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Nigeria Charges Dick Cheney With Bribery
Dick Cheney is facing arrest on corruption charges…in Nigeria. You can’t get much more shady then that. The BBC reports: Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency is to charge former US Vice-President Dick...
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Fear Of “Killer Phone Number” Spreads In Nigeria
No biggie, just let it go to voicemail. Via the BBC: Nigeria’s authorities have been forced to reassure the public that a mobile phone number cannot kill, after rumors were spread…that several people...
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Shell Nigerian Oil Spill Far Worse Than Reported
Photo: Vin Mullen (CC) Emily Gertz reports for Talking Points Memo: A Shell deepwater drilling site off the Nigerian coast that the company reported leaking on Wednesday may have spilled up to 2.4...
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Brusha Brusha Brusha: Nigerians Set to Tackle Guinness Record in Toothbrushing
Picture: Angie from Sawara (CC) The best thing about perusing the Guinness Book of World Records is discovering how many records there are for the weirdest stuff: Most Needles Inserted in Head (2,009),...
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Gay Marriage is Scientifically Impossible Because Magnets
Magnets: How Do They Work? If you’re attempting to prove that gay marriage is scientifically impossible then the answer is not very well. Not. Very. Well. A Nigerian student has attempted to use...
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Restaurant In Nigeria Shut Down For Serving Roasted Human Heads
Can you truly call yourself an adventurous international foodie tourist if you haven’t dined at this establishment? Via the International Business Times: A restaurant in the Nigerian state of Anambra...
View ArticleHow the US Funds Global Torture | Brainwash Update
Abby goes over a new Amnesty International report that finds that 141 countries in the world practice torture methods, including everything from severe beatings to waterboarding, while the top ten...
View ArticleThe Feminist Who Could Change Nigeria
via The Atlantic: In this clip from The Supreme Price, a new documentary by filmmaker Joanna Lipper, human rights activist Hafsat Abiola laments the structural obstacles that have plagued Nigeria for...
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Nigeria’s Publishing Landscape: Telling Our Own Stories
Photo Credit: http://www.myvouchercodes.co.uk/ Nigeria’s Publishing Landscape: Telling Our Own Stories The only ever Nigerian Nobel Prize winner was Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian playwright and poet who was...
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Dear Cities of the World: Please Stop Trying to Copy Dubai
Lars Plougmann (CC BY-SA 2.0) So, the results are in for the recent elections in Nigeria (I’m sure everyone was paying close attention), and the big winner is Muhammadu Buhari. Last week, Buhari, who...
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