BIZARRE: 11 | Mind Blowing Facts

Nigerian Afrobeat star Kuti arrested over alleged police assault

A Nigerian Afrobeat star has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer in the commercial hub of Lagos

The Independent UK · May 15, 2023

Nolywood Week festival in Paris: The best African cinema has to offer

The cinema industry in Nigeria, known as Nollywood, is the second-largest on the planet in terms of films produced, after Bollywood. Over the next few days, the best TV and films from across Africa are being showcased in Paris for the tenth edition of Nollywood Week. The festival celebrates the…

France 24 · May 12, 2023

Bring back stranded Srikakulam workers from Nigeria, MP urges Centre

Srikakulam Member of Parliament Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu on May 7 asked the Union Government to take steps immediately to bring back 23 workers from Srikakulam who were stranded in Lagos of Nigeria for the last few days.  

The Hindu · May 8, 2023

Dreaming sky high, Nigerian man builds airplane from trash

Bolaji Fatai has never set foot in an airplane, but that hasn't stopped him from building his own remote-controlled model aircraft from trash and sending it soaring over the sprawl and chaos of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital.

Reuters · Apr 20, 2023

‘A precision approach to activism’: distance runners join fight against Africa’s air pollution

Citizen scientists in Lagos, Cape Town and Accra are gathering air-quality data on runs to help curb a key cause of early death

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2023

Flights disrupted as Nigerian aviation workers strike over pay, conditions

Domestic flights in Nigeria were being disrupted on Monday, local airlines said, as aviation employees in Lagos blocked roads to the country's busiest local airport to begin a two-day strike in protest over working conditions and wages.

Reuters · Apr 17, 2023

AP PHOTOS: Joyous Holy Week celebrations around the world

From dressing as Roman soldiers in Antigua, Guatemala, to carrying palm fronds on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, Christians around the world are celebrating Holy Week

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2023

Boris Johnson jokes he was given Partygate fine for ‘eating lunch at his desk’

Former prime minister told audience in Lagos that his fine from police for breaking Covid laws was ‘bizarre’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2023

How much CO2 is caused by transportation in the EU?

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about transportation-caused CO2 emissions across the European Union. There’s the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick, “Music from Erwan”, and a new poem written and read by listener Ibironke Oyewole from Lagos, Nigeria. All that, and the new…

Radio France Internationale · Mar 25, 2023

Senior Nigerian politician and wife guilty of organ harvesting plot

The Old Bailey heard that a street trader from Lagos had been brought to the UK with the intention of transplanting one of his kidneys for cash.

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2023