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Northern governors must look in the mirror (I)

One of the profoundest changes to have happened in Nigerian governance in recent years is the increase in monthly federal allocations going to the sta

Budget in breach again

The pattern has been the same over the years, but the 2025 budget is worse. The complaints cut across all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs),

Northern Nigeria and the perfidy of politics

“No longer anything but a decoration which is useful for nothing,” Paul Cambon   The withering description of a once-revered political figure in

And so it was done

“A cat that dreams of being a lion must lose its appetite for rats”. African proverb.   President Tinubu signed the amended Electoral Act 2026 a

Anti-corruption for 2027 election?

Let’s begin with a theory of corruption in Nigeria, one which helps to put current events into sharp relief. In his book, Moral Economies of Corruptio