The Politics of the Street: Power, Persona, and the Tinubu Question by Lawson Akhigbe

There are moments in politics when the fog lifts—when rhetoric, mythology, and carefully curated narratives fall away, and what remains is something far more primal. Call it instinct. Call it method. Or, less charitably, call it the politics of the street. “Eureka,” one might say—because sometimes recognition arrives not through revelation, but through pattern. To …

Analysis of Challenges to the Ouster Clause in Section 83(5)–(6) of the Electoral Act, 2026

The ouster clause in Section 83(5)–(6) of Nigeria’s Electoral Act, 2026 (signed February 2026) represents one of the most contentious innovations in the statute. It seeks to insulate “internal affairs” of political parties from judicial scrutiny, codifying and expanding the traditional “convenient fiction” critiqued in Lawson Akhigbe’s April 2026 article. Enacted against a backdrop of …

Nigerian Electoral Act, 2026: A Thorough Analysis

INEC The Electoral Act, 2026 (signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on 18 February 2026) repeals and re-enacts the Electoral Act No. 13 of 2022. It regulates the conduct of federal, state, and Federal Capital Territory Area Council elections ahead of the 2027 general elections. Enacted amid post-2023 election critiques—judicial overload from intra-party …