Author: Centre for Nigeria Progress

Nigeriancentric: Examining current & political affairs through law, history & accountability. Challenging official narratives, records institutional failures, & uses sharp humour to expose political hypocrisy No party loyalty, just facts, memory & critique
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Historical Ransom Strategies: From Ancient Leverage to Modern War Economies

Ransom strategies—demanding payment, prisoners, or concessions in exchange for captives—have been a fixture of conflict for millennia. They blur lines between warfare, crime, and economics, often transforming violence into a sustainable revenue stream. In ideological conflicts, ransom can fund operations; in profit-driven ones, it becomes the core incentive. The “starve the beast” approach—refusing payment to …

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REJOINDER: “CLARIFYING” THE CLARIFICATION — OR HOW TO POLISH A ONE-WAY MIRROR by Lawson Akhigbe

State dinner There is something almost poetic about a government statement (see below) that begins by “debunking misinformation” and proceeds, with admirable stamina, to confirm every underlying concern—just in longer sentences and better punctuation. Let us begin with the ceremonial backdrop: the “historic” visit of Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the United Kingdom. In Nigerian political …

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Palestine Action activists guilty of criminal damage By Bea Swallow

Image caption, Footage of the break-in was uploaded to social media by the protest group Four Palestine Action activists have been found guilty of criminal damage at a UK site of an Israel-based defence firm. Charlotte Head, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwani, 21, broke into an Elbit Systems factory near Bristol …

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Rajivi Menon KC, Lead Barrister in Palestine Action trial wins contempt challenge By Dominic Casciani

Image caption, Rajiv Menon KC wins "unprecedented" contempt of court challenge A leading barrister has won a reprieve from facing an unprecedented contempt of court case over his alleged conduct during a trial of six Palestine Action activists. Last week, a retrial jury convicted four members of the organisation of criminal damage over their break-in to Elbit …

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