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Former President Shehu Shagari, on Friday, December 28, died at the age of 93 at the National Hospital, Abuja, after a brief illness. He was the first and only president of Nigeria’s Second Republic after the handover of power by General Olusegun Obasanjo’s military government. The former president, who was in power between October 1, …
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Getty / Akin Wright Akin says his typical Christmas dinner would be chicken and jollof rice For Akin Wright, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a side of jollof rice. "I know in TV and films there's always turkey for Christmas dinner," he tells Radio 1 Newsbeat. "But my family only started having turkey a couple …
In Nigeria, very few medical services are free of charge, and if you can't pay your hospital bill you may not be allowed to leave. Who will help? In this deeply religious society, many stranded patients hope for divine intervention. Zeal Akaraiwai does not have the wings of an angel - he has a sleek …
While on a walking tour of England in 1782, the German, Carl Philip Moritz, wandered through the British Museum and was astonished — by the exhibits but also the clientele. It was humming with people, “of all classes and both sexes, including some of the lowest classes; for, since the Museum is the property of …
