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Independence Day
Oct 1 2009, Rudolf

While preparing for Nigeria’s 49th Independence anniversary episode of Tonight’s Show with Dr. Damages, someone sneaked into my office and dropped a transcript of a conversation between God and Nigeria’s president, Alhaji Umaru Yar’adua.
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