Mazi Uchechukwu
@sirvulcan01.bsky.social
Lover of good songs, amateur photographer, proud Nigerian Youth
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My most important long-read investigation on West Africa Weekly tells the story of a Chicago heroin trafficker from the 1990s who is being prepped to become Nigeria's president.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu: From Drug Lord To Presidential Candidate
From Gary, Indiana to Abuja, Nigeria via a stopover in Chicago. Here is how the bagman for a 1990's Chicago drug ring has become a frontrunner for Nigeria's most powerful office. And then some.
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April 24, 2023 at 5:34 PM
My most important long-read investigation on West Africa Weekly tells the story of a Chicago heroin trafficker from the 1990s who is being prepped to become Nigeria's president.
Reposted by Mazi Uchechukwu
Ignorance is not my big issue with Nigerian public discourse. Stupidity exists, but it is also not the issue.
My big issue is the newfangled, reflexive and vigorous anti-intellectualism that now characterises it.
If you speak in complete sentences and cite references, you're now the enemy.
My big issue is the newfangled, reflexive and vigorous anti-intellectualism that now characterises it.
If you speak in complete sentences and cite references, you're now the enemy.
May 1, 2023 at 1:14 PM
Ignorance is not my big issue with Nigerian public discourse. Stupidity exists, but it is also not the issue.
My big issue is the newfangled, reflexive and vigorous anti-intellectualism that now characterises it.
If you speak in complete sentences and cite references, you're now the enemy.
My big issue is the newfangled, reflexive and vigorous anti-intellectualism that now characterises it.
If you speak in complete sentences and cite references, you're now the enemy.