Getty / Akin Wright Akin says his typical Christmas dinner would be chicken and jollof rice For Akin Wright, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a side of jollof rice. "I know in TV and films there's always turkey for Christmas dinner," he tells Radio 1 Newsbeat. "But my family only started having turkey a couple …
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The ‘angel’ who secretly pays patients’ hospital bills By Linda Pressly BBC News, Lagos
In Nigeria, very few medical services are free of charge, and if you can't pay your hospital bill you may not be allowed to leave. Who will help? In this deeply religious society, many stranded patients hope for divine intervention. Zeal Akaraiwai does not have the wings of an angel - he has a sleek …
Great art should stay in museums, not be returned to where it was made by TIFFANY JENKINS
While on a walking tour of England in 1782, the German, Carl Philip Moritz, wandered through the British Museum and was astonished — by the exhibits but also the clientele. It was humming with people, “of all classes and both sexes, including some of the lowest classes; for, since the Museum is the property of …
Profile of General Yakubu “Jack” Dan-Yamma Gowon
General Yakubu “Jack” Dan-Yamma Gowon was born on October 19, 1934 in Lur, Kanke Local Government area of Plateau state, Nigeria. He was the fifth of eleven children and grew up in Zaria, Kaduna where he had his early life and education. His parents, Nde Yohanna and Matwork Kurnyang were early converts to Christianity and …
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