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After his comments about African mothers, are we finally realising that Macron isn’t that liberal after all? By Nabila Ramdani

Macron's offending statement ‘Seven or eight children per woman,’ were Macron’s exact words, as he rehearsed a canard that is particularly popular among nostalgic colonialists who still speak of the Dark Continent. Nabila Ramdani examines what these comments tell us about the new French leader.Social media lynchings are as hyperbolic as they sound, but Emmanuel Macron …

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Nigeria’s most experienced presidential aspirant comes again By Emmanuel Aziken

Only the ignoramus in today’s Nigeria will believe that the country’s most experienced presidential aspirant will abstain from the 2019 presidential election.AtikuAfter contesting in all presidential primaries/elections since 1993, the man who at the peak of his political power reportedly brought an incumbent president to his knees is again set for a make or break …

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UNICEF report on the poor state of affairs with our primary education sector

Editorial Please read in conjunction with this article posted earlier African population problems Nigeria’s population growth has put pressure on the country’s resources, public ser-vices and infrastructure. With children under 15 years of age accounting for 45 per cent of the 171 million population, the burden on education has become overwhelming.Primary school enrolment has increased …

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Officials: US approves sale of high-tech attack planes to Nigeria – CBS

The Trump administration is greenlighting a nearly $600 million sale of high-tech attack planes to Nigeria, officials said Thursday. The goal is to shore up the West African nation's ability to fight Boko Haram and other extremists, despite U.S. concerns about human rights abuses by Nigerian security forces.The sale will let Nigeria buy up to …

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