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If Nigeria becomes a country where politics is decided purely by who spends the most money, then it is finished.

— Toyin Falola

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Awareness is not useless. Truth is not wasted. Even when change is slow, understanding is a form of resistance.

Following the incessant outcry over university funding in Nigeria, universities in the country need to look inward...

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Opulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessor.

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