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British MP, Tom Tugendhat a former military officer, in a speech in Parliament on Monday attacked Nigerian leaders of corruption. He specifically singled out General Yakubu Gowon of stealing half of Nigeria’s Central Bank of Nigeria, when he moved to the UK on exile after his overthrow on 29 July 1975. Although Tugendhat said a …
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It’s a crying shame for a member of the UK parliament to tell a lie from the pits of hell without evidence or background. It’s gaslighting for his contempt for the nation and had his opportunity to dig in. Gowon was overthrown while in Uganda and left to the UK from there. How could he …
Does the 2020 US presidential election result invalid the Russian claims in the 2016 US presidential elections. Russian impact through the lens of the 2020 elections, show it to be marginal. However, the mere Russian intervention and the criminality inclined Trump campaign oversized their perceived impact on the 2016 elections. The allegations which dogged Trump …
The Criminal Ordinance imposed on conquered territories by the British colonial regime provided for the detention of people at the pleasure of His Majesty, the King of England. The few traditional rulers who challenged the ruthless exploitation of the resources of the territory of Nigeria and particularly the monopoly of coastal trade by foreign business …
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