Search results for ‘nigeria’
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Bomb hits UN building in Nigerian capital
The Nigerian president condemns a bomb attack on the UN office in Abuja which has killed at least 18 people.
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Oil spills: Nigeria vs Gulf of Mexico
As energy giant Shell admits liability for two large oil spills in Nigeria, Channel 4 News compares the figures from the Niger Delta with the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Nigeria oil clean-up could be ‘world’s biggest’
The restoration of Nigeria’s Ogoniland region, which has been devastated by decades of oils spills, will require the world’s biggest clean-up according to a UN report.
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Fresh attacks leave 11 dead in central Nigeria
At least 11 people have been killed in central Nigeria, in an attack that the Archbishop of Jos told Channel 4 News showed “similarities” to violence ten days ago in which 500 people were killed.
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Nigeria attacks ‘systematic and organised’
Exclusive: The Archbishop of Jos tells Channel 4 News that the attacks on Christian villages in Nigeria, in which an estimated 500 people have been killed, were “systematic and quite well organised”.
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‘Hundreds’ die in Nigeria violence
Gangs wielding machetes are feared to have killed hundreds of people in religious violence in Nigeria – the Archbishop of Jos tells Channel 4 News it was systematic and organised.
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‘These people are not terrorists’ – Poet Ben Okri on climate protests and the power of nature
‘This earth that we love is in grave danger because of us,’ reads the first line of Sir Ben Okri’s poem, ‘The Broken’. The poet and Booker-prize winner, who has long been a vocal environmental activist, has seen the effects of the climate catastrophe first-hand, as a young boy growing up in Nigeria, but is…
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Eddie Marsan discusses gender dynamics in new show ‘The Power’
A world where women have developed the power to electrocute people: that’s the premise of a new Amazon series called ‘The Power’, based on the novel by Naomi Alderman, and starring the actor Eddie Marsan. The series examines the changing dynamics in gender and power. The show was filmed around the world, including the UK,…
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Niger: How the climate crisis is fuelling war
Drought, floods, net zero – all of these are dominating the agenda in Glasgow. But one burning issue that’s receiving less attention at COP26 is how climate change is already fuelling conflict.
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Benin Bronzes ‘properly reside’ in British Museum, says culture secretary
We spoke to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, and began by asking him whether the stolen Benin Bronzes should be owned by Nigeria.
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‘Stand up’ against social media abuse, says author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
For the author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the loss of her father last year was made all the worse by her separation from him – she, stuck in the US, he, back home in Nigeria. Then came the death of her mother, causing her to ask: “how can a heart break twice?” Her new book, Notes…
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Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau reported to have killed himself
The leader of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram in Nigeria is reported to have killed himself, after being tracked down by rival militants from the Islamic State West African Province.
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Bring back our girls: Chibok girls kidnapping survivor speaks out seven years on
More than 100 of the children who were taken hostage in the town of Chibok have still never been found.
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UK university’s return of looted Benin Bronze puts pressure on other institutions
Aberdeen University has become the first British institution to announce that it plans to return artefacts looted in the late 19th century from what is now part of Nigeria.
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Series 5, Episode 4: Nels Abbey
Nels Abbey is a British-Nigerian satirist, writer, media executive and author of ‘Think Like a White Man’.