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.
My Village
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? My village is where my family is at
Spells vs. Supplications: How Language Decides Who is “Holy” and Who is “Voodoo”
Oba of Benin gathers his chiefs, raises a ceremonial staff, and recites a rhythmic Edo formula to combat insecurity within his domain, the Western-trained mind instinctively shifts its vocabulary. Suddenly, it’s not a prayer. It’s an incantation. It’s a spell. It’s juju. Why does one man commune with the divine while the other plays with magic? The difference isn't actually in the action; it’s in the vocabulary of power, race, and who owns the dictionary.
Unknown Soldiers, Unknown Councils, Unknown Government: A Nigerian Classic Remix by Lawson Akhigbe
A whole Presidential Council with a fancy name is allegedly moving money for “foreign intervention promotion”? “Account? What account? We are also surprised o.”
The Watchlist That Became a Guest List by Lawson Akhigbe
The 2006 EFCC watchlist was not, in retrospect, a prosecution document. It was and we can now say this with the authority of twenty years of evidence, a directory of the durable.

