In Nigeria, the legal framework explicitly criminalizes the payment of ransoms to kidnappers or terrorists.
Anatomy of Kidnapping: The Law and Enforcement by Lawson Akhigbe
Remembering Captain Thomas Sankara, the Rebel Who Renamed a Nation and the Rise of a Captain Ibrahim Traoré Who regained a Nation by Lawson Akhigbe
Thomas Sankara's dramatic life and legacy inspire Captain Ibrahim Traore, as they redefine African ideals and reshape the future.
BEAN TO BRAND, TARIFF TO TRAP by Lawson Akhigbe
Next in Abuja, four governments will do something that sounds, on paper, like a belated act of economic self-respect. Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon between them the source of roughly two-thirds of the cocoa that becomes the world's chocolate will sign the Abuja Declaration and stand up a Cocoa Value Addition Alliance, a coordinated attempt to stop shipping out raw beans and start capturing some of the value that currently accrues, almost entirely, to everyone else. Nigeria will additionally sign its own Cocoa Value Addition Accord, a domestic compact roping in governors, farmer groups, financiers and researchers into the project of turning bean into brand rather than bean into someone else's bar.
Ozalla, Owan West, Edo State
The Clan System: Ozalla is recognized as an independent, autonomous clan within the Owan West region.
Ozalla: When 27 Nigerians Died and the Law Looked Away by Lawson Akhigbe
In 2004, in the heart of Edo State, 27 people reportedly lost their lives in circumstances so horrifying that they read less like a contemporary news report and more like a medieval witch trial.
Centre for Nigeria Progress 