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These photographs came about after a friend emailed me an image taken on a cellphone through a car window in Lagos, Nigeria, which depicted a group of men walking down the street with a hyena in chains. A few weeks later I was on a plane to Lagos. Abiola met me at the airport and together we took a bus to Benin City where the ‘hyena men’ had agreed to meet us. However, when we got there they had already departed for Abuja. In Abuja we found them living on the periphery of the city in a shantytown - a group of men, a little girl, three hyenas, four monkeys and a few rock pythons. It turned out that they were a group of itinerant minstrels, performers who used the animals to entertain crowds and sell traditional medicines. The animal handlers were all related to each other and were practising a tradition passed down from generation to generation. I spent eight days travelling with them. --- photo essay http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/bizzareweird/43062-nigerian-hyena-handlers-gadawan-kuraThese photographs came about after a friend emailed me an image taken on a cellphone... more
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Nigeria may be best known for political upheavals and brutal civil wars, though over the past twenty years the country has given birth to a thriving film industry. New York Times Magazine contributing writer Andrew Rice explains that what started out as a surplus of blank VHS tapes has grown into what is now called Nollywood; the world’s third largest movie business.Nigeria may be best known for political upheavals and brutal civil wars, though over... more
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Just a short video clip of Uzi's recent trip to Nigeria as well as one of his songs off his mixtape Straight Flows Vol. 1 The Blitzkrieg (http://bit.ly/mtyXnA)
One of Florida's more conscious rappers, you won't be disappointed!Just a short video clip of Uzi's recent trip to Nigeria as well as one of his... more
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A lead poisoning outbreak that has killed more than 400 children in the rural farmlands of northern Nigeria remains 'a neglected, underfunded emergency,' the U.N. warned Friday, saying many villages remain coated with the deadly metal...
www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/ap/Health/78198A lead poisoning outbreak that has killed more than 400 children in the rural... more
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Remi, with a background in health, runs an NGO that works in the slums of Lagos and trains peer educators on HIV/AIDS in fishing villages.
http://www.chiefngo.org/
www.whattookyousolong.orgRemi, with a background in health, runs an NGO that works in the slums of Lagos and... more
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One of the topics we follow closely here at Current News is the growth of megacities in the developing world. As more and more of the world's citizens leave their farms and take up residence in urban settings, cities like Lagos in Nigeria, Chongqing in China and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil become visions of our possible future.
Rio's winning of the 2016 Olympics was seen by many as a recognition of the growing influence of such cities. This week, however, Rio has been engulfed in violence as its drug gangs have gone toe-to-toe with its police. In this dramatic video you can see that gangs even managed to down a police helicopter.
From the NYTimes:
For years, the police essentially abandoned the shantytowns, or favelas, that ring the city’s wealthier neighborhoods, following a policy that resembled containment more than enforcement. That allowed drug traffickers to create strongholds where violence is pervasive. And as the downing of the helicopter illustrated, the police have not done enough to slow the flow of weapons into the favelas.
This is the sort of strategy we'll see more and more of in developing megacities as under-resourced municipal services strain under the pressure of rapidly growing populations. The Olympics, as it so often serves to highlight a country, may end up highlighting this escalating drama in Rio.
If you're down in Rio, let us know on Current News. We'd love to hear your perspective from down there.
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Current.com user hpseaton pointed out this disturbing story: Children denounced as witches are tortured, killed on Current News. Here's a short excerpt:
Nigeria is at the center of an increasing number of cases in which children accused of witchcraft are then tortured or killed.
Pastors were involved in half of 200 cases of "witch children" that The Associated Press reviewed, and 13 churches were named in the case files.
Last November, Channel 4 in the UK produced a documentary entitled "Saving Africa's Witch Children" which looked at this problem in Nigeria. (The video is not embeddable - but you can watch part of it over here.)
