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On March 24, 2019, Attorney General William Barr released a four-page letter summarizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller's nearly two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. That letter would become one of the most consequential pieces of misinformation in modern American history—not because it contained outright falsehoods, but because of what it chose to …

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Screenshot There is a recurring ritual in Nigerian politics: lose a party argument today, discover constitutional morality tomorrow, and arrive in court the next morning armed with an ex parte application and righteous indignation. It is in this theatre that the recent interventions by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) must be understood—and critically examined. The …

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On March 18, 2026, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will walk into Windsor Castle. The flags of the Union and the Green-White-Green will fly side-by-side, the Household Cavalry will provide a rhythmic jingle of silver and steel, and the British press will dutifully churn out op-eds about “enduring Commonwealth ties” and “shared democratic values.” But for …

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There are state visits, and then there are state visits where you suspect half the delegation is nodding politely while mentally Googling, “What does entente cordiale actually mean?” When Bola Ahmed Tinubu jetted off to the United Kingdom to sign that now-infamous migration Memorandum of Understanding with Nigeria, one imagines the occasion was dressed up …

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