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 Just when one thought this government has reached the zenith of its failings, misgovernance, lurid melodrama, not-so-hidden agendas – such as the Grazing Bill, Cattle Colony, Ruga, now disguised as the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP), the National Water Resources Bill, the government just escalated its tragic follies, buffeting us by another contentious and …
A photo of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti featured in Nigeria's The Daily Times newspaper on November 17, 1959 A photo of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti featured in Nigeria's The Daily Times newspaper on November 17, 1959 [File: The Daily Times] On February 18, 1977, approximately 1,000 soldiers stormed a compound in Lagos. It belonged to the famed Afrobeat musician …
Adam Schiff: But even now, our ally can’t get his foot in the door. Even now, our ally can’t get his foot in the door. This brings me the last point I want to make tonight, which is, when we’re done, we believe that we will have made the case overwhelmingly of the President’s guilt. …
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“Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak is a Professor of Economics at Yale University and Rifaiyat Mahbub is the Program Manager of the Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale. Epidemiologists had expected weak health systems in Africa to crumble under the weight of Covid-19. Eight months into the pandemic, Africa with a population of 1.3 billion, reported …
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A poll conducted by Pew Research Center revealed that Donald Trump is disliked by a majority of people virtually everywhere in the world except in a small number of countries. Among these are: Nigeria and Israel. Even in the United States where Trump is president, 52% of the people not only agreed with his impeachment …
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