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Catchword for “roforofo fight”
Catchword: roforofo fight
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Part of speech: n.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: Nigeria’s Lower Legislative Chamber is involved in what the Yoruba call roforofo fight with the Executive arm of government headed by President Olusegun Obasanjo. Participants in such fight cannot escape being badly messed up or roundly stained. It does not matter the justification or innocence to which a participant lays claim.
Article or Document Title:
“Na’Abba vs. Obasanjo: The lingering blackmail”
Author:
Sufuyan Ojeifo
Article, document, publication, web site:
Vanguard Daily
Publishing location:
Lagos, Nigeria
Dateline:
Abuja
Date of publication:
Nov. 5, 2000
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