In the book, How Much Land Does a Man Need, Leo Tolstoy laments the futility of materialism. If the book was a parable of 19th century Russia, the stark interpretation of that parable may be found on No.1 Vattern Street, off Amazon Street, Maitama, Abuja.
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?Within a short time, a serving high profile public officer in Yobe State – one of Nigeria’s poorest states – has helped himself to this mansion, while the state pines.
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Is this the dividend of democracy?
More to come…