UK Nigeria Banquet Menu

Just like the Immigration MOU that Tinubu signed he did not understand the menu of the UK/Nigeria banquet menu as it was written in French and no member of the Nigerian delegation understands French. This is the translation of the menu Tartlet of Cail Eggs Calves Watercress and Kale Sabayon with Basil Turbot Fillet and …

Abuja Advantage: Wike, the PDP Victory, and the Fine Art of Judicial Hospitality by Lawson Akhigbe

Minister Wike Inspecting construction of judicial housing If there is one thing Nyesom Wike has demonstrated since arriving in Abuja as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, it is that power, when properly exercised, should come with good roads, prime land… and apparently, very comfortable judges. The latest chapter in this ongoing political theatre is …

Concrete Profits, Crumbling Homes: How Policy, Not Scarcity, Drives Nigeria’s Cement Prices

Nigeria sits on limestone deposits vast enough to build half a continent. From Ogun to Kogi, from Sokoto to Cross River, the raw materials for cement are not merely available—they are abundant. Yet paradoxically, the price of cement in Nigeria remains among the highest globally. The orthodox explanation gestures vaguely at “market forces,” exchange rates, …

A Needle

Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind. A needle in haystack, jotting the first thing that comes to mind. The vastness of my mind and multiple things that drops in that vastness can’t be captured for WordPress therapy sessions.

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Tinubu, Trump, and the Fine Art of Expensive Nothingness by Lawson Akhigbe

If politics were currency, then Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Donald Trump would be legal tender—widely circulated, frequently disputed, and of highly questionable backing. At first glance, they operate in different jurisdictions: one in the bustling, improvisational theatre of Nigerian politics, the other in the overproduced reality show that is American democracy. But scratch beneath the …