Supporters during a campaign rally for Nigerian President Bola Tinubu in February.Photographer: Benson Ibeaubuchi/Bloomberg Two months into his presidency, Bola Tinubu has had to issue an impassioned defense of decisions that have roiled Nigeria’s economy and increased hardship for the nation’s more than 200 million people. Tinubu’s actions — most notably abolishing a cripplingly expensive …
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Charlton Ehizuelen's stunning debut as a Fighting Illini is unequalled in the 148-year history of University of Illinois athletics. It was January of 1974 and Coach Gary Wieneke's track and field program was hosting the annual Illini Invitational at the Armory. The performance fans witnessed that afternoon at the corner of Fourth Street and East …
Enoch Powell Enoch Powell once said every political career ends in failure. The Politician who most exemplifies this quote in current times is Prime Minister David Cameron. The carcass of his political life is littered with stench of failure which is usually slow burning. On his watch and ill leadership, Libya was set on fire …
Natasha Bridges blanketed the Facebook inboxes of men she didn’t know with the simplest of greetings: hi hihi Plenty of the men never replied to Natasha, but it was striking how many did. Even more striking was how quickly some of them seemed to fall for her. Can you love an older man? So wrote a …
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If you are abroad, particularly in the United Kingdom, you may likely bump into one or two top ex-government officials, who are now quietly enjoying their loot in the tranquility of London. Then, if you have an opportunity to exchange pleasantries with them, they will tell you the usual story of being abroad on holiday, …
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