When Cartels Outpace Courts: What the Ozubulu Massacre Reveals About Nigeria’s Creaking Justice System by Lawson Akhigbe

On the morning of August 6, 2017, gunmen stormed St. Philip’s Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Anambra State. When the gunfire ceased, at least a dozen worshippers lay dead on the pews, including the elderly father of the intended target.

Nigerian: Country Policy and Information notes Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications from Nigeria

Country Policy and Information Notes (CPIN) for Nigeria are official guidance documents published by the UK Home Office and used by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) caseworkers, decision-makers, and immigration judges to assess protection (asylum) and human rights claims from Nigerian nationals.

Tinubu’s extended absence by Punch Editorial Board

NIGERIA has a disturbing habit of allowing those in power to treat constitutional restraints as inconveniences rather than obligations. Once again, the country is confronted with questions over presidential absence, constitutional compliance and the willingness of its institutions to hold the powerful to account.

The Great Nigerian Name Shuffle: Why Nobody Knows Who Mr. Andrew Really Is by Lawson Akhigbe

Across the civilized world, introducing oneself is a predictable, orderly affair. There is an unspoken, universally accepted architectural blueprint for human identification: First Name, Middle Name, Last Name. If you are introduced informally at a backyard barbecue, you are John. If you are summoned before a Senate committee, a magistrate, or your bank manager, you …