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From Nigeria to the UK: Moussa’s four year journey seeking asylum [Dubbed]
The debate around asylum seekers often reveals a deep fear or contempt for people who try to seek sanctuary on British shores.
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From Nigeria to the UK: Moussa’s four year journey seeking asylum
The debate around asylum seekers often reveals a deep fear or contempt for people who try to seek sanctuary on British shores.
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‘Benin Bronzes should be returned’ to Nigeria, says artist Yinka Shonibare
From his famous recreation of HMS Victory inside a giant bottle, to a huge, multicoloured hibiscus erected in Leeds city centre, the British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare has always sought to spark conversations with his work.
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Nigeria military rescues 137 child hostages after school kidnapping
Nigeria’s military says it has rescued 137 of more than 280 children kidnapped from their school more than two weeks ago in Kaduna state. They were recovered in the early hours of Sunday in neighbouring Zamfara state. It comes days before a deadline to pay a ransom for their release, and days after 17 children…
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Nigerian politician, wife and ‘middleman’ jailed for organ trafficking plot
A senior Nigerian politician and his wife have been jailed by a London court – for conspiring to traffic a young man to the UK to harvest his kidney.
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Nigerian afrobeat superstar Davido discusses new music and Nigerian politics
The Nigerian afrobeat superstar Da-VI-do is back with a highly anticipated new album ‘Timeless’ which has already broken streaming records since its release. He’s hosting three special live events to celebrate the album – in New York, London and Lagos. Our correspondent Symeon Brown caught up with him backstage at KOKO in Camden ahead of…
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Nigerian politician, wife, and a doctor guilty of organ trafficking
A leading Nigerian politician, along with his wife and a doctor have been found guilty of organ trafficking – after bringing a young man over from Nigeria and offering him an illegal reward to donate his kidney to the couple’s daughter.
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Nigerians head to polls to elect next president
87 million Nigerians are heading to the polls today to elect their next president, after a highly contested campaign dominated by unemployment, growing insecurity and a fuel shortage crisis.
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London Horniman museum to hand back stolen Benin bronzes to Nigeria
Today marks a new chapter in the history of the Benin bronzes – cultural artefacts looted from West Africa by British soldiers in 1897.
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Over 600 die in Nigeria floods, with hundreds of thousands displaced
More than 600 people have died in floods which have swept across Nigeria – displacing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.
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Horniman Museum to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
A London museum has agreed to return 72 artefacts which were looted from Benin to the Nigerian government.
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Man arrested over killing of Nigerian street vendor filmed by bystander
Police in Italy have arrested a man for the alleged murder of a disabled Nigerian street vendor.
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Nigerian senator and wife charged with alleged child organ-harvesting plot
A Nigerian politician and his wife have been charged with allegedly plotting to harvest the organs of a child in the UK.
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Nigeria sends formal letter to British Museum demanding return of looted Benin Bronzes
The fate of the Benin Bronzes, a historic collection of thousands of artefacts looted by British forces more than a hundred years ago, is being discussed by a high-level delegation at the British Museum in London where many are on display.
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Coastal erosion in Nigeria leaves communities fearing their homes will disappear
The continent of Africa is on the frontline of the climate emergency, but all too often it has the quietest voice at the table when pressing for global changes.
