“If an insurgency lasts for more than 24 hours, then, know that the government has a hand in it” The late military Head of State, General Sani Abacha. There are certain minor issues which basic governance ought to handily fix. For instance, a government that cannot deal with a rudimentary issue like keeping the environment …
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In certain ways, being an outsider suits Larry Summers; he now has a platform from which to argue that everyone else is getting the big things wrong.Illustration by Angie Wang Here is Larry Summers, appearing at a Zoom debate, hosted by Princeton last month, on the Biden Administration’s $1.9 trillion rescue package. Summers, who is …
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) at the Capitol on March 5. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Johnson made the comments on conservative talk-radio host Joe Pagliarulo’s nationally syndicated show. “Now, had the tables been turned — Joe, this will get me in trouble — had the tables been turned and President Trump won the election and those were …
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This Benin Bronze sold to a private collector for a record fee of £10m Countless historic artefacts were looted from around the world during the colonial era and taken to Europe but there is now a growing campaign to return them. Among the most famous are the Benin Bronzes seized from modern-day Nigeria. Barnaby Phillips …
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Former and Late Bri. Gen. Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia was a governor of Mid-West, Bendel state. The state of Mid-West prior to his commission as State governor was a backwater to the booming Western Region. The Action group paid attention to its largest constituents, the yorubas. Awolowo built the infrastructures of the mainly Yoruba region and …
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