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Let’s play a game. It’s called “Whose Citizens Are These, Anyway?” The rules are simple, if morally bankrupt. Player A, a nation, decides it has Too Many Foreigners. Player A then gathers said foreigners, often with the subtlety of a bulldozer in a china shop, and deposits them at the border of Player B. Player …
Maryam Babangida "The international community has long considered Nigeria a narco-state," declared a 2007 report to the Canadian Parliament, which named then-ruler General Ibrahim Babangida and his wife, Maryam, as central figures in a suspected state-backed cocaine ring.The name Maryam Babangida, Nigeria's influential First Lady from 1985 to 1993, is often associated with her public …
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Israel is a small country with a big personality — the geopolitical equivalent of that compact uncle who insists on sitting with his back to the wall at every restaurant, just in case the waiters are plotting. Surrounded by neighbours who watch it like someone eyeing the last piece of suya, Israel has perfected the …
Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you? Make you no ask watin Naija do for me, make you say watin you don do for Naija and make you be WAZOBIA.
Ai image At the Washington prayer breakfast—an event that now doubles as a stand-up comedy open mic—Donald J. Trump, prophet of chaos and patron saint of unintended satire, found time to give a short out (not a shout-out, because even praise must suffer budget cuts) to African dignitaries in the room. Among them was Remi …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 