Tompolo biography sample
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The Nigerian military confirmed over the weekend that militants had conducted multiple attacks on oil installations in the southern Niger Delta region over the previous few days.
The attacks came after a Lagos court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for Government Ekpemupolo—more commonly known as Tompolo—on charges of theft and money laundering totaling 34 billion naira ($ million).
The coinciding of the arrest warrant for Tompolo—a prominent figurehead in the Niger Delta militancy that besieged the oil-producing country in the mids—and the resumption of attacks in the region is a worrying sign for Nigeria. Newsweek profiles Tompolo and looks at what the latest developments mean for stability in the Niger Delta region.
Who is Tompolo?
Just under a decade ago, Tompolo was considered one of Nigeria's most wanted men. He was a prominent figure with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), a coalition of armed rebel groups that kidnapped oil workers and attacked installations between and The creeks of the Niger Delta were occupied by rebels with machine-gun equipped speedboats and were dangerous for law enforcement and oil workers alike. At the height of the militancy, rebels reduced Nigeria's oil production by a quarter.
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The wry, inventive paintings of Sydney artist Tom Polo are an ode to all the different people we contain, repress and reveal.
Tom Polo: Hidden Figures
FEATURE by Mariam Arcilla May
Image credit: Tom Polo, a new neck, , acrylic and Flashe on canvas, x cm. Courtesy of the artist and STATION, Australia
“I don’t want to paint a cat looking for food,” declares Tom Polo. “I want to paint a cat that suggests it has four claws because maybe it has four lives left. My works are about the fundamentals and variations of what an image has the capacity to say.”
Polo creates images, words, and painted environments that explore the emotional and psychological sagas of anxiety, tension, and expectation. His figures, gestures and texts unfold from habitual scans of his social surroundings, interactions between himself and other people, and a curiosity about the function of facades and personas. Overheard conversations, small talk at art shows, text messages with friends, awkward meetings and interpersonal musings all serve as cues (and clues) for the artist, who chronicles them with a graphic fidelity.
I meet Polo at his studio at Sydney’s Artspace, and since it’s a hot morning, I bring us cacao drinks to cool down. He hesitantly asks what the ingredients are. I half-jo
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