The Natasha’s Affair: Nigeria's senategate scandal, by Aminu Habibu Jahun Orwell's Animal Farm satirises Marxist Leninist societies, but could have been intended for political institutions in Nigeria. Illustratively, since its inception, the Akpabio led 10th Senate was set to become Orwellian, with some senators more equal than others. This was brought succinctly by the denial of the right of opposition senators to elect their minority leader(it was imposed on them); reinforced by the suspension of Senator Ningi, and the embattled Kogi Central Senator, Mrs Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. In a peculiarly driven legislature, an...