ow a little-known council, controversial appointments, budget allocations and conflicting claims snowballed into one of the H biggest governance controversies of 2026. For months, the name Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) meant little to most Nigerians. Outside a small circle of political actors and government officials, few had heard of it. But within weeks, the council became the centre of one of the biggest controversies to hit President Bola Tinubu’s administration, raising difficult questions about government oversight, public accountability and the integrity of…