one that determines who actually gets access to money, and who gets a “please come back with collateral” smile. The first Nigeria is the one banks have always loved. Salaried workers. Corporate …
here is an old, bitter administrative joke in Nigeria that you are only formally counted twice: never when you arrive, and certainly not when you leave. In between, your existence is largely an unverified rumor negotiated between your creator, your luck, and whatever age declaration affidavit you paid a court clerk two thousand Naira to stamp.
Tinubu also ordered the immediate suspension of three permanent secretaries allegedly linked to the operation of the fake agency and ordered the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to conduct an investigation into its formation and operation.
If you had to get a tattoo right now, what would it be and why? That right arm will not follow me to heaven
The difference between the United Kingdom and Nigeria is not primarily in the letter of the law. It is in the general application and consistent enforcement of that law. This divergence reveals a deeper reality about how the Nigerian state relates to its citizens.
Centre for Nigeria Progress 