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Ben Murray-Bruce: When Debt Meets “Defection Doctrine” by Lawson Akhigbe
https://videopress.com/v/ZkyR63Nr?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Nigerian politics has many unwritten rules, but one of the most enduring is this: alignment determines intensity. The case of Ben Murray-Bruce is not novel—it is textbook. Strip away the rhetoric, ignore the official denials, and simply follow the chronology. What emerges is less a scandal and more a familiar institutional pattern. The “Before”: …
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VIDEO: Fire Service chief’s convoy to Kogi sparks public debate by Punch Newspaper with additional comments by Lawson Akhigbe
Olumode Samuel Adeyemi. Photo: Ministry of Interior A grand motorcade escorting the Controller-General of the Federal Fire Service, Olumode Adeyemi, through his home state of Kogi has ignited widespread online debate over resource allocation in emergency services. Video footage circulating on social media on Monday shows a convoy of FFS-red emergency vehicles, including Toyota pickups, …
Political Economy
What book could you read over and over again? Walter Rodney's How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. It's a book on the political, economic and history of the African economy. Read it in my first year of university and still occasionally read it again. I have recommended this free book to all concerned and hopefully some WordPress …
The Hydra Doctrine: Inside Iran’s Strategy of Survival Without a Head by Kelechi DonPido @kmbiamnozie
The most difficult subject in War School was Iran, you know why? No one, even my Professors who were former intelligence operatives couldn’t tell Irans military strategy. Militarily, Iran did what no country has done. The decentralization of it Forces, a well organized a formidable units with its own brain around defense. You can embed …
No Tears for El-Rufai and Malami By Farooq A. Kperogi
Nasir El-Rufai and Abubakar Malami are suddenly the objects of public pity in some corners of Nigeria’s political commentariat. Yes, my default ideological temperament is to empathize with and fight for the underdog. But El-Rufai and Malami are no underdogs. They are merely (temporarily) subdued top dogs whose canine viciousness is only momentarily at bay …
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