{
  "id": 6031386,
  "title": "Bribes, bimbos, and babalawos: An undiplomatic memoir, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/bribes-bimbos-and-babalawos-an-undiplomatic-memoir-by-chidi-anselm",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T20:09:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/907776-bribes-bimbos-and-babalawos-an-undiplomatic-memoir-by-chidi-anselm-odinkalu.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lilian’s story is a three-decade long reel of the kind of interminable coincidence that is not unusual in Nigerian public life. In 1983, the civilian administration of President Shehu Shagari recruited over 300 new officers into Nigeria’s diplomatic service. While they were still to complete their orientation, Muhammadu Buhari, a soldier, overthrew the regime on […] The post Bribes, bimbos, and…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}