When Nigeria set up the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on April 13, 2003, it was not an act of legislative leisure. It was an emergency response to international isolation. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), created by the G7 in 1989 to coordinate the global fight against money laundering, had placed Nigeria on …
Awolowo's leadership in the federal opposition was challenged by Akintola's strategic moves in the Western Region, as both sought to shape the political landscape with differing ideologies.
File Photo: Court gavel IT is no longer in doubt that public confidence in Nigeria’s courts has been badly shaken. Too many Nigerians believe, often with reason, that judicial outcomes are shaped by influences far removed from the law. The cynical refrain is that it is no longer about knowing the law, but knowing the …
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What activities do you lose yourself in? Is this a therapy session 
Nigeria’s political class occupies a familiar paradox in the national imagination: revered in ceremony but reviled in practice; envied for power, yet widely suspected (and in some cases proven) of looting that power for personal gain. In moments of national strain, when prices soar, wages stagnate, institutions wobble, and public patience thins, this contradiction becomes …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 