Nigeria

A serious museum and archaeological challenge has simply been launched in Nigeria, within the metropolis of Benin Metropolis, to assist the return to African soil of artistic endeavors looted by English throughout their invasion of town in 1897. The primary photographs of the longer term Edo Museum of West African Artwork - Emowaa - was introduced just a few days in the past within the metropolis.…

The Nigerian military shares its side of the story, more than three weeks after the Lekki toll massacre, in which security forces opened fire on a peaceful youth rally and killed at least ten people in Lagos on October 20, 2020. Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo addressed the Justice Commission on November 14. responsible for investigating this bloody takeover and more generally police abuse.…

Since the abolition of government subsidies (in September) on imports, the price of petrol is partly indexed to the market price. A small revolution in Nigeria, the largest raw material producer on the African continent with very little refining capacity. Even if legislative measures remain and petrol remains cheap in the country, adaptation is still difficult for consumers and players in the sector.…

After flying over the primary half-hour sport with 4 objectives, Nigeria had been made all the way in which collectively towards Sierra Leone and struck an unbelievable draw (4-4) on their garden. Sierra Leone has the efficiency on this third day of the CAN 2021 qualifier. It is only a draw, however 4-4, received by Sierra…

Following the bloody attack on the Nigerian youth protest movement by the military, authorities are keeping the pressure on some identified individuals within the #EndSars movement. Twenty of them's bank accounts were frozen, following a decision by the Nigerian central bank. The #EndSars movement has always claimed to be leaderless, but the Nigerian authorities seem to have identified some of its alleged "promoters". They are under increasing pressure, almost three weeks after the army intervened the peaceful movement of…

On November 10, 1995, Nigerian author and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight comrades had been by chance executed by President Normal Sani Abacha's regime after a controversial trial. A member of the Ogoni minority, he warned the worldview concerning the ecological disasters linked to the exploitation of oil within the Niger Delta. Twenty-five years later, Ken Saro-Wiwa has left heirs. .

Africa will have to wait a little longer before it knows whether Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will be the next director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The organization responsible for managing trade relations around the world has actually postponed the meeting on Monday, November 9, where members had to choose between the Nigerian candidate and the South Korean Yoo Myung-hee. The position of the United States in contrast to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala complicates everything. The WTO is an institution in crisis,…

In Nigeria, social networks are at the heart of a struggle for influence more than two weeks after the brutal repression of the youth protest movement against police violence and for better governance in the country. For two weeks, the Nigerian authorities have made several statements in favor of increased control over the…

Greater than 310,000 Nigerians have settled in the US. It's a standard vacation spot for college students after they have the chance to review overseas. Since January 2018, nevertheless, Nigeria has been one of many nations focusing on new restrictions on immigration to the US. This doesn't forestall Nigerians from appreciating the US President.…

Kidnapped by gunmen on the evening of 26-27 in southern Niger close to the Nigerian border, US citizen Philip Walton was launched. The data was introduced this Saturday, October 31, by the US media and confirmed to RFI by Nigerian Protection Minister Issoufou Katambé. Nigerian Protection Minister Issoufou Katambé gave no…