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In July 2004, police lay in wait at an airfield in the far northeastern corner of Nigeria. Gilbert Chagoury, a Lebanese businessman and one-time adviser to the late dictator Sani Abacha, was set to touch down in his private jet. Nuhu Ribadu, then the country's top anti-corruption prosecutor, says that Chagoury was a kingpin in the …

Continue reading "Chasing the Ghosts of a Corrupt Regime BY ROBIN UREVICH"

There are moments in a country’s economic trajectory when infrastructure stops being just about steel and concrete and becomes a map of power. Nigeria’s latest port developments in Lagos—one private, one state-backed—sit squarely in that category. On paper, the Snake Island Port Terminal deal and the UK-backed port refurbishment programme are distinct transactions. In practice, …

Continue reading "The Ports, the Players, and the Power: Unpacking the Snake Island–UK Loan Nexus"

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At this point, Nigeria might as well appoint the Minister of Climate Change as National Security Adviser. It would save time. Because if the current argument is to be believed, terrorism in Nigeria is no longer the offspring of failed governance, compromised security systems, and political indifference. No—it is the direct handiwork of sunshine, heatwaves, …

Continue reading "Blame the Sun: Nigeria’s Hottest Political Alibi"