The Sacrifice That Wasn’t: Fubara, Wike, and the Fourth Republic’s Death Spiral by Lawson Akhigbe

Fubara and Wike When a sitting governor is politically expelled from his own reelection contest by a former governor who belongs to a different party, we are no longer describing a democracy. We are describing its funeral. On the night of Wednesday, 20 May 2026, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State issued a statement that …

The Political Economy of Insecurity: A Multi-Angle Exploration

The political economy of insecurity refers to the systemic interplay between political power structures, economic incentives, and institutions that sustain—or even profit from—persistent violence, crime, terrorism, and instability, rather than resolving them. It shifts the lens from purely military or technical explanations of “failure” to one that examines how elites, bureaucracies, and interest groups derive …

Nigerian Case Law on the Justiciability of Political Parties’ “Internal Affairs”: An In-Depth Exploration

INEC The doctrine that courts should not interfere in the “internal affairs” of political parties—often described as a “convenient fiction” in Lawson Akhigbe’s 2026 article—has been a recurring tension in Nigerian jurisprudence. It pits party autonomy (as voluntary associations governed by their constitutions) against constitutional supremacy, statutory duties under the Electoral Act, and the judicial …