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Jude Bela
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Stories uncovering corruption, scandals and unimaginable happenings that are shaping our society.

  1. 1 day ago

    The Beloved Dictator Who Became Nigeria’s Worst Nightmare

    In 2015, Nigeria elected a retired general who promised to kill corruption and crush Boko Haram. Eight years later, he left behind about 63,000 dead, the naira in ruins, and a Supreme Court calling his last act "autocratic".This is episode 15 of Power & Plunder, a documentary series chronicling every head of state Nigeria has had since independence on October 1, 1960. My Sources:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t6M-kq52o0yCaZVjHgVEgRt5Dff3Fk7YFi005dxvczg/edit?usp=sharing

    52 min

  2. 5 days ago

    The Accidental President Nigeria Love To Hate

    This is episode 14 of Power & Plunder, a documentary series chronicling every head of state Nigeria has had since independence on October 1, 1960. My Sources:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BTEtDc1FwIMZjiafI-lj61C4hNsScOBxLNfl64-FxqA/edit?usp=sharing

    58 min

  3. 17 Jun

    The Heartbreaking Story of Nigeria’s Dying President

    A quiet chemistry teacher is handpicked to lead Africa's most populous nation — but the election that put him there was stolen, his body was already failing, and the people closest to him would use his dying days to fight for control of a country of 150 million people.This is episode 13 of Power & Plunder, a documentary series chronicling every head of state Nigeria has had since independence on October 1, 1960. My Sources:https://docs.google.com/document/d/14xxfmTYCeSsZNG9Y43H0ZlHIhFNCwVkzzz51xLgeQ08/edit?usp=sharing

    34 min

  4. 15 Jun

    The Ex-Prisoner Who Built Modern Nigeria

    In June 1998, a broke ex-general walks out of a Nigerian prison cell. Eleven months later, he's the president of Africa's most populous nation and almost none of it was his idea.This is episode 12 of Power & Plunder, a documentary series chronicling every head of state Nigeria has had since independence on October 1, 1960. My Sources:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cuIY0z8rQzHn-JazubvhSIAflXzgmrJKfsTw3_24jVM/edit?usp=sharingYou can now support my work by donating here: https://judebela.com/donate

    1hr 33min

  5. 10 Jun

    The General Who Sold Nigeria's Democracy

    General Abdulsalami Abubakar presided over the most consequential 11 months in modern Nigerian history. A compressed, turbulent, and deeply contradictory transition from military dictatorship to civilian rule that began with one suspicious death, was punctuated by another, and ended with a flawed election that nonetheless inaugurated the Fourth Republic. This is episode 11 of Power and Plunder, a 16-episode documentary series chronicling every head of state Nigeria has had since independence on October 1, 1960. Each episode covers a single leader — from the moment they seized or received power to the moment they lost it or gave it away.My Sources:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V_3OgXoCgdxEhZRY6Y4uK86TYwPECvJ79RFqvMFD2NU/edit?usp=sharing

    31 min

  6. 7 Jun

    Sani Abacha & The Cartel That OWNS Nigeria

    General Sani Abacha ruled Nigeria from November 17, 1993 until his death on June 8, 1998 — a period that produced the worst human rights abuses, the most brazen kleptocracy, and the deepest international isolation in the country's post-independence history. This is the story of how he did it all.This is Episode 10 of Power & Plunder — a 16-part series covering every head of state Nigeria has had since independence. Built on declassified British and American archives, court records, and primary sources.My sources:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z_OUKYYuVwQuqO3N94PzomQxFWWxIo9Of48wlJl6dhI/edit?usp=sharing

    1hr 14min

  7. 3 Jun

    The 83-Day President Nigeria Tried To Forget

    When Nigeria's military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida annulled Africa's freest election in 1993 and installed a corporate boardroom chairman as a civilian placeholder, the 83-day presidency that followed was a meticulously engineered trap designed to hand power to the one general who had been positioning himself for it all along.This is the story of The 83-Day President Nigeria Tried To Forget.This is Episode 9 of Power & Plunder — a 16-part series covering every head of state Nigeria has had since independence. Built on declassified British and American archives, court records, and primary sources.My Sources:https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ocwgCCOdOpcyQVV738wlIYRy4aDBM26dxQcwVwlhwg/edit?usp=sharing

    30 min

  8. 31 May

    The Evil Genius Who Stole a Country and Got Away With It

    How did one military officer hold power for eight years, preside over the disappearance of $12.4 billion, build Africa's most sophisticated system of political corruption, annul the freest election his country ever held, and retire to a mansion without ever being prosecuted?This is the story of Ibrahim Babangida, the Smiling Dictator Who Stole Nigeria’s DemocracyThis is Episode 8 of Power & Plunder — a 16-part series covering every head of state Nigeria has had since independence. Built on declassified British and American archives, court records, and primary sources.

    46 min
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