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When Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared “fuel subsidy is gone,” he triggered one of the most consequential economic shifts in Nigeria’s recent history. But if the removal itself was abrupt, what followed has been even more troubling: a government that appears to have neither planned for domestic fallout nor anticipated the external shocks now battering the …
How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic? One has been surprised at the speed the world tried to revert to pre Covid-19 without acknowledging the impact of Covid-19. Reduced travel for work, mainly working from home and reduced fellowship with others. Relationships maintained through video Apps rather than lunch. …
Thursday January 8thRajiv Menon KC on behalf of defendant Charlotte Head Great changes come about because of the extraordinary courage and personal sacrifice of ordinary people. The anthropologist Margaret Mead put it well when she said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful community citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing …
During a robbery, the thief shouted to everyone in the bank: “Don’t move! The money belongs to the State — your lives belong to you.” Everyone in the bank lay down quietly.This is called “Changing the way of thinking” — shifting the traditional mindset. When a woman lay provocatively on a table, the thief shouted:“Please …
Belgium’s flag Africa was colonised by empires with delusions of grandeur. Britain had its civilising mission, France its assimilationist fantasy. Belgium, by contrast, arrived with neither ideology nor competence—only appetite. And yet, for a country barely able to agree on its own language policy, Belgium managed to leave behind some of the most enduring wreckage …
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