Nigerian musician Seun Kuti arrested for allegedly assaulting police officer
Son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti arrested after he was shown on video shouting and apparently smacking an officer, police say The Nigerian musician Seun...
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‘Man of 1,000 faces’ wins Deutsche Börse photography prize
Samuel Fosso scoops £30,000 award for performative self-portraits of historical figures including Angela Davis and Mao Zedong One of Africa’s most important living photographers and...
Colonialism and controversial guests inform Africa’s reaction to Charles’s coronation
While some paid tribute to the British monarch, the presence in London of certain guests proved less than welcome In South Africa, as across the...
UK ‘was urged to investigate’ Nigerian politician before organ trafficking plot
Exclusive: Former US intelligence analyst says he warned authorities about activities of Ike Ekweremadu A former US intelligence analyst warned the UK’s National Crime Agency...
Two women rescued nine years after Chibok schoolgirls abduction
Hauwa Maltha and Esther Marcus, both now 26, were among 276 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria Two Nigerian women abducted as schoolgirls by...
Nigerian politician jailed for nine years in UK over organ trafficking plot
Judge says Ike Ekweremadu was ‘driving force’ in scheme to take kidney for his sick daughter from man brought to London A senior Nigerian politician...
Met police investigate more organ trafficking cases in UK
Modern slavery team reveals further allegations of people being trafficked to London for body parts The Metropolitan police is investigating more cases of organ trafficking...
Bola Tinubu to become Nigeria’s president despite court challenges, says minister
Information minister says ‘no basis’ to form interim government, amid claims of February elections being fixed The Nigerian president-elect, Bola Tinubu, will take office on...
Gunmen kill at least 46 people in attack on rural village in Nigeria
Death toll may rise as many people are still missing after attack in northern-central Benue state Forty-six bodies have been found after gunmen attacked a...
Nigeria postpones state elections amid dispute over presidential vote
Electoral commission says it is pushing back polling due to problems with digital voting system Nigeria has postponed Saturday’s crucial state elections amid wrangling over...
