If You Have to Ask “Which PDP Faction?”, You’ve Already Chosen Sides by Lawson Akhigbe

Let us get this out of the way early: if you have to ask which faction of the PDP is the “real” one, you are not confused — you are complicit. Confusion is innocent. This one is willful. It is the kind of confusion that comes with an agenda, a brief, or at the very …

The 14th VIP Police Order by Leadership Newspaper

President Bola Tinubu’s directive ordering the withdrawal of police officers from Very Important Personality(VIP) protection duties lands with a familiar thud. For anyone tracking Nigeria’s security pronouncements over the past two decades, this announcement reads less like bold reform and more like a well-worn script being dusted off for another performance. The presidency frames it …

From Crusader Horses to MAGA Hashtags: How Medieval Marches Echo in Trump’s “Christian Genocide in Nigeria” Narrative by Lawson Akhigbe

If history teaches us anything, it is that someone will always pick up a cross, mount a horse, and declare a holy mission—usually without reading the fine print. The Crusaders did it in 1096. Donald Trump and his minions are doing a remix in 2025, except this time the horses have been replaced by social-media …

Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu jailed for life over terrorism charges by Via AP news wire

Kanu was the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement (AFP via Getty Images) The verdict, delivered on Thursday, concludes a decade-long trial that has heightened tensions across southeast Nigeria A Nigerian court has handed separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu a life sentence after convicting him on all seven terrorism-related charges. The verdict, delivered …

The Character Deficit: How Trump’s Personal Failings Breached America’s Constitutional Order by Lawson Akhigbe

The American system is a fortress of parchment and principle, its walls the separation of powers, its foundation the rule of law. For centuries, its stability has relied on a dual defense: the external guardrails of institutional checks and balances, and the internal guardrail of presidential character. The latter—encompassing integrity, empathy, humility, and respect for …