Was Aso Rock Expecting Bishops To Sing ‘On Your Mandate…’? By Muazu Elazehm

More than a week after the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) visited the president, reactions to the encounter by some of the country’s most influential clerics at Aso Rock presidential villa have lingered. That visit continues to spark controversy, with public commentary and heated arguments refusing to abate, especially across social media.Interestingly, the harshest …

From NADECO Hero to Billboard Bully: Nigeria’s Illiberal Democracy Masterclass by Lawson Akhigbe

There’s a special kind of Nigerian magic that turns a man who once dodged military bullets for democracy into the man who now decides which opposition party is allowed to breathe near a billboard.

No Rest for the Renter: Or, How to Stay Forever in a House You Don’t Own by Lawson Akhigbe

Afolabi Adekaiyaoja has done the Lord’s work. He has finally given us the proper vocabulary for the peculiar Nigerian political condition: the landlord, the owner, the renter, and the tenant. In one elegant real-estate metaphor, he has explained why our politicians never seem to retire, why they fight harder the longer they stay, and why …

ICPC recovers ambulances from ex-Edo Rep, private clinic by Sola Shittu (Repost from 2017)

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has recovered three ambulances from a former member of the Federal House of Representatives, Pally Iriase,  and a private clinic owner in Otuo, Owan East Local Government area of Edo State. Two of the ambulances were said to have been recovered from the private clinic owned …