Tag: Nigeria

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…

Peter MacJob & Alex Last Peter MacJob & Alex Last

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…

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

‘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…

Yemisi Adegoke Yemisi Adegoke

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

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

Hannah Gelbart Hannah Gelbart

I woke up from a Covid coma with newborn twins

In March 2020, I was healthy and enjoying being 24 weeks pregnant…

Perpetual Uke Perpetual Uke

Nigerian singer, actor and activist Onyeka Onwenu dies aged 72

Onyeka Onwenu, the singer, actor, broadcaster and activist whose love ballads and…

Eromo Egbejule Eromo Egbejule