If you could relive one year of your life, which one would it be? All my years have been reliveable, each experience uniquely wonderful.
I would all of them
The Art of the One-Note Hammer by Lawson Akhigbe
It takes a rare, almost heroic stubbornness to rack up half a dozen corporate bankruptcies. Most people hit a catastrophic wall once, nurse their financial fractures, and quietly resolve to diversify their playbook. But when you are a dedicated one-trick pony, a crater is simply proof that the ground was being uncooperative. You run the …
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The Persistent Comedy of “Rubber Stamp” Legislatures in Nigeria by Lawson Akhigbe
Speaker Edo State House of Assembly Blessing Sheriff Agbebaku How Governors Became Kings and Assemblies Became Yes-people. Ah, the “rubber stamp” that delightful term in Nigeria’s democratic theatre, where lawmaking meets the executive like a eager intern stamping “APPROVED” on every memo. Far from a harmless office gag, it’s a glowing indictment of institutional surrender. …
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The Moths to the Flame: Why Do Populist Movements Always Attract Such “Enterprising” Characters? By Lawson Akhigbe
There is an eternal, almost Newtonian law of modern politics: wherever a politician loudly proclaims they are "standing up for the forgotten working man," you will inevitably find a discreet corner table in a private Mayfair club where someone is eagerly trying to launder foreign money.
I Wear A Cape
What’s the bravest thing you’ve ever done when no one was watching? Just being in private as in public
Centre for Nigeria Progress 