Imagine buying a VIP ticket to a concert that ended three weeks ago, paying full price at the gate, and then convincing your friends that you’re just double-checking whether the stage lights still work. That is essentially the energy behind a newly discovered line item in Nigeria’s approved 2026 national budget.
This intersection of libido and governance is deeply rooted in history. In When Sex Threatened the State: Illicit Sexuality, Nationalism and Politics in Colonial Nigeria, 1900–1958, Professor Saheed Aderinto documented moral degeneration among the ruling elite, showing how men of power have long been implicated in what he called the “commoditization of sex.”
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One of the great mysteries of Nigerian politics is the remarkable journey politicians undertake between the words "I want nothing" and the phrase "I am honoured to accept."
“I did not kill him, he died on top of me,” that was the confession of the lady who was with former military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, when he suddenly passed on.
Centre for Nigeria Progress 