The Two Fatal Injunctions

IBB The Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgments and injunctions that derailed the June 12, 1993, presidential election represents one of the most controversial chapters in Nigerian legal history. The "injunction stopping the announcement" was actually the second of two critical midnight rulings issued by the Abuja High Court, orchestrated by Chief Arthur Nzeribe’s …

Justice Dashen’s Magical Disappearing Act: When a High Court Forgets How to Count (and Appoint) Time

Honorable Mr. Justice Adama Hamma Isa Dashen One resisted to comment on the recent ruling of the Honorable Mr. Justice Adama Hamma Isa Dashen of the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja regarding the National Democratic Congress (NDC) matter until a certified true copy of the judgement became available. Now that it has, one's belief …

The Theater of the Forked Tongue: Decoding Trump’s Imaginative “Victory” in Nigeria by Lawson Akhigbe

https://videopress.com/v/OKYqmqES?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Trump at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference Video Clip The transcription of Trump’s video clip on Nigeria: "They know we recently struck Nigeria and largely ended the slaughter of great Christian populations.They have a great Christian population that they were being butchered, butchered—thousands and thousands of people were being killed. Children, women, old …

From Fani-Kayode to Wike: The “Tin Gods” and the Burden of Nigeria’s Republics by Lawson Akhigbe

Every era of Nigerian democracy arrives with a unique promise of renewal. Yet, history shows that each republic has also birthed its own political behemoth, men who, intoxicated by the proximity to power or wealth, wielded influence like blunt instruments. They became institutional bullies, structural disruptions, and political "tin gods" whose shadows darkened the democratic …