Expat Clementine Wallop offers some tips based on her experience of moving to the Nigerian capital, Abuja Look behind the gloomy headlines and Nigeria proves to be an amusing and interesting
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Chibok girls ‘forced to join Nigeria’s Boko Haram’
June 29, 2015 Comment Off 55 ViewsSome of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in April 2014 have been forced to join the militant group Boko Haram, the BBC has been told. Witnesses say some are now being used to terrorize other
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Gay Marriage In Nigeria ‘Evil,’ Should Stay Illegal, Religious Leaders Say …
June 29, 2015 Comment Off 69 ViewsSeveral religious leaders in Africa pushed this weekend for Nigeria to keep its hardline stance on gay marriage despite the United States Supreme Court's recent decision to legalize it. Among the
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Nigeria court in Kano sentences nine people to death for blasphemy
June 26, 2015 Comment Off 84 ViewsAn Islamic court has sentenced nine people to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. The accused, who were all Muslims, had pleaded guilty, the
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Nigeria tightens controls on foreign exchange
June 24, 2015 Comment Off 87 ViewsThe falling oil price has put pressure on the Nigerian currency, the naira The Nigerian central bank has imposed new foreign exchange controls to try to stem the flow of dollars out of the
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President Muhammadu Buhari: Full Inaugural speech
May 29, 2015 Comment Off 394 ViewsInaugural speech by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari following his swearing-in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29th May, 2015 I am immensely grateful to God Who Has
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LAGOS BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL
April 18, 2015 3 Comments 1284 ViewsInspired by the spirit of convergence for which Lagos remains pre-eminent, the Lagos Black Heritage Festival celebrates African creativity within a carnivalesque of traditional and contemporary
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David Cameron spoke with General Buhari, President elect of Nigeria
April 2, 2015 Comment Off 95 ViewsA Downing Street spokesperson said: Prime Minister David Cameron spoke to General Buhari to congratulate him on his historic election win in Nigeria. General Buhari said that the UK had been a
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Buhari Wins: Goodluck Johnathan Concession Speech
April 1, 2015 Comment Off 108 ViewsAfter his declaration as the Nigeria's president elect, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress delivered his acceptance speech at the party's National Headquarters, Abuja on Wednesday,
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NEDG Presidential Debate 2nd Session 22-03-2015
March 25, 2015 Comment Off 114 ViewsWhat are your thoughts. Are these candidates what you see when you picture a modern Nigeria?
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