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President seen as an agent of change in 2015, but an ineffective time in office has left him exposed to challenger. Returning to Nigeria after a long sick leave in London last year, President Muhammadu Buhari was greeted with a bizarre conspiracy theory. He had died and been replaced by “Jubril from Sudan”, a body double who …
‘My wife was slaughtered, they opened her stomach and brought out the baby and slaughtered it,’ witness says Children have been “slaughtered” and people burnt to death in violent clashes between Muslim cattle herders and Christian farmers in Nigeria, according to Amnesty International. At least 3,641 people have died over the last three years and …
Four iron bar-wielding immigrants have been charged with attempted hijacking. The Nigerian stowaways smeared faeces on the windows of the bridge and threatened to kill the crew as they tried to take control of the 770-foot cargo ship, a court heard. It’s said violence flared after the men burst out of a make-shift boat and …
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The vice-presidential debate has taught us that the alternate parties are not ready. YPP, ANN and ACPN are approximately one-man shows incapable of running a government. If elected, Ezekwesili, Moghalu and Durotoye would struggle to constitute a proper cabinet… None of Ezekwesili, Durotoye or Moghalu has an able deputy; that’s a sure sign of a …
Word on the street is that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Walter Onnoghen admitted guilt to the Code of Conduct investigators and tried to excuse it by pleading mistake. The next line of argument is that ignorance of the law is not an excuse. I heard it from a layman like Fisayo Soyombo …
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