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The Politics of Adrenaline by Lawson Akhigbe
There was a time in British politics when dullness was considered a virtue. A Prime Minister who governed competently, balanced competing interests, kept the machinery of state functioning and avoided national melodrama was seen as doing his job. Today, such a politician would be eaten alive before the first Prime Minister’s Questions clip hit TikTok. …
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The Art Of The Deal
What’s a book that completely surprised you? For the time in recorded history, the alleged author of this book is not aware of the deal, let alone, knowing the art of a deal. He knows no art of accepting a positive answer for a deal.
Sir Thomas More to the Conservatives and Unionists Party and Reform UK Limited by Lawson Akhigbe
Nigel Faraga (Thomas Moore steps to the podium, his expression weary but resolute. He looks out at the angry politicians.) Friends… neighbors… countrymen. I hear you. I hear the fear in your voices, the frustration. Times are hard. Work feels scarce. It’s easy to look at a family who just arrived, who speaks a different …
Paying for a Distant War by Alister Bull
Most African economies swept into 2026 with the wind in their sails after recording the best growth in a decade. Then the US and Israel attacked Iran. Just like the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the Covid pandemic two years earlier, the continent will pay the price for far-away events that it didn’t start. A Middle …
Centre for Nigeria Progress 