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...difficult trek was made even more so by the Nigerian police, who gassed and beat some of the expatriates. This ruthless display of xenophobia convinced several who were technically exempt from the sweeping decree that they too should leave...
SITTING IN HIS OFFICE one afternoon last month, Nigerian President Shehu Shagari acted to make life miserable for millions living in his country. In an executive order as simple as it was brutal, Shagari gave all unskilled foreigners living illegally in Nigeria two weeks to leave. The declaration also applied to a few thousand teachers, and by late January, more than two million Ghanaians-- the largest group of illegal aliens in Nigeria--packed up and headed for the border...
...independent denominations in Africa with a total membership of 30 million. Some are highly orthodox in doctrine, while others incorporate tribal rites in their services and even accept polygamists in church offices. These growing black churches are sending out missionaries of their own. Among them is Ken Okeke, a Nigerian Anglican who works with his countrymen studying in England. Okeke is dismayed by what he finds in the nation that first evangelized his homeland: "This country has become more and more apostate...
...pervasive has credit-card fraud become that law-enforcement officials have identified several illegal organizations operating throughout the U.S. One is known as the Nigerian Credit Card Ring because most of its members come from that nation. They do not use other people's credit, but rather specialize in getting then-own by using phony information, even phony references, and mail drops...
...drew acorns, flowers, an oncoming thunderstorm or doodles, Leonardo worked magic. This project is every bit as magnificent as its price. The drawings come in a large portfolio box, accompanied by a 250-page volume of text and notes; the whole production is partly bound in royal blue Nigerian goatskin. It would be less expensive to jet to Britain and wangle an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to browse in her private collection. But even then, the fortunate traveler would return emptyhanded. Thanks to Johnson Reprint, the closest things to Leonardo's originals are to be had and held...