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There are millions of pictures of Nigerian brides on Instagram, many of them taken by talented artists who work as wedding photographers on the weekends, to pay their bills. I know some Nigerian artists, on the other hand, who swear that they will never stoop so low, no matter how needed the remuneration. Their reasoning …
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There is fake news that the US special forces and the brave Kurds killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. There was no over rated general directing the operation. Field Marshal, Great Genius and President Big Boy Trump single handily eliminated Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. He had no support, only he could have carried out this mission. …
The remains of renowed Nigerian-born Canadian professor, writer, literary critic, satirist, and columnist, Pius Adesanmi, will be laid to rest in Ottawa, Canada today Saturday October 26th. Adesanmi was among the 157 persons who died in the ill fated Ethiopian airlne crash on March 10th this year. Born on February 27, 1972, Adesanmi was the …
Only 38% of Nigerians have some sort of formal identification Nigeria wants to issue identity numbers for as many as 50 million citizens per year in a bid to create a harmonized database of its population, the largest in Africa. The West African nation with a population of roughly 200 million has a fragmented identity …
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Bruce Springsteen has been a rock star since the 1970s. Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images; Isaiah Trickey/FilmMagic via Getty Images • Whether you grew up listening to classic rock or not, chances are that you've heard a few of the many iconic songs from the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, David Bowie, and …
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