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The natural substitute helps diabetics, combats obesity and tackles climate change Javier Larragoiti was 18 when his father was diagnosed with diabetes. The teenager had just started a degree in chemical engineering in Mexico City. So he dedicated his studies to a side project: creating an acceptable alternative to help his father and millions of …
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Personal business is what’s brought the President of Rwanda to Manhattan. Paul Kagame’s daughter is graduating from Columbia University with a master’s degree in international affairs. “I probably will have to come back in two weeks again,” Kagame says of his U.S. visit, in a room in the Park Hyatt, half a block south of …
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has recovered three ambulances from a former member of the Federal House of Representatives, Pally Iriase, and a private clinic owner in Otuo, Owan East Local Government area of Edo State. Two of the ambulances were said to have been recovered from the private clinic owned …
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Stella Oduah A week ago – or slightly above a week ago – I saw the online story of Vanguard newspaper which the newspaper’s crime editor, Emma Nodozie, reported in respect of what our soldiers are experiencing in the north east where they are campaigning against Boko Haram. Actually, it was a telephone conversation that …
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This article was published in partnership with Artsy, the global platform for discovering and collecting art. Behind a chartreuse veil, stitched with pearls of the same color, a woman gazes at the camera. Her gele, a signifier of her Nigerian heritage, is artfully wrapped around her head and stacks of beaded necklaces encircle her neck. …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 