Tag: Nigeria

Nigeria’s ‘Mr Flag Man’ waited a year to be buried

The family of the man who designed Nigeria’s national flag have told…

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Nigerian, Helen Williams sets record for longest wig

A Nigerian woman has set the Guinness world record for making the…

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Tunde Onakoya: Nigerian chess marathon record breaker

Under the beaming lights of New York's iconic Times Square, Nigerian chess…

Nigeria, twins and a love-hate relationship

On our arrival in Nigeria's self-proclaimed capital of twins to investigate the…

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The Paralympic table tennis love story

Paris is renowned for its association with love and romance, having inspired…

Emmanuel Akindubuwa Emmanuel Akindubuwa

Tiwa Savage: I always wanted to be an actor

Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage is known as the "Queen of Afrobeats" but…

Nigeria’s Chibok girls: Parents of kidnapped children heartbroken – again

Ten years after Boko Haram gunmen abducted his daughter from her school…

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‘A calm fighter can weather any storm’

As African heavyweight boxing champion Adam Olaore contemplates his Olympic debut, the…

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Chibok girls feel let down 10 years after Nigeria kidnapping

We had to meet Lisu in secret as she says the local…

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Should I stay or should I go? The dilemma for young Nigerians

Nigerian graduate Olotu Olanrewaju is facing a choice between remaining in the…

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