For the estimated 2,000 residents of Refuge Island life sometimes feels like that of a refugee. A dozen communities live on the island, which lies in a lagoon on the …
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Tiny Nigerian museum marking a forgotten British invasion pushes for recognition
In the sleepy Nigerian port town of Koko, the reminder of a forgotten invasion by the British more than a century ago has itself been forgotten. A statue of Nanna …
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‘I was told books don’t sell here. I knew that wasn’t true’: the English teacher shaking up Nigeria’s publishing scene
In a hospital bed fearing his death was imminent, English teacher Othuke Ominiabohs thought ruefully of his four unpublished novels. “My biggest regret was I was going to die, and …
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At least six people seriously injured on flight from Nigeria to Washington DC
Multiple people were injured on a United Airlines flight heading from Lagos, Nigeria, to Washington DC last week. In a statement released on Friday, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria …
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Innit innit boys and Super Eagles: how Nigerian Londoners found their identity through football
They arrived in 80s London with small intentions: to study, to work, to outrun what they had come from, and then maybe, one day, return back home. A people who …
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Scores killed in central Nigeria after fuel tanker flips over and explodes – video
A fuel tanker exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing about 70 people who had scrambled to take the fuel. A Federal Road Safety Corps statement said: …
A fuel tanker exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing 70 people who had scrambled to take the fuel, which has rocketed in price amid an economic …
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‘I was crying, there was no anaesthesia’: the fight for legal and safe abortion in Nigeria
In a modest house on a red dirt road in Ota in Ogun state, Adijat Adejumo, a 39-year-old auxiliary nurse, runs a small chemist shop. She treats common illnesses such …
A young gorilla rescued from a plane’s cargo hold is recovering at an Istanbul zoo, officials said Sunday, while wildlife officers consider returning him to his natural habitat. The 5-month-old …
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‘To confront the anti-gay law is to trouble waters’: the young Nigerian novelist refusing to go by the book
Shortly after his 18th birthday, Chukwuebuka Ibeh embarked on his first trip outside his home city of Port Harcourt. He drove more than eight hours north to Lagos for a …
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