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(A PowerPoint Presentation Sponsored by Hope and Diesel) Nigeria is the greatest country in the world. This is not a claim to be tested with data; it is a spiritual position. Evidence is optional. Doubt is treason. Anyone asking questions is advised to “leave the country” — as though Japa were not already a national …
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Britain, we are told—usually by someone clutching a Union Jack mug and a sense of historical grievance—is the greatest country in the world. Full stop. No evidence required. Just vibes, wartime footage, and a nostalgic memory of when tea was cheaper and foreigners knew their place.Once upon a time, this may even have been true. …
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? See you then, nosy.
If policy ideas were frequent flyer miles, the UK government would have earned a platinum card on this one: “Let’s send foreign prisoners back home and let someone else deal with the bill.” Nigeria, understandably, has been less enthusiastic about playing the role of Britain’s offshore correctional annex. What looks, at first glance, like multiple …
In July 2004, police lay in wait at an airfield in the far northeastern corner of Nigeria. Gilbert Chagoury, a Lebanese businessman and one-time adviser to the late dictator Sani Abacha, was set to touch down in his private jet. Nuhu Ribadu, then the country's top anti-corruption prosecutor, says that Chagoury was a kingpin in the …
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