Fool Me Twice: Why Nigel Farage’s New Housing Scapegoat is Brexit 2.0 by Lawson Akhigbe

There is an old saying that perfectly captures the current state of British political gullibility: "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me." A decade ago, Nigel Farage sold the British public a beautifully wrapped, entirely hollow promise. He insisted that the root of all governance issues, crumbling infrastructure, and economic …

The Rhetoric of the Megaphone: Deconstructing Adams Oshiomhole’s Most Bombastic Claims by Lawson Akhigbe

In the theater of Nigerian politics, words are rarely just tools for communication; they are weapons of mass distraction, instruments of alignment, and structural shields. Few contemporary figures understand this dynamic better than Senator Adams Oshiomhole. From his days as a fiery labor leader to his tenure as Edo State Governor, APC National Chairman, and …

NNPCL, SERAP and the Curious Case of the Missing Shareholders By Lawson Akhigbe

There is a persistent Nigerian belief that whenever government owns something, every Nigerian automatically becomes a director, auditor, procurement officer and forensic accountant of that thing. This belief is currently being tested by the lawsuit filed by SERAP seeking to compel the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to account for approximately ₦5.9 billion reportedly …

The Social Housing Trap: Why Fatmata Bio, Bob Crow, and Frank Dobson Stirred the Same Political Hornet’s Nest by Lawson Akhigbe

Fatmata Bio, Bob Crow, and Frank Dobson What do Fatmata Bio, Bob Crow, and Frank Dobson have in common? On the surface, very little. The late Bob Crow was a firebrand white British trade union leader. Frank Dobson was a heavyweight white British Labour politician and former Health Secretary. Fatmata Bio is a Black woman, …