Nigerian History — 55 Things You Need To Know
1. The River Niger Bridge at Onitsha was constructed between 1964 and 1965 by Dumez, a French construction company, and cost ÂŁ5 million. 2. Patience Jonathan is one of Nigeria’s most-educated First Ladies, with an NCE, a B.Ed, and Msc from University of Port-Harcourt. 3. The highest peak in Nigeria is located in Taraba and …
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Theresa May promises to look into man’s ÂŁ54,000 NHS cancer bill by Peter Walker
Theresa May has promised to look into the case of a London man asked to pay ÂŁ54,000 for cancer treatment despite having lived in the UK for 44 years, after Jeremy Corbyn raised it at prime minister’s questions. The Labour leader began a series of PMQs questions on the NHS by asking May about Albert …
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The Real Threat To Trump Isn’t Russia, Racism, Or Incompetence. It’s Corruption. By Ben Smith
Even insiders struggle to follow the plot of the Mueller investigation. But the politics of corruption are simple: Voters hate it. When Donald Trump was elected, reporters and editors all over sat down to think through the possible reporting tracks on the Trump presidency: There was his new populist movement, his personality and family, his …
Six lessons from my spouse visa application
Making an immigration application for clients is all in a day’s work, but working on your own wife’s visa is enough to reduce even an expert to tears, writes an anonymous Free Movement contributor. While courting my wife during a sabbatical abroad, I would worry about things like whether I had bits of food on …
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