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The Federal Government has rejected claims made in a social media post by the United States Embassy in Abuja and testimonies delivered by two Nigerian religious leaders at a U.S. Congressional hearing, describing them as inaccurate and misrepresentative of Nigeria’s ongoing efforts to address security and religious tensions.   In a press statement signed by…

Getty and Unsplash+. It still feels a little paranoid to say it out loud: that the United States might be drifting toward something that looks a lot like Russia. Or Hungary. Or some unholy blend of theocratic nostalgia and corporate feudalism. But that gut feeling—the one that says something’s not right—is getting harder to shake….

For two days, bile and mean-spiritedness rippled through the chambers of Nigeria’s Senate over a motion for the immortalisation of Humphrey Nwosu, a former chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), in recognition of his public service to the country. This is hinged on the exceptional conduct of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, won…