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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

After a brush with death pushed Othuke Ominiabohs to self-publish his novels, he realised there was a gap in the market for fresh African writing

In a hospital bed fearing his death was imminent, Engl…

Innit innit boys and Super Eagles: how Nigerian Londoners found their identity through football

For the children of the Nigerian diaspora, displaced by war and split between two worlds, footballers from John Fashanu to Jay-Jay Okocha were a first glimpse of themselves in Britain’s mainstream

The…

Seventy killed in central Nigeria after fuel tanker flips over and explodes

Those who died had scrambled to take the fuel, which has rocketed in price amid an economic crisis

A fuel tanker exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing 70 people who had …

Brad Pitt scammer who conned French woman out of £700,000 is tracked down in Nigeria... and revealed to be posing as another A-list star in new scam

Marwan Ouarab, founder of the site Find My Scammer, has been helping victim Anne to find the person responsible for scamming her out of £697,000 using deep fake images.

4 months ago

It’s easier than you think to get the measure of Kemi Badenoch – just ask around in Nigeria | Nels Abbey

The Tory leader seems to see her country of origin as a useful punchbag. Yet people there have a clear view of her

The Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, recently went viral over her comments on the perfidy …

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