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IN the name of Brexit , I declare martial law over the United Kingdom. The Constitution issuspended and the regional government and elected assemblies are hereby dissolved.All political and trade union activities, together with all demonstrations and unauthorised gatherings are banned until further notice.The aim of the Revolutionary Tory Brexit Council is to establish a …
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Despite the fact that Nigeria is a signatory to the United Nations Convention Against Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, it is strange that even some officers of the law in the country are still accessories after the fact of torture. Convention Against Torture is a treaty, which seeks to prohibit …
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Novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who has lived in Lagos on and off for a decade has written an essay for Esquire's new Travel & Adventure issue, in which she reflected on life in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos. Read below: Lagos will not court you. It is a city that is what it is. I have …
About 30 percent of companies operating in Nigeria evade tax while 25 percent of registered companies in the country are not paying tax, an international non-governmental organisation, Oxfam in Nigeria, has said. The organisation said the country loses about $2.9billion or N580billion yearly to tax waivers granted to multinational companies. Oxfam in Nigeria Country Director, …
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House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) on July 16 said while Republicans disagreed with former president Barack Obama, they “never disrespected the office.” (Reuters) House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) made quite an assertion Tuesday about how Republicans treated President Barack Obama while he was in office. “We had disagreements with a lot of Barack …
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