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Natasha Bridges blanketed the Facebook inboxes of men she didn’t know with the simplest of greetings: hi hihi Plenty of the men never replied to Natasha, but it was striking how many did. Even more striking was how quickly some of them seemed to fall for her. Can you love an older man? So wrote a …
Continue reading "The Romance Scammer on My Sofa by The Atavist Magazine, No. 140"
If you are abroad, particularly in the United Kingdom, you may likely bump into one or two top ex-government officials, who are now quietly enjoying their loot in the tranquility of London. Then, if you have an opportunity to exchange pleasantries with them, they will tell you the usual story of being abroad on holiday, …
Continue reading "How Insecurity In Katsina Pushed Buhari Into ‘Exile’ To UK by Unini Chioma"
That Nigeria is in a food crisis is not in doubt. The International Red Cross estimates 25 million of the nation’s citizens are going hungry. That the government appeared to be caught off guard, announcing an “immediate response” in the form of the declaration of a state of emergency of food security, is the surprise. Bola Tinubu, …
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The mantra of “safe and legal routes” is regularly repeated by the government when justifying increasingly draconian legislation in an attempt to prevent refugees from travelling to the UK under their own steam. The argument is that refugees should use these safe and legal routes instead of arriving in small boats or the back of …
Continue reading "What safe and legal routes are available for refugees to come to the United Kingdom? By Sonia Lenegan"
It has become fashionable for government ministers to refer to “bespoke” humanitarian schemes and such like, referring to programmes like those for Ukrainians and Hong Kongers. The illusory scheme for Afghans was once trumpeted as a “bespoke” scheme as well, but it has effectively been mothballed and some of those who were evacuated back in …
Continue reading "A short history of refugees coming to Britain: from Huguenots to Ukrainians by Colin Yeo"
Centre for Nigeria Progress 