Falsification of documents a national pastime both the government and the public
The Forged Nation, Part Two: The State’s Own Get-Out-of-Jail Card by Lawson Akhigbe
Edo State’s CCTV Mandate: When Government Decides Shop Owners Are the New Police Force by Lawson Akhigbe
Shops is now an extension of the state’s security infrastructure. Congratulations! You’ve been promoted from entrepreneur to unpaid auxiliary detective. Pay for the cameras, the electricity (when NEPA remembers you exist), the cloud storage or DVRs, the maintenance, and the inevitable technician who speaks only in riddles. All so the government can claim progress while the actual primary purpose of government remains… whatever it was doing before this.
The Great Clacton Escape: Can Nigel Farage Outrun His Own Paperwork? By Lawson Akhigbe
Farage’s latest stunt, abruptly resigning as the MP for Clacton to trigger a theatrical summer by-election is a masterpiece in the fine art of political distraction.
The ₦1.3 Billion “Ghost” Council: Masterful Forgery or a Private Deal Gone Sour? By Lawson Akhigbe
This story is thoroughly compelling, provided one is willing to ignore how the Nigerian state machinery actually operates.
The Log in Our Eye: The Quiet Tragedy of Nigeria’s “Lost” Inmates by Lawson Akhigbe
The grim reality of the Nigerian justice system was laid bare recently in a devastating report by Arise News. In 2007, a 14-year-old boy named Gospel Kinani disappeared from Ogoniland, Rivers State. For nearly two decades, his family searched for him in vain; the profound grief even claimed the lives of both his parents. Eighteen years later, Gospel was finally found not dead, but alive, broken, and languishing inside the Port Harcourt Correctional Center at 33 years old.
Centre for Nigeria Progress 