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Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria’s Governor General - AKG Images AKG924546 Nigeria: A Touch of Texas"Until a year or two before independence, politics were fought largely on a regional basis, but this was while Britain exercised over-all control. With the prospect of Britain's withdrawal, Nigerian politicians recognized that the federal government would become a powerful factor …
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The death of Solomon Ehigiator Arase, former Inspector General of Police, is indeed a great loss to the country. His contributions to crime fighting didn’t go unnoticed during an illustrious career that saw him rise to the pinnacle as the country's number one cop. As Inspector General of Police (IGP), his tenure witnessed a revamped …
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(Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA) - AKG Images AKG2475474 Republican Constitution, 1963" By 1963, Balewa’s government had begun to tie together thoughts on the ills of the Independence Constitution. At the Federal Prime Ministers initiative, a conference was called in Lagos to be attended by politicians of all viewpoints (except for those who were restricted …
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1961 map of Nigeria, US Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/resource/g8840.ct003019/?r=-0.263,0,1.525,0.88,0 The Fear of DominationThe Northern Region is larger in size as well as more populous than all the rest of Nigeria combined; yet Northern politicians have betrayed anxieties over a link-up with the South time and again. For example, in 1953 members of both Houses …
BAME staff suffering racial discrimination, with issues dismissed by line managers, says independent report A damning independent report into race equality at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has found racial discrimination against staff of colour and a dominant Eurocentric approach, and highlighted an absence of senior leaders from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. …
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