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The Digest: Omoyele Sowore and retired police officers are staging a nationwide protest, calling for reforms to Nigeria’s pension scheme. The protest, centered around pension inequality, reflects the growing discontent among former police officers over the government’s lack of action. Key...

At the launch of Demonstration of Craze, a book on Nigeria’s democratic struggles, activist Omoyele Sowore dropped a bombshell—declaring Nigeria’s system a “morontocracy” (rule by morons). But former Edo Governor Adams Oshiomhole fired back, defending incremental progress. Their clash revealed...