What villain actually had a good point? For the hero to be a hero, there has to be a villain and that’s a good point.
Their Existence
The ₦1.3 Billion “Ghost” Council: Masterful Forgery or a Private Deal Gone Sour? By Lawson Akhigbe
This story is thoroughly compelling, provided one is willing to ignore how the Nigerian state machinery actually operates.
The Log in Our Eye: The Quiet Tragedy of Nigeria’s “Lost” Inmates by Lawson Akhigbe
The grim reality of the Nigerian justice system was laid bare recently in a devastating report by Arise News. In 2007, a 14-year-old boy named Gospel Kinani disappeared from Ogoniland, Rivers State. For nearly two decades, his family searched for him in vain; the profound grief even claimed the lives of both his parents. Eighteen years later, Gospel was finally found not dead, but alive, broken, and languishing inside the Port Harcourt Correctional Center at 33 years old.
Trump’s World Cup: Finding 11,780 Goals
The referee blew the whistle, the linesman raised a flag, the electoral officer counted the votes, and even when people grumbled, they generally accepted that the game was bigger than any one player. Institutions existed so that personal desires did not become public policy
A Red Card for Reality: How Trump Imported Election-Denial Tactics to the World Cup by Lawson Akhigbe
If you thought the beautiful game was safe from the ugly machinery of American election denial, the 2026 FIFA World Cup just served up a staggering reality check.
