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Final years in power were characterised by financial collapse, surges of violent intimidation and a vicious internal power struggle Robert Mugabe, a hero of Africa’s independence struggle whose long rule in Zimbabwe descended into tyranny, corruption and incompetence, has died at the age of 95, president Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Mnangagwa said in a statement …
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Nigerian writer, Odega Shawa, who lost someone close in the recent xenophobic attack on Nigerians in South Africa, has addressed the xenophobia by listing the top crimes committed in South Africa by South Africans. The Flowers in the Dream of a Mad Man author took to Facebook to oppose the argument from some South Africans …
Nigeria’s traditional ‘Kayan Mata’ recipes have grown into a booming industry that’s empowering women to be more open about sex When Amra Mansur was working as a makeup artist in Abuja, while she studied law, she would overhear conversations between would-be brides and older relatives about how to please their men in the bedroom. The …
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Meet General Ishola Williams(rtd), the man who made news in 1993 when he walked out on the Army and government headed by former Head of State, late General Sani Abacha. The bearded man who resigned from the Army on the premise that the military takeover that brought Abacha in was immoral, is an interesting personality …
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If anyone is looking for a perfect illustration and confirmation of the “coming anarchy” in Nigeria, that person needs not look farther than the on-going conflict and crisis of mutual distrust between the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Army. Turn away, for a moment, from Boko Haram (Nigeria is still unable to find a solution …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 