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Met in new bid to catch boy's voodoo killers

21.09.11
Police investigating the murder of a five-year-old boy whose headless torso was found in the Thames 10 years ago are to travel to Nigeria in a new attempt to track down his killers... more

Bus runs over robbery victims

04.08.11
Bus driver ran over and killed 14 travellers who had been ordered to lie in the middle of a road after their own bus was robbed on its way to Nigeria's capital, police said ... more

Fela! - Sadler's Wells - review

27.07.11
Although this corybantic show combines dance, theatre and music and enjoyed a sell-out run in SE1 last winter, its best moments are those of booty-shaking, hip-wiggling and pelvis-grinding glory... more

Barclays chief enters cockpit of jet to watch pilot fly plane

21.07.11
Transport Department officials are talking to Virgin Atlantic about an alleged incident in which Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond entered the cockpit of a jet ... more

David Cameron sees British aid in action

19.07.11
Prime Minister David Cameron pays a visit to a clinic in Lagos, Nigeria to see for himself how British aid money is spent on the front line... more

The Only Way Is Essex wins a BAFTA

23.05.11
ITV2's The Only Way Is Essex won the YouTube Audience Award, the only prize chosen by viewers. Mark Wright, who appears in the reality show, said it felt "incredible" to win... more

Ant and Dec triumph at RTS Awards 2011

16.03.11
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly were winners at the Royal Television Society Awards 2011 last night... more

City Spy: Vince Cable, Shell and a Nigerian headache

25.01.11
Hmmm... Who to side with in the Shell oil case about to start in Lagos?... more

CDs of the week: Mariah Carey, Annie Lennox and Glee

17.12.10
There is festive cheese with bells on from Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas II You... more

Joy and anger from Femi Kuti

29.11.10
Being Fela Kuti’s oldest son must be a burden as well as a blessing, yet Femi Kuti carries it impressively lightly... more

No escape from the Afrobeat as charismatic Fela! gets us dancing

17.11.10
Arriving in London after huge success on Broadway, Fela! is a loud, brash, energetic spectacle... more

Music is the weapon for Fela!

05.10.10
The great Nigerian bandleader Fela Kuti gave voice to Africa’s oppressed, stood up to the dictatorship and married all 27 of his backing dancers. With the hit musical about his extraordinary life on its way to London, Simon Broughton explores his legend... more

Africa: 50 Years of Music tells the cultural story of a continent

24.09.10
A remarkable 18-CD box set celebrates half a century of African musicianship... more

The Dispossessed: Mother living in limbo with no job, no benefits and no cash

04.03.10
Abandoned wife officially doesn’t count until her immigration status is decided... more

Home Office worker ‘married his daughter so she could stay in UK’

18.11.09
Former Home Office worker under investigation for 'marrying' his daughter so she would be allowed to live in Britain... more

Bleached-out Michael Jackson is no role model for me

03.07.09
It is exactly a week since the ridiculous mass hysteria first erupted over the death of MJ (as he is now being called). For seven days the nation has been deluged with little else but the ceaseless outpourings of grief... more

I always had faith I would play for the Lions in First Test

19.06.09
Rugby union: The power of prayer and belief in God has helped to make me the rugby player that I am today... more

Nigerian nastiness in Iya-Ile

26.05.09
Iya-Ile never recovers from a bewildering, fractured, often linguistically challenging start.... more

Meet the Globe theatre's new Romeo and Juliet

05.05.09
Ellie Kendrick and Adetomiwa Edun are playing a pair of star-crossed lovers at Shakespeare's home theatre. Annabel Rivkin meets Juliet and her Romeo...... more

Madeleine McCann posters are ripped off walls in Algarve

26.03.09
Vandals have torn down Madeleine McCann posters put up as part of a new appeal for clues in the Algarve resort where she disappeared... more

Fraud gang target Straw in web scam

25.02.09
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has been the victim of Nigerian internet fraudsters... more

Seun Kuti follows father's footsteps

15.12.08
Part prankster, part politico, Seun Kuti blasted alto sax riffs, sang lyrics in Pidgin English and delivered a rousing pro‑Africa diatribe. ... more

Albarn and pals make it up in Africa Express

23.10.08
It's taken Africa Express three years to reach London. But Koko's star-studded and surprisingly ego-less marathon was worth the wait.... more

Colin Powell joins hip-hop band at Africa Rising

15.10.08
It started too early and finished too late, but Africa Rising was a four-hour spectacular worthy of any continent.... more

Mystery girl in Maddy hunt

05.08.08
This CCTV image of a girl matching Madeleine McCann's description has been released for the first time... more

So far so good as BA moves long-haul services to T5

05.06.08
British Airways has breathed a collective sigh of relief as a major transfer of long-haul flights to Terminal 5 appeared successful... more

Why Uma Thurman, arriving at T5, wants to kill Will

05.06.08
Uma Thurman looked angry and upset as she flew into Heathrow's Terminal 5 from New York after a double whammy of problems... more

T5 starts long haul next week

30.05.08
British Airways is today putting the final touches to plans to transfer long-haul flights to Terminal 5 next Thursday, 5 June... more

BA risks running New York service from T5 in weeks

09.05.08
British Airways is to shift its flagship New York service to Terminal Five in early June... more

Capturing the great man's spirit

17.10.07
It can't be easy being the son of a music giant. But Seun Kuti seems to have no trouble stepping into his father Fela's shoes.... more


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