Trump’s Conspiracy Machine Comes Home to Roost By Lawson Akhigbe

A rumour becomes a scandal. A disagreement becomes a conspiracy. An inconvenient question becomes evidence of a plot. An opponent is not merely wrong, but corrupt, compromised, bought, controlled or secretly working for somebody else.

The Art of the Unsolicited Ass-Kiss: Understanding Nigeria’s “Eye Service” Economy by Lawson Akhigbe

In the United States, corporate culture has a colorful vocabulary for the hyper-sycophant: the brown-noser, the bootlicker, the corporate shill. But in Nigeria, this behavior isn't just a personality trait of that one annoying guy in middle management. It is a highly sophisticated, deeply institutionalized standard operating procedure known colloquially as "Eye Service."

The “Hero” of the Rubber Stamp: How Nigeria’s Separation of Powers Became a One-Man Show by Lawson Akhigbe

The Legislature does not check the Executive; it curtsies, takes notes, and asks the Executive what time it should pack its bags.