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Twelve of Nigeria??€™s northern states have recently adopted Sharia Law—the traditional Islamic law, which prescribes harsh punishments for adultery and non-marital sex; these laws have created serious problems for non-Muslim Nigerians who happen to live within the jurisdiction of Sharia. But instead of resolving the complicated question about whether Nigeria will be ruled by religious or secular law, the Nigerian federal government has decided to sidestep the problem...
...soft-spoken man sits in the quiet enclaves of the Barker Center, reflecting on Nigeria??€™s past and prospects...
Three times he has won his country’s top reporting awards. And beneath his pensive manner he watches his native land with a sharply critical eye, bent keeping on Nigeria??€™s youthful democracy in line...
...transferred to This Day, the leading independent newspaper in Lagos, which had until recently been Nigeria??€™s capital city. And not long after that, he was on his way across the Atlantic...