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By SHEDDY OZOENE When Chief Uche Nnaji tendered his resignation last week as Nigeria’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, it brought a painful but predictable end to a once-promising political career. The announcement, made in a statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, came after weeks of damning revelations, public denials, and frantic attempts at damage control. For many who have watched Nnaji’s career over the years, the scandal was not a bolt from the blue; it was a slow-motion fall that had been long in the making. Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji, popularly…