FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: A Statement of Unwavering Support and Simultaneous Prosecution by Lawson Akhigbe

ABUJA โ€“ In a move that has left absolutely no one confused because it is perfectly clear, the Federal Government of Nigeria today issued a robust, double-barrelled statement regarding the former Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency Yahaya Bello. The statement, read by a specially trained spokesperson who can maintain a completely straight face, aimed …

Tinubu: Nigeria is Not Lagos (II) by Shaka Momodu

A people who elect corrupt politicians, impostors, thieves, and traitors are not victimsโ€ฆ but accomplices. โ€“ George Orwell I know I must be sounding like a broken record but I have to say it again and again without any equivocation that those currently strutting around for elective positions, particularly for the position of the president …

BREAKING: America Asks World to โ€œPause Spinning,โ€ Citing โ€œMotion Sicknessโ€ from Sudden Stop by Lawson Akhigbe

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON D.C. โ€“ In a move that has left geophysicists, cartographers, and anyone who owns a globe profoundly confused, the United States of America has formally submitted a request to the United Nations, and by extension, the planet itself, to โ€œplease stop turning for a little while so we can get our …

Edward Said Saw the Future of Israel and Palestine by Amir-Hussein Radjy

How the literary theoristโ€™s life and work shed light on the epic failure of U.S. Middle East policy. Author Edward Said is pictured in Paris on Nov. 25, 1996. Ulf Andersen/Getty Images Radicalism is nothing more than understanding the root of a problem. Time and again, the late Palestinian and American thinker Edward Said struck at …

Wikeโ€™s Double-Shift: Governor of Rivers by Birth, FCT by Ambition

If Nigeria ever needed proof that hubris can be a full-time job, Nyesom Wike is walking evidence. The man is officially the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), but in practice, heโ€™s running two states like a Nollywood actor juggling wives in a polygamy comedy. One minute, heโ€™s in Abuja paving roads and chasing …