Photograph by Paul Hennessy / SOPA / Getty TALLAHASSEE (The Borowitz Report)—As he explores a bid for the 2024 Republican Presidential nomination, Governor Ron DeSantis is betting that G.O.P. voters are looking for a stupider version of Donald J. Trump. According to a source close to DeSantis, the Florida Governor has decided to “run to …
Race and racism, crime and music prevail in programmes about black people, who still lack editorial control and commissions Racial tropes and stereotypes have continued to loom large in documentaries centred on black people despite pledges by the BBC and other broadcasters to change after the killing of George Floyd, according to new research. Senior …
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Inein Victor Garrick, safety Inspector at Transport for Wales, has told how returning to his first name changed his life, after years of people constantly mispronouncing it A man who spent years using his middle name to 'make others' lives easier' has told how reverting back to his first name changed his life. Inein Victor …
The presidency has reacted to a scathing Financial Times article centered on the President Muhammadu Buhari's tenure as Nigeria's President. David Pilling, African editor of Financial Times who wrote the article titled ‘What is Nigeria’s Government for?’, which was published on January 31, 2022, claimed that Buhari has “overseen two terms of an economic slump, rising debt and a …
Specific contexts differ, but underlying factors often include jihadist conflict and failures to provide inclusive governance Appearing on state television, military officers read from a statement, calmly announcing the takeover of the state. In the capital’s streets, crowds celebrate, cheering as the coup is roundly condemned outside their country. It is a scene that has …
Centre for Nigeria Progress 