On October 1st, Nigerian schoolchildren will line up in crisp uniforms, flags in hand, rehearsing patriotic songs beneath a sun that spares no one. Politicians will mount podiums, soldiers will salute, and the nation will once again perform the ritual of independence. Yet for millions of citizens, t
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