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The old men vying to lead Africa’s youngest population By Stephanie Busari, CNN

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    On first look, not much separates the two front-runners contesting Nigeria’s presidential election. Both are men in their 70s with previous experience of high-level politics. Both are from the same ethnic group. And both are Muslims from the north of the country. Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, of the All Progressives Congress party, known […]

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EXTREME POVERTY: NIGERIA OVERTAKES INDIA DESPITE OIL WEALTH. WHO DO WE BLAME, JONATHAN OR BUHARI?

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Nigeria has now taken over India as the nation with the highest number of extremely poor people, a report by Brookings Institution has shown. Before now, India used to hold the position with a population of 1.324 billion people as against Nigeria’s 200 million. According to the report, the number of Nigerians in extreme poverty […]

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