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Sunday 05 April, 2026 Culture He had already decided what kind of day it was. Then she got in. He had been doing the maths since Shepherd’s Bush. Not complicated maths. The worst kind. The kind where you already know the answer and you keep running the numbers...
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Sunday 05 April, 2026 THE BACK POST Tosin Adarabioyo. Chelsea. Centre-back. Playing in a club held together right now by sellotape and FA Cup optimism. Chelsea went into this weekend having lost four straight games, been knocked out of the Champions League by PSG on...
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THE KING WHO WASN’T A KING On 14 March 2026, an Igbo community in KuGompo City installed a community leader under the title Igwe Ndigbo Na East London. Two weeks later, ten vehicles were burning in the streets. This is the full story. PART ONE: THE WORD In Igbo,...
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Saturday April 05, 2026 a Nigerian was crowned in South Africa. Two weeks later, ten vehicles were on fire. Today we go all the way in. This is not a story about a coronation. It never was. It’s a story about what happens when a word crosses a border without a...
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Part Two: The Street What KuGompo looked like on 30 March 2026 and the thirty years of pressure behind it This is Part Two of a three-part investigation. [Read Part One: The Word first.] Before the march, there was already a field of pressure that had nothing to do...