A participant in the Tuskegee study has blood drawn, circa 1930s. The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male was an unethical experiment by the U.S. Public Health Service tracking the progression of the disease in a poor sharecropper population in rural Alabama. ( and National Archives) In the fall of 1932, the …
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Abuja, Nigeria (14 July 2025) — In an unexpected twist that shocked absolutely no one above age 40, Nigeria’s president and eternal political gymnast, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has reportedly taken the ultimate political step — exiting life entirely. https://videopress.com/v/eDxDn6wV?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Senate President announcement Video Sources close to the Presidency confirmed that “the Jagaban of Borgu” …
Governance at the NNPC and the apparent nepotistic appointments by President Buhari and the APC government Mele Kyari (GMD) Umar Ajiya (Chief Finance Officer/Finance and Accounts) Yusuf Usman (Chief Operating Officer) Farouk Garba Sa’id (Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Services) Mustapha Yakubu (Chief Operating Officer, Refining and Petrochemicals) Hadiza Coomassie (Corporate Secretary/Legal Adviser to the Corporation) …
Once upon a bank statement, the British public rose in collective fury because their overdrafts were swallowing them whole. The banks, ever generous, were charging folks £35 for the crime of spending £3 they didn’t have. “Unfair!” cried the people. “Perfectly fair!” said the banks, polishing their top hats and dividend cheques. But then something …
Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), may have recorded many court victories due to his gestures to judicial officials at the state and federal levels, a Citizens’ Gavel analysis has shown. Citizens’ Gavel, a judicial civil society organisation, published the results of its October analysis in a report titled: Nyesom Wike’s Judicial Influence: …
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