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- 1Far Right Satire Targets RAF Fairford Bombing Scares●Carry On Terror Far Right Edition by Lawson Akhigbe Every crisis deserves a prompt, and the far right is nothing if not
Lawson Akhigbe's 'Carry On Terror: Far Right Edition' reacts to the arrest of five men near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, the base from which US B-1 bombers have flown missions against Iran. The piece mocks what it sees as the far right's habit of exploiting every crisis, framing the arrests as another opportunity for political point-scoring around immigration and security.
- 2Lawson Akhigbe Faults Justice at King's Square●The King’s Square Circus: When Justice Becomes a Stage Play by Lawson Akhigbe There is an old legal maxim that justice m
Nigerian writer Lawson Akhigbe has published a critical essay titled 'The King's Square Circus: When Justice Becomes a Stage Play', arguing that judicial proceedings connected to King's Square and Osadebe Avenue in Benin City fall short of the legal principle that justice must not only be done but be seen to be done. The piece frames the courts there as theatre rather than impartial justice, drawing attention to concerns about transparency and public confidence in the judiciary.
- 3P&ID Scandal Exposes Shell Companies and Bribes in Nigerian Contracts●When Shell Companies, Bribes and Billion-Dollar Fantasies Meet Nigerian Bureaucracy: Lessons from P&ID (and a Cheer for
A commentary by Lawson Akhigbe examines the Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) affair, in which a shell company won a multi-billion-dollar arbitration award against Nigeria through a gas contract that was never fulfilled, amid findings of bribery and procurement failures. The piece draws lessons about weak contract oversight in Nigerian bureaucracy and contrasts the case with the Mambilla hydropower project, which the author views more favourably.