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The Umpire’s Clock: When 120 Days Somehow Means Six Months in Abuja by Lawson Akhigbe
Justice Umar Justice Omotosho In the grand, theatrical tradition of Nigerian public administration, there is a sacred, unwritten rule: If the law makes your job too difficult, simply pretend you are the law. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently looked at the freshly minted Electoral Act 2026, passed by the National Assembly to set …
The Road That Tells the Truth About the Nigerian State by Lawson Akhigbe
If you want to understand whether a state is responsive to its people, don’t start with speeches, manifestos, or glossy policy documents. Start with a road. In Nigeria, take the Onitsha–Benin–Lagos highway. It will tell you everything. This is not just any road. It is a commercial artery—arguably one of the most economically significant corridors …
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Georgetown Law Professor’s Tweet About Correspondents’ Dinner Attack And Barack Obama Is Just As Bad As You’re Imagining by Joe Patrice
Tweet That's not fair, it's much more racist than you're imagining. After a gunman unsuccessfully attempted to bust into the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night, Georgetown Law Professor Randy Barnett decided what the situation called for was a post on social media comparing the shooter to Barack Obama. Or, more accurately, Obama’s hypothetical …

