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The most important thing is that we are on the right path, and we will not deviate from it, even in the face of strong temptation to choose temporary gains over long-term benefits. Yemi Osinbajo

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Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible. Ben Okri

Politics Art Creativity Impossible Possible

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide. Ben Okri

Art Hide Nothing Magic Becomes

If I had children, as soon as I have them, I'm teaching them everything I know. I don't want to feed you fairytales. Fairytales are nice. But they come to an end, and then you have to face reality. Burna Boy

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Nobody just leaves medical school, especially given it's fiercely competitive to get in. But I had a sister who was a doctor, another who was a pharmacist, a brother who was an engineer. So my parents already had sensible children who would be able to make an actual living, and I think they felt comfortable sacrificing their one strange child. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them of human dignity, to reduce them to objects of pity. This has never been clearer than in the view of Africa from the American media, in which we are shown poverty and conflicts without any context. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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For me, feminism is a movement for which the end goal is to make itself no longer needed. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Me Feminism Longer Make Goal End Itself Movement Which Needed

In primary school in south-eastern Nigeria, I was taught that Hosni Mubarak was the president of Egypt. I learned the same thing in secondary school. In university, Mubarak was still president of Egypt. I came to assume, subconsciously, that he - and others like Paul Biya in Cameroon and Muammar Gaddafi in Libya - would never leave. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be. Chinua Achebe

Leaders Because Should

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit. Chinua Achebe

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Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room. Chinua Achebe

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The most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room. Chinua Achebe

Life Myself World My Life Important Changes Has-Been See Seeing About Observe Like Most Fellow Most Important Thing Important Thing Been Expect Just The Most Important Room Next Full Who Therefore Lives Thing

We want to refocus Nigeria to make sure that basic infrastructure is provided. The environment is created for private investment, both within and direct foreign investment. So jobs will be created. That is my dream for Nigeria. Goodluck Jonathan

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I've always affirmed, nobody's ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian. Goodluck Jonathan

Worth Ambition Nobody Always Blood Any Nigerian

Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try. Hakeem Olajuwon

Obligation Try Blood Basketball

To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria. Ibrahim Babangida

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Good friends are often our lifelines. Mine have seen me through heartbreak, through the deaths of loved ones, and through that phase in college when I was obsessed with denim jumpsuits and matching fingerless gloves. Luvvie Ajayi

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Boosting education will be a direct counterbalance to Boko Haram's appeal. In particular we must educate more young girls, ensuring they will grow up to be empowered through learning to play their full part as citizens of Nigeria and pull themselves up and out of poverty. Muhammadu Buhari

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I would like to thank President Goodluck Jonathan for his display of statesmanship in setting a precedent for us that has now made our people proud to be Nigerians wherever they are. Muhammadu Buhari

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If you are starving and young and in search of answers as to why your life is so difficult, fundamentalism can be alluring. We know this for a fact because former members of Boko Haram have admitted it: They offer impressionable young people money and the promise of food, while the group's mentors twist their minds with fanaticism. Muhammadu Buhari

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