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Nigeria’s democracy has been fragile and fluctuating since independence. Successive governments have struggled to create a sense of national unity in a complex country whose borders were drawn by British colonialists, incorporating more than 200 ethnic groups. Democratization and development have progressed at different speeds in the country’s disparate regions. The less-developed north is more …
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Both men were not always allies. In fact, at the time Mr Bagudu was helping Mr Abacha steal Nigeria dry, Mr Tinubu was financing some political and civil society actors demanding the dictator's exit. Atiku Bagudu President Bola Tinubu has nominated as minister, Atiku Bagudu, the man who helped late dictator Sani Abacha steal and …
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Supporters during a campaign rally for Nigerian President Bola Tinubu in February.Photographer: Benson Ibeaubuchi/Bloomberg Two months into his presidency, Bola Tinubu has had to issue an impassioned defense of decisions that have roiled Nigeria’s economy and increased hardship for the nation’s more than 200 million people. Tinubu’s actions — most notably abolishing a cripplingly expensive …
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Charlton Ehizuelen's stunning debut as a Fighting Illini is unequalled in the 148-year history of University of Illinois athletics. It was January of 1974 and Coach Gary Wieneke's track and field program was hosting the annual Illini Invitational at the Armory. The performance fans witnessed that afternoon at the corner of Fourth Street and East …
Enoch Powell Enoch Powell once said every political career ends in failure. The Politician who most exemplifies this quote in current times is Prime Minister David Cameron. The carcass of his political life is littered with stench of failure which is usually slow burning. On his watch and ill leadership, Libya was set on fire …
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