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New York Times and Onitsha Screwdriver Seller’s Data, By Farooq A. Kperogi

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The New York Times of January 18, 2026, published an explosive story showing how unverified and methodologically questionable data produced by a little-known Onitsha screwdriver seller who moonlights as an NGO activist, Emeka Umeagbalasi of Intersociety, traveled upward into US Republican politics and helped shape a narrative of “Christian genocide” in Nigeria, culminating in Trump-ordered airstrikes in Sokoto […]

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Nigerian govt revokes 5% telecom tax on voice, data services

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Nigerian government has scrapped the 5% excise duty tax previously imposed on telecommunications services, including voice calls and data usage. The National Orientation Agency (NOA) made this known in a post via its official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Thursday. According to the post, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. […]

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