Category: Governance & Corruption
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The Wike vs Fubara drama has produced genuine entertainment value for Nigerian social media. The Yerima video was extraordinary. The quotes have been quotable. The outrage has been episodic and genuine. But here is the thing about episodes: they end. The outrage fades. The next story comes. And Nyesom Wike remains Minister of the Federal…
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A mathematics teacher named Michael Oyedokun went to work in Oyo State and was beheaded on camera. His colleagues are still in captivity. Children who came to school that morning are still missing. And the National Security Adviser of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has called the people who did this “our brothers.” This is…
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The Electoral Act 2026 was passed by both chambers of the National Assembly on February 17, 2026. President Tinubu signed it into law the very next day. A law that took two years to debate was signed in under 24 hours. The question is not why the rush. The question is what, exactly, was being…
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On May 27, 2026, after Eid-el-Kabir prayers in Lagos, reporters asked President Tinubu about insecurity. Children from Oyo State were still in captivity. A teacher had been beheaded. His response was a theology lesson.
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A man facing N80 billion in money laundering charges was cleared by his party to run for the Senate. Another man under probe for N1.3 trillion allegedly went quiet after defecting to the ruling party. The president’s son was accused of paying Nigerians abroad to cheer. And the government says it is the citizens who…
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In Nigeria, speaking up has become punishable. Silence, it turns out, is the only civic duty the government consistently enforces.
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et us begin with the man who said the quiet part out loud. General Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s former military Head of State from 1993 to 1998, is not a figure widely celebrated for his democratic credentials. But he is credited with one statement that has aged with a precision that should make every Nigerian deeply…
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ASP Newton Isokpehi of the Anambra State Command went viral on Wednesday after threatening to kill any Nigerian who filmed him on duty. He has served for 26 years. He buys his own uniform. Welcome to the Nigerian Police Force, where the dysfunction is the product.
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Justice Mark Chidiebere posted a video about Nigerian soldiers eating poorly. The army picked him up, chained him to a tree, and left him outside for 72 hours. Roughly two weeks before, 744 ex-terrorists graduated with certificates and went home.
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Governor Alex Otti is not a superhero. He is just a man with his head in the right place. Which, in Nigeria, apparently qualifies as extraordinary.