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Dangerous threats and inflammatory rhetoric ahead of 2027 elections, By Ehi Braimah
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As Nigeria inches towards the 2027 general elections, an ominous pattern is beginning to emerge. The language of politics is becoming more threatening, more intolerant and, in some cases, dangerously inflammatory. Politics is not supposed to be a do-or-die affair, and an election shouldn’t be a declaration of war. Political opponents are not enemies of […]
- As Nigeria inches towards the 2027 general elections, an ominous pattern is beginning to emerge. The language of politics is becoming more threatening, more intolerant and, in some cases, dangerously inflammatory. Politics is not supposed to be a do-or-die affair, and an elect...
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- Dangerous threats and inflammatory rhetoric ahead of 2027 elections, By Ehi Braimah
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