Tag: nigerian
Kemi Badenoch says she no longer sees herself as Nigerian despite upbringing
Conservative party leader, who grew up in Nigeria and US, says she has not renewed her Nigerian passport in decades Kemi Badenoch has said she no longer considers herself Nigerian and does not possess a Nigerian passport. The Conservative party leader, who was born in London, but grew up in Nigeria and the US and…
Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari dies aged 82 in London
Leader who ousted Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 three decades after brief stint as military ruler dies after ‘prolonged illness’ Nigeria’s former president Muhammadu Buhari, who led Africa’s most populous country from 2015 to 2023 and was the first Nigerian president to oust an incumbent through the ballot box, died in London on Sunday, a presidential…
Nigerian communities to take Shell to high court over oil pollution
Residents of Bille and Ogale in Niger delta are suing Shell and subsidiary, but company denies liability Residents of two Nigerian communities who are taking legal action against Shell over oil pollution are set to take their cases to trial at the high court in 2027. Members of the Bille and Ogale communities in the…
Fears of Boko Haram comeback stir in Nigerian birthplace of Maiduguri
Threat from jihadists had widely been perceived to be extinguished, but recent clashes suggest otherwise On the road running from Maiduguri’s airport to the city, the freshly repainted walls of a girls’ college stood in defiant opposition to a years-long campaign by the jihadists of Boko Haram to make good on their name, which translates…
Around the world in 60 hours: Nigerian aims to set travel record with ‘low-mobility’ passport
Alma Asinobi wants to break Guinness world record for shortest time to visit seven continents In 2019, Alma Asinobi, a Nigerian postgraduate architecture student, gave herself an ambitious goal after obtaining her first passport: to visit up to 16 countries every year. Then Covid-19 triggered a global lockdown, curtailing her dreams. Since restrictions were lifted,…
Nigerian king faces Shell in London high court over decades of oil spills
King Okpabi, ruler of Ogale, says Shell has caused chronic pollution, while oil firm argues it is not responsible His Royal Highness King Godwin Bebe Okpabi has carried bottles of water drawn from the wells of his homeland in the Niger delta to the high court in London. It stinks. “This is the water that…
Tiny Nigerian museum marking a forgotten British invasion pushes for recognition
Museum in Koko, Niger Delta, commemorates important exiled merchant prince Nanna Olomu – but it has no cooling and a termite issue 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 Olomu, the Nigerian…