Popular vote loser Donald Trump is not a smart man. I don’t think anyone not named Trump or living in a trailer in West Virginia would argue that at this point. Now, we have some evidence that his college professors may not have thought much of him either. “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student …
Can Nigeria avoid repeating past mistakes? BBC News
AFP A secessionist group is campaigning for independence in south-eastern Nigeria In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani writes that many of the hopes Nigerians had at independence have been dashed. Of all the stories I have heard of the day when Nigeria gained independence from Britain …
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IBB killed Dele Giwa (allegedly) (video)
Responding to inquiries on who killed renowned journalist, Dele Giwa who died from a parcel bomb blast, Babangida said, “A Bomb”. When asked in the interview on who sent the bomb, he replied: “Would you ever think somebody could sit and ask a soldier or anybody, go and kill that man?” Upon the interviewer’s response …
Nigeria’s ex-first lady hits out at government’s ‘witch-hunt’ over assets
Patience Jonathan says current president’s bid to retrieve millions allegedly siphoned off is revenge for her stance in 2015 poll Patience Jonathan at an election rally in 2015. She says the Buhari administration’s ‘microscopic scrutiny’ is an act of revenge Photograph: Reuters Nigeria’s former first lady has launched a tirade against the country’s president, Muhammadu …
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Does Police Act or Public Service Rules bar the IGP from a romance with and marriage to a female cop?
Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris The lawmaker representing Bauchi central senatorial district, Isah Hamman Misau, on Wednesday alleged that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, impregnated a serving deputy superintendent of police (DSP), Asta. He says Idris’ conduct contravenes the police act. Misau, a former police officer added that the IGP married Asta secretly in …
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