This story is thoroughly compelling, provided one is willing to ignore how the Nigerian state machinery actually operates.
The ₦1.3 Billion “Ghost” Council: Masterful Forgery or a Private Deal Gone Sour? By Lawson Akhigbe
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
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.
Unknown Soldiers, Unknown Councils, Unknown Government: A Nigerian Classic Remix by Lawson Akhigbe
A whole Presidential Council with a fancy name is allegedly moving money for “foreign intervention promotion”? “Account? What account? We are also surprised o.”
The Watchlist That Became a Guest List by Lawson Akhigbe
The 2006 EFCC watchlist was not, in retrospect, a prosecution document. It was and we can now say this with the authority of twenty years of evidence, a directory of the durable.
