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INEC There is a particular kind of comedy that only constitutional lawyers and long-suffering Nigerian voters can truly appreciate. It is the comedy of a document that says one thing with great solemnity, and a government that does the opposite with even greater solemnity, and both parties nodding at each other as though the contradiction …
When we talk about government budgets, the spotlight usually falls on roads, schools, or hospitals. But what about the courts? Who pays for the buildings where justice is served, the cars judges drive, or the staff housing behind the high walls? If you think the answer is simple, think again. Nigeria’s judiciary budget process is …
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There is a peculiar mood haunting modern politics. It is not merely anger. Democracies have always had angry voters. It is something darker: a cultivated sense of siege, humiliation and impending collapse. The feeling that the nation is being stolen, replaced, diluted or betrayed. The feeling that catastrophe is not coming tomorrow but is already …
Some of today’s far right is openly violent and undemocratic – and even in its less extreme forms, far-right populism is a profound threat. But that doesn’t mean it is just a re-run of history Politics, before it is about anything else, is about emotion. We all base our judgments about the world – the …
