The “Fake Agency” Paradox: When Nigerian Bureaucracy Declares Its Own Children Illegitimate by Lawson Akhigbe

In Nigerian governance, reality often outpaces satire. Just when the public was settling into the dramatic narrative spun by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), a cinematic story of daring impostors who supposedly set up rogue shops right under the nose of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), …

The Holy Trinity of Loyalty: How Uromi’s New Chairman Said the Quiet Part Out Loud by Lawson Akhigbe

There is a peculiar brand of honesty that only slips out when an official forgets to read the democratic script. Usually, freshly inaugurated politicians feel obliged to rehearse the standard civic pieties muttering something about service delivery, the rule of law, or the sovereign will of the people. But every once in a while, the system produces a moment of pure, unvarnished clarity.