Tag: Corruption

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Trump’s World Cup: Finding 11,780 Goals

The referee blew the whistle, the linesman raised a flag, the electoral officer counted the votes, and even when people grumbled, they generally accepted that the game was bigger than any one player. Institutions existed so that personal desires did not become public policy

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A Red Card for Reality: How Trump Imported Election-Denial Tactics to the World Cup by Lawson Akhigbe

If you thought the beautiful game was safe from the ugly machinery of American election denial, the 2026 FIFA World Cup just served up a staggering reality check.

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