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Every now and then, a new wave of hysteria washes across Nigeria’s political landscape — often imported, poorly digested, and then regurgitated by individuals who think WhatsApp broadcasts count as PhD-level research. The latest flavour of nonsense borrows from the American “Trump-style” threat politics: exaggerated claims of religious warfare, persecution fantasies, and fear-mongering designed to …

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Protesters have disrupted a preview event at a major new museum in the Nigerian city of Benin that has become embroiled in a row over the restitution of artefacts looted by British colonial forces. The demonstrators asserted that the opening of the Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) is a violation of Benin City’s cultural heritage, which …

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Emperor Josephine Donald Trump is living his best political life: Republicans control Congress, Republicans control the White House, and he controls the Republicans. It’s the kind of power alignment that makes astrologers weep with joy. With such cosmic convenience, you’d think Trump would glide through governance like butter on a hot biscuit. Yet here we …

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Adams Oshiomhole Friends, Edolites, countrymen, lend me your ears! I come to bury the news, not to praise it. But the news in Edo is so spicy these days, it’s practically burying itself in a pot of pepper soup. If you’ve been following the political pantomime in our dear state—and let’s be honest, you can’t …

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