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What If Nigeria Had a Midterm? The American Result Makes Us Wonder About Our Own Four-Year WaitCould Nigeria adopt a midterm-style electoral system? The 2026 U.S. midterms raise questions about accountability, staggered elections, and Nigeria’s four-year wait.
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What If Nigeria Had a Midterm? The American Result Makes Us Wonder About Our Own Four-Year Wait
Could Nigeria adopt a midterm-style electoral system? The 2026 U.S. midterms raise questions about accountability, staggered elections, and Nigeria’s four-year wait.
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PRECIOUS O. UNUSEREA Nigerian man’s foreign wife can apply for citizenship through marriage, but a Nigerian woman’s foreign husband cannot. Here is what the law says and what could change.
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Technology
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Discovery
Can a Nigerian Man Marry a Second Wife? The Answer Depends on How He Married the First
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Strength and Strategy: How the Kingdom of Benin Engineered a City Before Its Time
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The 5 Rings of Your Social Life (And Why Mixing Them Up Is Exhausting You)
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Opinion
Atiku, Is It Time to Give the Chase a Rest?
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Who Put Love on a Monthly Salary?Â
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Modern Friendship Is Becoming Transactional, and We’re Pretending It’s Healthy
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If There Is One Thing That Will Kill Us Fast in Nigeria, It Will Be Our Impatience
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Lifestyle
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Behind Every Lagos Street Food Plate Is a Vendor Who Deserves a Profile and Not Pity
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Front Row or Content Row? Nigerian Fashion Weeks Have Our Attention, but Do They Have Our Money?
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Everybody Wants “Farm-to-Table Food,” but Have You Ever Wondered What It Takes to Grow It?
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Entertainment
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