The performance requires a villain. Africa has been performing that role for free, and at some cost to itself for considerably longer than it should have.
If You Don’t Want Us, You Cannot Have Our Gold by Lawson Akhigbe
Bola Ahmed Tinubu: The Most Nigerian of Nigerian Presidents? By Lawson Akhigbe
In that sense, Tinubu may be regarded as the most “Nigerian” of Nigerian presidents—not necessarily as a compliment, but because he appears to encapsulate many of the contradictions, ambiguities and controversies that have long defined Nigerian politics.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun
If you could rewrite any book’s ending, which one would you choose? Kainene would be found by Federal Troops and returned home.
Life Imprisonment for Child Sexual Assault: Legal Basis and Constitutional Considerations by Lawson Akhigbe
The primary statutory authority for this sentence is Section 260 of the Kebbi State Penal Code Law, 2021, which criminalizes "unnatural offences." While the exact wording of Kebbi State's provision isn't publicly available in full, similar provisions in northern Nigerian penal codes typically define "unnatural offences" as carnal intercourse against the order of nature, which judicial interpretation has extended to include same-sex sexual acts and anal intercourse.
The Great Nigerian Magic Trick: More Revenue, More Debt, Less Breath by Lawson Akhigbe
There is an old saying in Nigerian governance that has practically become an article of faith: "We don’t have a money problem; we have a spending problem."
Centre for Nigeria Progress 