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

2009-11-18T09:39:59Z

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

Outraged over comedy in five easy steps

2009-11-18T08:30:52Z

Stop! Stop what you are doing at once! A major breach in public decorum and decency has occurred and you owe it to Society In General to take a moment to be appalled

Nigerian suicide girl wins bid to stay in Britain

2009-10-23T07:08:20Z

Nigeria police kill rebel chief

2009-07-31T07:57:27Z

The leader of the Islamist sect blamed for days of violence in Nigeria has been shot dead in custody

Piracy puts shipping cover costs on the rise

2009-06-25T08:06:08Z

The cost of insuring shipping against piracy has increased 100% because of attacks on shipping off Somalia and Nigeria.

There's been plenty of fun and games but now I'm ready to earn my spot in the Tests

2009-06-12T08:40:24Z

Rugby union: The match with Western Province tomorrow is my final trial to win a First Test place against South Africa and I realise there is a danger I might try too hard because the prize on offer is so great

Key witness in gang murder suffers acid attack

2009-05-15T15:00:44Z

A witness who gave evidence against four thugs who killed teenager Sunday Essiet has had his face scarred by an acid attack

Shell adds to supermajors� woe with dive of 62%

2009-04-29T07:15:26Z

The carnage among the oil supermajors continued as Shell reported a 62% profit slump in the first quarter, hard on the heels of the 59% dive reported by arch-rival BP

British hostage in oil conflict is freed in Nigeria

2009-04-20T08:17:35Z

A British man held hostage in Nigeria for more than six months has been freed, a military official said

Dazzling display in Death and the King's Horseman

2009-04-08T23:00:00Z

The extraordinary Death and the King�s Horseman, by Nobel prize‑winning Wole Soyinka, has never been seen in London until now.

Cussons cleans up with soap despite crunch

2009-04-08T08:08:35Z

Britons have not allowed the credit crunch to stop them keeping clean, a soap-maker said

Boy, 15, stabbed to death by gang as he pleaded for his life

2009-02-16T16:32:18Z

A boy was stabbed nine times in the back by four teenagers while begging for his life, the Old Bailey has heard

Colin Powell joins hip-hop band at Africa Rising

2008-10-14T23:00:00Z

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

Newlywed arrested in police swoop on illegal immigrants

2008-10-01T15:19:14Z

This is the moment a bride was arrested on her wedding day as part of a police crackdown on suspected illegal immigrants

From Mills & Boon to Trouble & Strife - has Emilia Fox lost that loving feeling?

2008-09-13T18:01:04Z

An adoring gaze from Emilia Fox for O.T. Fagbenle, her dashing co-star in new film about legendary romantic fiction

African ripples in Gone Too Far!

2008-07-28T23:00:00Z

Gone Too Far! gives us a jolting lesson about the range of identities, beliefs and anxieties concealed beneath black or blackish skins.

Phone tycoon joins African Dragons

2008-07-29T07:39:59Z

A London entrepreneur who made his fortune selling mobile phone ringtones has joined the Dragons' Den panel

Oil on rise amid jitters over hot-spots

2008-07-15T09:28:19Z

The oil price was on the rise again, with US crude topping $146 in the wake of the plunging dollar and lingering threats of supply disruptions due to hot-spots Nigeria, Brazil and Iran

Honest Jon's chop up leaves us wanting more

2008-07-06T23:00:00Z

On a stage bedecked with flags and the horn-blowing Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, stars took turns in the spotlight for Honest Jon's Chop Up.

Oil faces �970m grab by Nigeria

2008-05-21T11:17:56Z

Nigeria's president has ordered its state oil company to claw back �970.8m in revenue and taxes it says it is owed by local units of Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil

Woman bought baby for �370 to get council home

2008-05-16T08:14:11Z

A Nigerian woman bought a baby in her home country so she could qualify for a council home in London

Oil hits new high on output fears

2008-04-22T14:42:01Z

Oil prices rise to another new record on fears that Russia and Nigeria will produce less this year

The �100 writing course that led to award for best first novel

2008-04-03T07:41:57Z

The son of a Nigerian diplomat who honed his writing skills with a £100 course of evening classes has won one of Britain's most prestigious awards for a debut novel

Murdered boy came to UK for better life after parents died

2008-02-21T08:24:49Z

Friends of a schoolboy stabbed and kicked to death by a gang today revealed how he came to London in search of a better life after his parents died in his native Nigeria

Gang kicks and knifes boy, 16, to death

2008-02-20T09:13:20Z

A teenager was stabbed and kicked to death by youths as he tried to escape over a garden wall in south London

A whole lotta lurve and energy

2007-07-30T23:00:00Z

There was a time when trumpeter Wallace Roney had the hippest sound in the jazz universe, but it sounds a tad dated now.

Stratford comic stands up for Nigeria

2007-07-06T10:40:05Z

Andi Osho, the budding new comic talent who beat 180 competitors to win the Nivea Funny Women Award with an act that draws heavily on her Nigerian background, talks to Valentine Low.

Film gives Nigeria's side of the slave trade

2007-05-09T14:24:48Z

One movie has an all-star cast of Ioan Gruffudd, Albert Finney, Romola Garai and Rufus Sewell. the other was filmed in Nigeria on a shoestring budget.

Supernatural minus magic

2007-04-18T23:00:00Z

An underdeveloped and dully staged adaptation, only the urge to know what happens next just about keeps The Icarus Girl afloat.

This place runs on African time - i.e. gently

2006-09-28T14:49:57Z