Centre for Nigeria Progress

U.S. President Donald Trump recently threatened to take military action against Nigeria to save Christians from a “genocide.” Trump has three possible motives for making such a threat: his mercantilist quest for rare-earth minerals, his pandering to evangelical Christians, and his racist grievances.On the eve of America’s imperial invasion of the Philippines in 1899, the …

Continue reading "Donald Trump and the white man’s burden in Nigeria By Adekeye Adebajo"

On Trump, his Twitter lies, and why it’s getting worse. On Sunday, on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday, President Donald Trump accused the TV talk-show host Joe Scarborough of murder. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, he attacked the integrity of America’s forthcoming “RIGGED” election. When he woke up on Wednesday, he alleged that the Obama …

Continue reading "The Most Mendacious President in U.S. History By Susan B. Glasser"

Stella Oduah Nigeria is not governed; it is managed, and even that word may be too generous. What passes for governance in Nigeria is an elaborate system of informality—an ecosystem where rules exist mainly to be circumvented, and procedures are treated as suggestions rather than obligations.In theory, the Nigerian constitution is clear. The executive arm …

Continue reading "Government by IOU: How Informality Became Nigeria’s Operating System by Lawson Akhigbe"

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu – a politician steeped in what political scientist Richard Joseph termed prebendalism (the use of public office to generate material resources for office-holders and their clients and cronies) – and previous Nigerian administrations have waged an inept counter-insurgency. Their gross incompetence and malfeasance, combined with the greed of a kleptocratic …

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