The Diezani Alison-Madueke case study

The Diezani Alison-Madueke case stands as a landmark example of transnational justice in action—specifically, the UK’s prosecution of alleged high-level Nigerian corruption where illicit benefits flowed through British financial systems, property markets, and legal channels. As of April 21, 2026, the trial at Southwark Crown Court in London remains ongoing, more than a decade after …

Reparations for Me, But Not for Thee by Lawson Akhigbe

For decades, the word “reparations” was treated in American political discourse like a contagious disease. Mention it in relation to slavery, colonialism, or the economic destruction of Africa and the Caribbean, and respectable commentators would recoil as if someone had proposed paying pensions to pirates. African Americans who argued that centuries of unpaid labour, segregation, …

Libya’s Ghost Guns: Why Nigeria Should Demand Compensation from NATO for a War That Fueled Terrorism by Lawson Akhigbe

Fifteen years after NATO’s intervention in Libya, the consequences of that war continue to haunt Africa. What was sold to the world as a humanitarian mission to protect civilians has become one of the most consequential foreign policy failures of the 21st century. The latest evidence comes from the United Nations itself. The UN has …