Powder, Paramour, and Billions: The Fall of Aisha Achimugu

Aisha Achimugu, CEO of Oceangate, though not convicted of money laundering, has been stripped by a Nigerian court in Abuja of ₦8.9 billion in assets after the court ruled that she could not prove where the money came from. This is how, in practice, Nigeria’s anti-graft regime offers what amounts to a guilty finding without … Continue reading Powder, Paramour, and Billions: The Fall of Aisha Achimugu

WHO KILLED GLORIA OKON, DELE GIWA AND ABIOLA?

Gloria Okon — a real, documented case. She was arrested at Aminu Kano International Airport on 22 April 1985 for allegedly smuggling roughly 56 grammes of suspected heroin, and died six days later in custody, officially of food poisoning. She never named names before dying. That mysterious death is the seed of everything else — … Continue reading WHO KILLED GLORIA OKON, DELE GIWA AND ABIOLA?

The Price of Power: Corruption Accountability in Nigeria’s Political Landscape

Nigeria's 2023 presidential election was the most expensive in the country's history, with Bola Tinubu's campaign costing an estimated one hundred million dollars or more. Upon taking office, the administration allegedly set about recovering that investment through systematic looting of public funds — with the Auditor-General documenting tens of billions of naira vanishing from multiple … Continue reading The Price of Power: Corruption Accountability in Nigeria’s Political Landscape