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Corrupt Nigerian Government Wants $44 Billion From Multinational Tobacco Companies

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There are issues in Nigeria I deliberately ignore, because it would be a sheer waste of my precious quality time. I ignored the contract scandal of the former Speaker of the lower house, Ms. Patricia Etteh until I formally reported the news of her resignation. All the legislators in the National Assembly should be arraigned for electoral malpratices and murder of hundreds of people during the horrible and terrible elections last April. Elections which the local and international monitors reported were rigged and most voters rejected the results. The present administration does not have any democratic legitimacy. The present news making headlines on major news channels is the $44 billion suit against the tobacco companies in Nigeria. Nigeria is suing them for damages for public health costs incurred for treating smoking related diseases over the years. What a scam! The Federal High Court in Abuja should dismiss this case for lack of documented evidence and breach of the Memorandum of Un