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Nigerian Lawyers in Political Careers: A Historical, Structural, and Contemporary Analysis

The intersection of law and politics in Nigeria is profound and longstanding. Lawyers have disproportionately shaped the country’s political landscape, from pre-independence nationalism to post-1999 democratic governance. Legal training emphasizing advocacy, constitutional interpretation, negotiation, evidence-based reasoning, and oratory equips practitioners exceptionally well for political roles. This pattern reflects both the profession’s prestige and Nigeria’s constitutional emphasis on legal expertise in governance.

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Uncounted in Life, Unrecorded in Death: Nigeria’s Costly Dignity Deficit By Lawson Akhigbe

here is an old, bitter administrative joke in Nigeria that you are only formally counted twice: never when you arrive, and certainly not when you leave. In between, your existence is largely an unverified rumor negotiated between your creator, your luck, and whatever age declaration affidavit you paid a court clerk two thousand Naira to stamp.

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Welcome to Nigeria: Where Premium Security is a Myth and Survival is a Sport by Lawson Akhigbe

Whether you are in your living room, a classroom, a place of worship, or just trying to navigate a highway without praying for divine intervention, lives are being lost to blood-thirsty bandits. Thomas Hobbes once described life in the state of nature as "short and brutish." If he were alive today, he’d probably look at Nigeria and say, "See? I told you so."

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Old Press

How do you use social media? Social media is the old press but in a different ecosystem. It’s for information, fun, education, entertainment, interaction and the village market square. An intersection between the government and the governed. It’s immediate feedback, it’s fast and spread.

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Edo University, Iyamho ‘established for rich students who can afford the fees’ by The Cable

Editorial The revolution shall be televised. This silly action adds to the fire which continues to burn in the minds of the people. The use of state funds, commonwealth of the people to advance and privilege a select few. To correct the flaw in the composition of this policy, consideration must be given to awarding …

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