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Barack Obama was a phenomenon when he turned to politics. His Presidential victory seemed assured that July 24, 2008 day he stood in a street to address over 200,000 Germans in Berlin, in the “Victory Column Speech”. It was...
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“If you keep quiet because Fulani herdsmen are not killing your family, by the time it gets to your turn, there may be no one to talk for you.” – Reno Omokri
The sleepy agrarian village of Nimbo community in...
There is only one thing that could be labelled as the truth in the killings of Enugu residents and that is that some people died. Beyond that all what we have are speculations.
Points:
How many people were killed? Any number...