The issuing of an arrest warrant by U.S. officials for a prominent Nigerian policeman has exposed a corruption scandal in Nigeria that is being met with mixed reactions. Instagram influencer and cyber criminal Ramon Abbas, better known as "Hushpuppi," poses in a photo posted to his Instagram page on July 1, 2019. hushpuppi/Instagram The charismatic head …
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A Nigerian soldier looks on during a military patrol in a pro-Biafra zone in the southeastern city of Aba. Cristina Aldehuela/AFP/Getty Images The resurgence of separatism in Nigeria—a consequence of the federal government’s failure to provide security in the face of multiple threats—is stirring memories of the country’s deadly civil war. Who are the main separatist …
Two books bring much-needed African viewpoints to the country’s colonial history Colonial administrators in Lagos with messengers from the interior, c1910 © Hulton Archive/Getty Images A definitive account of the big bang that brought their country into being has long eluded Nigerian historians. Although attempts were made in the 1970s, notably led by Obaro Ikime, …
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As with everything Nigerian, the Abba Kyari/Hushpuppi fraud case has taken on a predictably ethnoreligious hue. I’ve read some people claim that Kyari is being targeted by America because he is a Muslim. Ha! Well, Hushpuppi is also a Muslim. His full names are Ramon Olorunwa Abbas. Most Muslims will recognize Abbas as a Muslim …
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JAMES HARDLEY CHASE “One Bright Summer Morning”, I woke with “The Whiff Of Money” on my lap. I knew “This Is For Real” ‘cause I’ve had “An Ear To The Ground” for so long and finally “A Can Of Worms” has opened!I called and narrated “Just The Way It Is” to “Mallory” and persuaded him …
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