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The Phantom Presidential Council Scandal, By Farooq A. Kperogi

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I first received a WhatsApp forward about the scandal from notable University of Texas history professor Toyin Falola. I didn’t read it. I thought it was just another corruption scandal, the sort I have become tragically inured to. A few days later, my friend Professor Moses Ochonu forwarded another version of it to me. I […]

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How FG approved recruitment of 300 staff for ‘fake’ presidential council

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Federal government of Nigeria granted a waiver to the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) headed by Adeniyi Adeyemi to recruit 300 members of staff in August 2025, according to TheCable. Mimi Abu, director, organisation design and development, in the office of the head of the civil service of the federation, conveyed the government’s […]

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