In certain ways, being an outsider suits Larry Summers; he now has a platform from which to argue that everyone else is getting the big things wrong.Illustration by Angie Wang Here is Larry Summers, appearing at a Zoom debate, hosted by Princeton last month, on the Biden Administration’s $1.9 trillion rescue package. Summers, who is …
Opinion: Ron Johnson’s racism is breathtaking by Eugene Robinson
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) at the Capitol on March 5. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Johnson made the comments on conservative talk-radio host Joe Pagliarulo’s nationally syndicated show. “Now, had the tables been turned — Joe, this will get me in trouble — had the tables been turned and President Trump won the election and those were …
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The art dealer, the ÂŁ10m Benin Bronze and the Holocaust by Barnaby Phillips
This Benin Bronze sold to a private collector for a record fee of ÂŁ10m Countless historic artefacts were looted from around the world during the colonial era and taken to Europe but there is now a growing campaign to return them. Among the most famous are the Benin Bronzes seized from modern-day Nigeria. Barnaby Phillips …
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Former and Late Bri. Gen. Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia
Former and Late Bri. Gen. Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia was a governor of Mid-West, Bendel state. The state of Mid-West prior to his commission as State governor was a backwater to the booming Western Region. The Action group paid attention to its largest constituents, the yorubas. Awolowo built the infrastructures of the mainly Yoruba region and …
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The President is the Problem by Shaka Momodu
Just recently, Professor Wole Soyinka in an interview on the BBC called on President Muhammadu Buhari to address the nation and unequivocally condemn the atrocities being perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen all over the country. Our eminent Nobel laureate wanted Buhari to give security operatives specific orders to go after those engaged in all manner of …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 