Nigeria’s Stanford warning: When institutions normalise abuse of power, by Dakuku Peterside

Sometimes, a nation confronts scandals that appear unrelated: corruption in one institution, brutality in another, and troubling questions of legality elsewhere. Yet beneath the shifting headlines, a deeper pattern may be emerging. Recent debate has involved allegations of corruption, extortion, torture, and degrading treatment in correctional centres; claims that constituency projects are distorting the federal budget; […] The post Nigeria’s Stanford warning: When institutions normalise abus...

By Emmanuel Okogba