Author: Centre for Nigeria Progress

Nigeria Airways - plane and crew A masterclass in how to liquidate an airline, vanish the assets, and still somehow owe people money for 22 years There is a particular genius, the kind you can only truly appreciate from a safe distance, in being able to shut down a company, sell off all its assets, …

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There comes a point in the life of a democracy when the debate is no longer about ideology, taxation, immigration, or even war. The debate becomes far more primitive and far more dangerous: can supposedly intelligent adults still distinguish reality from obedience? That is where America now finds itself in May 2026. The astonishing thing …

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Nigeria Army There is a growing fashion among Nigerian political intellectuals to speak about insecurity as though the country merely suffers from “poor coordination” or “weak intelligence architecture.” The language sounds modern. References to drones, cyber intelligence, intelligence fusion centres and homeland security structures create the image of a state preparing for 21st-century warfare. The …

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