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There are many ways to miss a scandal. One is to arrive late. Another—more sophisticated, more Lagos-meets-London—is to arrive early, leave quietly, and then watch the building get cordoned off years later with legal tape while your name hovers awkwardly in the footnotes. Welcome to 10–11 Chester Terrace, NW1, a London property whose bricks have …
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South African There is a particular cruelty in what is happening to Nigerians and other African migrants in South Africa right now. These are people who crossed borders within the same continent, many of them fleeing hardship, seeking opportunity, building lives with whatever they had. And in the country that the world once held up …
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There are moments in politics when a man says too much in anger and accidentally tells the truth. The recent outburst by Nyesom Wike was one of those moments. The Federal Capital Territory Minister, speaking with the swagger of a provincial emperor who believes Abuja is his personal estate, became visibly irritated when journalists dared …
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What was the last live performance you saw? Hearing my children sing at their school's recitals, seeing their joy and the immense pride swelling from my guts is the second best experience of my life.
What is the best concert you have been to? Hearing my children sing at their school's recitals, seeing their joy and the immense pride swelling from my guts is the second best experience of my life.
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