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A NIGERIAN genius, Odia Ofeimun asked me a rhetorical question: “How does a minority, which takes control of the majority, retain power?” He answered: “By force or falsehood.” I added: “Or both.” Although he raised it within the context of the ethnocentric power relations in Nigeria, it is also true of Britain.
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President Donald Trump has accepted Queen Elizabeth’s invitation to make a state visit to Britain in June, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday. Trump and his wife Melania will make the trip from June 3 to June 5, the palace said, adding that further details would be announced in due course. Trump will hold a meeting
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The United Kingdom government through a campaign by ‘The Not for Sale campaign’ has warned Nigerian women and girls not to come to Britain, but to find jobs at home instead of “risking a life of modern slavery” in Britain.
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In the last week, your correspondent has watched from close quarters the unfolding debate in the United Kingdom over the country’s relationship with Europe; or the continent, as mainstream Europe is referred to here by British aristocrats.
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European Union leaders urged Britain Tuesday to decide quickly how it will avoid a “no deal Brexit”, after the British parliament rejected a hard-won withdrawal deal.
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Britain cautioned Russia on Friday that individual citizens should not be used as pawns in a diplomatic chess game after a dual U.S./UK national was detained in Moscow on espionage charges.
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Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the British Government says it has no preferred candidates.
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European marathon record holder Mo Farah is the first major name to sign up to compete in next year’s London Marathon, organisers announced Tuesday.
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ABUJA— AHEAD of 2019 general election, the British government, yesterday, asked the security agencies to remain impartial, neutral and not to intimidate voters at polling units, adding that the choice of Nigerians must prevail by allowing the process to be free, fair and credible.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday that she is preparing to make a new offer to the European Union aimed at breaking the deadlock in the Brexit negotiations.
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