The Inspector-General’s Retreat: On Cameras, Constables, and the Constitution by Lawson Akhigbe

IGP Olatunji Disu IGP Olatunji Disu has remembered that he runs a police force and has apparently decided that the public's camera is a greater threat to law and order than the police officer's impunity. There is a peculiarly Nigerian species of authority figure who, having said something correct, correct enough even to have been …

The Vegan Defence Texas Senatorial Race By Lawson Akhigbe

James Talarico and Ken Paxton Ken Paxton stands accused of bribery, infidelity, abuse of office, and federal investigation. His rebuttal? James Talarico eats tofu. Republicans find this perfectly satisfactory. There is a venerable tradition in courtrooms the world over, when the evidence against a defendant is so comprehensive, so richly documented, and so thoroughly embarrassing, …

The Price of Reputation: From Marble Arch Pennies to Nigerian Billions by Lawson Akhigbe

There is something beautifully British about a court calmly informing a man that his reputation is worth less than the loose change under a Tube seat. In a case that could only have been scripted somewhere between dry wit and judicial understatement, a gentleman—freshly seasoned with a conviction for a robbery near Marble Arch—approached the …