Centre for Nigeria Progress

There is something uniquely British about demanding the resignation of a Prime Minister not for what he has done, but for who he has dared to sit next to at dinner. The current clamour for the head of Keir Starmer falls neatly into that tradition—high on indignation, low on strategic literacy. The complaint, as dressed …

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IGP Olatunji Disu has remembered that he runs a police force and has apparently decided that the public's camera is a greater threat to law and order than the police officer's impunity. There is a peculiarly Nigerian species of authority figure who, having said something correct, correct enough even to have been praised for it, …

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James Talarico and Ken Paxton Ken Paxton stands accused of bribery, infidelity, abuse of office, and federal investigation. His rebuttal? James Talarico eats tofu. Republicans find this perfectly satisfactory. There is a venerable tradition in courtrooms the world over, when the evidence against a defendant is so comprehensive, so richly documented, and so thoroughly embarrassing, …

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