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Breaking: Senator Oshiomhole Opens Political Purgatory Desk, Extends Amnesty to the Afterlife by Lawson Akhigbe
There was a time when anti-corruption in Nigeria required investigators, case files, dramatic press conferences and the occasional handcuff parade. Those were the old, inefficient days. Then came Senator Adams Oshiomhole, former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who simplified the entire justice system with one elegant doctrinal innovation: cross over and be cleansed. …
Section 14 v. Reality: When Nigerians Become Exhibit A by Lawson Akhigbe
Edo state police commissioner The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is very clear — almost romantically so. Section 14 declares that “the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government.” Not secondary. Not optional. Not “subject to availability of funds.” Primary. Every public officer, from the President down …
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The Curious Case of the Accidental Emperor by Lawson Akhigbe
There are men who rise to leadership through vision, sacrifice and intellect. And then there are men who arrive by confusing noise with competence, audacity with ability, and shamelessness with strategy. Our subject belongs firmly in the latter category. This is a man who cheated on his wife, then apparently felt that wasn’t ambitious enough …
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When the Attacked, Iran Decide the Terms by Lawson Akhigbe
During the early years of World War II, Adolf Hitler’s Germany believed it had discovered the formula to break Britain’s will. The answer, they thought, lay in terror from the sky. Beginning in 1940, the German Luftwaffe launched the sustained bombing campaign known as the The Blitz, raining explosives on London and other British cities …
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