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If Nigeria ever needed proof that hubris can be a full-time job, Nyesom Wike is walking evidence. The man is officially the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), but in practice, he’s running two states like a Nollywood actor juggling wives in a polygamy comedy. One minute, he’s in Abuja paving roads and chasing …
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🧠💥 A Satirical Investigation into Nigeria’s Most Elastic Politician Have you ever played the game where someone shouts an answer, and you have to guess the question? Well, in Nigerian politics, one name keeps popping up as the answer to almost everything. That name is Godswill Akpabio – Senate President, former governor, minister, and now …
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The hair, the hair, look up, it’s the hair Black women who use lye-based hair relaxers at least seven times a year for 15 or more years have a 30% increased risk of breast cancer A new study reveals what some scientists and researchers have suspected for years – that frequent and long-term use of lye-based hair …
(Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA) - AKG Images AKG2475462 Corruption in the Western Region " In 1962 tensions had emerged between Awolowo and his deputy, S. L. Akintola, who had succeeded him as Premier of the west when Awolowo moved to the federal parliament. Akintola complained that Awolowo was continuing to attempt to govern the …
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Exclusive: London mayor says US president has ‘perhaps done the most’ to encourage far right Donald Trump will arrive in the UK tonight to a barrage of criticism from Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, who has accused the US president of doing more than anyone else to encourage the intolerant far right across the …
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