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In Nigerian governance, reality often outpaces satire. Just when the public was settling into the dramatic narrative spun by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), a cinematic story of daring impostors who supposedly set up rogue shops right under the nose of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), …
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his APC government have proclaimed an ambition to build a one-trillion-dollar Nigerian economy.
There is a peculiar brand of honesty that only slips out when an official forgets to read the democratic script. Usually, freshly inaugurated politicians feel obliged to rehearse the standard civic pieties muttering something about service delivery, the rule of law, or the sovereign will of the people. But every once in a while, the system produces a moment of pure, unvarnished clarity.
What’s the most annoying trope in books or movies? Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe
Behold the main character of British politics in 2026: a white, elderly gentleman, clearly leaning on a sturdy wooden cane for support, accredited badge swinging proudly from his neck at the Reform UK conference. Mouth open in mid-roar, eyes locked in righteous fury, he has somehow decided that the greatest threat to civilisation in that moment is a young woman holding a handbag. The crowd of fellow pensioners and patriots looks on with varying degrees of encouragement. Somewhere in the background, the usual sea of white hair and earnest lanyards nods along
