Seven things that annoy Nigerian tailors

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Seven things that annoy Nigerian tailors

A cross-section of tailors in Lagos State shared several categories of clients and their annoying habits with PREMIUM TIMES. It might interest you to know that you could belong to one or two categories.

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1982

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1817

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1775

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2012

Dexter Avenue Baptist Church [Montgomery] (1883-- )

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