What if Obama did it (Video) by Lawson Akhigbe
Blame the Sun: Nigeria’s Hottest Political Alibi
At this point, Nigeria might as well appoint the Minister of Climate Change as National Security Adviser. It would save time. Because if the current argument is to be believed, terrorism in Nigeria is no longer the offspring of failed governance, compromised security systems, and political indifference. No—it is the direct handiwork of sunshine, heatwaves, …
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The Man Who Spiked the Truth: How William Barr Distorted the Mueller Report and Broke America’s Relationship with Facts
On March 24, 2019, Attorney General William Barr released a four-page letter summarizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller's nearly two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. That letter would become one of the most consequential pieces of misinformation in modern American history—not because it contained outright falsehoods, but because of what it chose to …
Boys to Men
Describe something you learned in high school. One entered a boy and left a man. One became self aware, knew how to control one’s immediate surroundings, cleaning, making beds away from home. The umbilical cord emotionally and physically cut.
Courts, Parties, and Power: The NBA’s Warning and Nigeria’s Legal Reality
Screenshot There is a recurring ritual in Nigerian politics: lose a party argument today, discover constitutional morality tomorrow, and arrive in court the next morning armed with an ex parte application and righteous indignation. It is in this theatre that the recent interventions by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) must be understood—and critically examined. The …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 