There is something about human behavior which transcends cultural, ethnic, racial, as well as ideological differences. This “something” was immortalized by British historian Lord Acton in 1887. “Power ...
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A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has warned African leaders against the ...
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This quotation from Lord Action may be the most famous phrase about how power changes people. But is it accurate? Does power always ...
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Acton’s warning from 1887 is more than a historical footnote — it’s a mirror held up to our present moment. Across ...
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Power in a vacuum

Power, they say, corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely. This fact is basically the reason why this part of the world lags behind significantly in almost all social development indices.