Over the years, decolonisation has remained a durable sub-text of the World Cup. That is likely to be true of the 2026 World Cup.
In 1993, the country escaped ruination by the skin of its teeth…Whether it will be as lucky in 2027 could be a matter for the sorcerers.
The cap fits Abdulmalik. All that awaits now is the formalisation of the office of Judge dan Maliki.
Millions of their compatriots are better for their having been lawyers. Where can we find their ilk in Nigeria?
This phenomenon of judicial verdict without judgment creates damage and feeds confusion in many ways.
How long this will take or how many more twists of judicial malefaction could accompany the journey to a resolution of the mouth-watering sums involved is anyone’s guess.
As if goaded by a clan of shamans, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu disinterred the first anthem in 2024–45 years after it was first retired.
That is not the renewed hope he promised. For the Adara people, it has been dystopia on a vampire scale.
To the citizens and communities caught in this, however, we owe acknowledgement and solidarity. This is the beginning.
Beneath the ruse of law, a malevolent design lurks in plain sight.
