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Jewish separatists in Biafra want to proclaim a second Israel

17 February 2024

Igbo independence is back in Nigeria. It was the trigger for the "Nigerian Civil War", also known as the Biafra genocide or the Biafran War (1967-70). Except this time, the separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu, insists that the Igbos are a lost tribe of Israel.
Nnamdi Kanu is the owner of Radio (…)

Nigeria destroys over one million doses of Astra Zeneca vaccines

7 January 2022

With a heavy heart, on 22 December 2021, Nigeria destroyed 1,066,214 doses of Astra Zeneca vaccines donated by Western countries through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access program (COVAX) under the auspices of the World Health Organization.
Donor countries had “generously” shipped vaccines (…)

Detention and torture of homosexuals in Nigeria

19 January 2014

Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan (picture) quietly signed into law last week a bill, adopted by his parliament a year ago, recommending prison sentences of up to 10 years for anyone who participates in gay clubs or organisations, and 14 years in prison for same-sex couples.
Forthwith, the (…)

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The Geopolitical Stakes in Nigeria: The Curious Role of the IMF

by F. William Engdahl

Frankfurt (Germany) | 28 January 2012

The United States is continuing its penetration and stranglehold of Africa one country after another, while attempting to keep China at bay. As Nigeria spirals into instability, historian and geopolitical analyst F. William Engdahl argues that a recent government decision to lift subsidies on (…)

Royal Dutch Shell Forced to Settle Human Rights Case Out of Court

9 June 2009

Damning Evidence Reveals Shell’s Complicity In Crimes Against Humanity; Landmark Case Resolved in Favor of Ogoni Plaintiffs After 14 Year Legal Battle.
New York– After legal battles lasting nearly fourteen years, oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has been forced to pay a $15.5 million out-of-court (…)

Shell in court over alleged role in Nigeria executions

6 April 2009

Chief Sunday Inengite remembers the day the foreigners who had come to his village in Nigeria’s Niger Delta struck oil. "They made us be happy and clap like fools, dance as if we were trained monkeys," he says. Years later, the 74-year-old now looks back on his youthful enthusiasm with sour (…)

UNEP and GEF launched an initiative to restore Niger and Nigeria natural environnement

25 August 2005

NAIROBI - A multimillion dollar initiative that should help some of the world’s poorest people to better cope with droughts and pest infestations is being launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
The $14.5 million project aims (…)