But he continued to write and his novels, poems and essays and in his later years he was an outspoken critic of the Nigerian government.

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The private-education provider swung to a better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter profit following a year-earlier period hampered by write-downs, but enrollment weakness continued to pressure revenue.

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But the write-downs have continued, further pressuring capital as banks are forced to hold more in reserve against the distressed assets.

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