Two Benin bronzes were returned on Saturday to a traditional palace in Nigeria, more than a century after they were pillaged by British troops, raising hopes that thousands more artefacts could
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New National Identification Number enrolment centre for Nigerian nationals in UK
March 4, 2020 Comment Off 542 ViewsLONDON: As part of the endeavour to support the initiative by the National Identity Management Commission’s (NIMC) to enrol Nigerian adults and children into the National Identity Database (NIDB),
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The Nigerian refugee who saved her daughters from FGM
June 17, 2019 Comment Off 199 ViewsTo mark World Refugee Day on June 20 and Refugee Week in the UK from June 17 to 23, Al Jazeera is profiling five refugees who are based in England. This is the story of Odachi*. London, England -
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UK Cracks Down On Modern Slavery In Nigeria
September 1, 2017 Comment Off 271 ViewsThere are an estimated 46 million people living in modern slavery across the globe who have been trafficked, coerced, or otherwise forced into terrible exploitation, labor, or domestic
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Fascinating photos of Nigeria taken 65 years ago
March 29, 2017 Comment Off 1271 ViewsFascinating photographs of 1930s Nigeria show the country in decades before its independence from Britain Were taken by Edward Harland Duckworth who served as Inspector of Education in Nigeria
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Moroccan King Calls President Buhari, Wishes Him Good Health
March 3, 2017 Comment Off 88 ViewsPresident Muhammadu Buhari with King of Morocco Mohammed VI. King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Wednesday had a telephone conversation with President Muhammad Buhari in London, where the
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America, Buhari, Nigeria, Trump & the world
March 1, 2017 Comment Off 110 ViewsOkay, so much has gone on in the world in the last two months. Is it just me or are we all watching the same things on the news, and reading these stories in the papers? I would like to look at these
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The trans-Nigerian road trip
May 20, 2016 Comment Off 173 ViewsIn 2016, Invisible Borders will aim to map this diversity through a road trip across Nigeria; hoping, as a result, to underscore the borders that are both inscribed and elusive within the
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Inside the global hunt for Nigeria’s missing oil billions
May 12, 2016 Comment Off 199 ViewsWith his luxury yacht, Swiss chateau and network of celebrity friends, businessman Kola Aluko is a regular face in the gossip columns of newspapers in his native Nigeria. The boss of a
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Return stolen assets, Buhari tells Cameron
May 12, 2016 Comment Off 197 ViewsNIGERIAN President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday urged Britain to return assets stolen by corrupt officials in pointed remarks after Prime Minister David Cameron called his country “fantastically
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