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Diezani Alison-Madueke Why Suspicion Is Not Evidence and Why Courts Demand More Than Public Opinion For years, former Nigerian Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, occupied a unique place in Nigeria's political imagination. Depending on who was speaking, she was either the symbol of everything wrong with Nigeria's oil sector or the victim of a political witch-hunt. …
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The constitutional and administrative structure of the Federal Capital Territory is unusual within Nigeria because it is neither a full state nor an ordinary federal territory. It is directly administered by the Federal Government under a hybrid arrangement combining executive administration with limited democratic representation. Constitutional Basis of the FCT The legal foundation is primarily …
Nigel Farage When Nigel Farage talks about slashing welfare, railing against “the establishment,” and bypassing traditional media, it’s worth asking where that kind of politics can lead when it actually holds power. Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule in Hungary offers a brutal lesson in both how would-be autocrats can consolidate power, and why such approaches ultimately …
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Nigeria is a country of many mysteries. Nobody knows who really fixes the price of tomatoes. Nobody knows why government projects are always “90% completed” for fifteen years. And increasingly, nobody knows how so many politically explosive cases seem to find their way before the same judge. The latest controversy surrounding Justice Peter Odo Lifu …
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