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My father is Nigerian; my mother is from Texas and African-American. My father was the first in his family to go to university. He flew from Nigeria to Los Angeles in the '70s to go to UCLA, where he met my mother. They broke up before I was born, and he returned to Nigeria. Kehinde Wiley

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I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa? Marion Barry

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Women in Africa, generally a lot needs to be done for women. Women are not being educated, not only in Angola but my trip to Nigeria, one point I would make over and over again was that women need to be educated too. Mia Farrow

How is it that Nigeria's military, which has a good record across West Africa, cannot claim back to 14 out of 774 local governorates from Boko Haram? They have to ask for mercenaries from South Africa? How the mighty has fallen! Muhammadu Buhari

The federal government of Nigeria has always preferred to talk to bona fide Boko Haram leaders about the release of the Chibok girls, but we must have a credible person or persons that will intervene, preferably United Nations or NGOs. Muhammadu Buhari

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The foreign companies, especially oil prospects and development companies, have been in Nigeria for about two generations - 40 years and above and so on. So, they know the environment. They stayed that long. They continue to invest because they know the potential Nigeria has in oil and gas and the capacity of the people to learn and work hard. Muhammadu Buhari

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From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war - the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old. We spent much of our time with my mother cooking. For the army - my father joined the army as a brigadier - the Biafran army. We were on the Biafran side. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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When I was younger, my father was in the Foreign Service and we lived in Nigeria, Panama, and London, but for the most part I grew up in the South and D.C. I got the travel bug as a little person and I've bounced around a lot. Nicole Beharie

Listening to the type of music I grew up with, like King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti and experiencing different things and conditions and hardship, as well as the good times in Nigeria, has definitely carved me into who I am. Nneka

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I was born in Owerri and grew up in the east of Nigeria, in Imo state. You could say I was a 'street boy': we grew up on the street, played on the street, did everything out on the street. It was a difficult life altogether, but that's how we grew up. Nwankwo Kanu

Life You Difficult State Everything Say East Out Born Could Altogether Boy How Up Did Grew Street Played Nigeria

I lived in Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon when I was very young, until my mother divorced my father. Patrick Cox

Mother Father Young Divorced Until Cameroon Very Chad Lived Nigeria

Boko Haram, by itself, has destroyed large areas in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. Pete Hoekstra

Destroyed Area Cameroon Itself Large Chad Nigeria

Nigeria is a West African nation of over 100 million energetic people. It is endowed with lots of natural resources but lacks human resources. Philip Emeagwali

Natural People Nation Resources Over West Lots Human Lacks Endowed African Energetic Natural Resources Human Resources Million Nigeria

Imagine what Nigeria could do for Africa if it was also free of Boko Haram's violence. Richard Grenell

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I waited for the opportunity to be invited to play for the national team of Nigeria, and immediately, they found me worthy; I did not waste time to honour the call. Victor Moses

Time Me Opportunity National Waste Time Honour Immediately Worthy Invited Call Waited Did National Team Team Found Waste Play Nigeria

I played for England Under-16s, 17s, 18s, 19s, 20s and then 21s... then... I just decided to make the decision to play for Nigeria. Victor Moses

Decision Make Just Decided Then England Play Played Nigeria

If I have got an injury, I have got an injury. Whenever I want to play for Nigeria, I must be 100 percent, I want to give everything. But if I have got an injury, I don't want to force myself, because I am going to look stupid on the pitch. Victor Moses

Myself Stupid Everything Must Percent Give Look Force Because Got Am Pitch Going Whenever Want Injury Play Nigeria

The fundamental for the sustainable growth of Nigeria is not in the hydro-carbon industry but in agriculture. Yemi Osinbajo

Agriculture Industry Sustainable Fundamental Growth Nigeria

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