An editorial in Nigeria's Guardian newspaper later in the month confirmed the terrible accuracy of the documentary:
This documentary exposes a disturbing social reality in Nigeria: the reign of ignorance and obsession with superstition. Poverty has done terrible damage to our society and the souls of men. Surrounded by so much uncertainty and unable to fulfil basic ambitions, Nigerians are increasingly seeking solace in the new churches which promise "miracles and wonders." In these churches, extremism is the norm; any form of disappointment or career setback is identified as the handiwork of witches and wizards. And the priest, claiming to have supernatural powers, immediately points to a child, a relation or a colleague at work as the Devil. So many relationships have been destroyed as a result.
The churches organise what they call special Deliverance sessions, sometimes overnight, or early in the morning and every activity is targeted at "that witch in your life that is blocking your progress". Go to any of those churches and witness how feet-stumping, hysterical men and women scream: "Holy Ghost Fire, Burn Them"; "Father Kill My Enemy" "My enemy die, die. I say die, die, die, die by fire now" Thus, many churches have been taken over by closet assassins and murderers looking for witches, wizards and enemies to kill. Too many atrocities have been committed in Nigeria in God's name.
Even with the efforts of NGOs like Stepping Stones Nigeria to combat this problem in the Niger Delta region, it's a difficult task for the government. Especially since the government has a hard time in general policing the restive Delta region, as Mariana van Zeller found out when she visited Nigeria's MEND rebels.
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What was President Obama's reaction to the recent terrorist attempt to explode an international flight bound for Detroit? Instead of reacting in a thoughtful way, he "did a George W. Bush" by reacting in the same mindless, kneejerk way that Bush was famous for: attacking the civil rights of innocent people by ordering that all air travelers in America undergo yet more invasive and degrading security checks.What was President Obama's reaction to the recent terrorist attempt to explode an... more
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LAGOS, Nigeria — 150 people dies as Islamic militants fought with Nigerian government police and troops.LAGOS, Nigeria — 150 people dies as Islamic militants fought with Nigerian... more
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Tysu is a 24 year old Song Writer who has a real passion for writing songs as well as screen plays. He grew up in Nigeria and the Republic of Benin where he completed his high school. Altought he wrote a lot, he didn't start singing until he was 14 and became more persistent in the summer of 2008.
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'SUPASTAR' by TySu feat. B-One.
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Click the link below to download the song....http://www.zshare.net/audio/6059423089e0e147/Tysu is a 24 year old Song Writer who has a real passion for writing songs as well as... more
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LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN) -- At least 84 Nigerian children have died after ingesting teething medicine that contained a solvent typically found in antifreeze, the country's health minister said Friday.
Some 111 babies and children have been sickened since November by the tainted batch of My Pikin, which was found to contain diethylene glycol, which is used in some antifreeze and brake fluid.
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They used the chemical from antifreeze?! Unbelievable. Its hard to believe the difference between life and death in this situation is a matter of a few carbons in the structure of the chemicals. Chemistry is amazing.LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN) -- At least 84 Nigerian children have died after ingesting... more
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Nigerian health officials say at least 14 more children have died after taking a teething mixture discovered to contain a harmful substance.
The Lagos state government says 14 more infants, who were aged between four months and three years, have died in government hospitals in Lagos since the national food and the drug control agency NAFDAC said 25 children have died after taking a teething mixture that was contaminated with the industrial solvent diethylene glycol.Nigerian health officials say at least 14 more children have died after taking a... more
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LAGOS, Nigeria — The governor’s son sits hunched at the bar, contemplating his nearly empty bottle of Hennessy. On the dance floor, the airline director’s daughter sways back and forth to a hip-hop beat. Nearby, the star soccer player, just in from London, tries to squeeze past his growing circle of fans and hangers-on. In the center of the club, the oil magnate’s son gets on top of a table and takes a swig from a bottle of Dom Pérignon.
Just another Saturday night in Lagos, one of Africa’s money- and contrast-rich boomtowns.LAGOS, Nigeria — The governor’s son sits hunched at the bar, contemplating... more
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"At least 100 people, many of them children, have been killed in an oil pipeline explosion in the Nigerian city of Lagos, the local Red Cross says.
The blast tore through Ijegun suburb, engulfing schools and homes after a bulldozer burst the pipeline.
Officials at the scene said many died after being overcome by smoke; others were killed in a stampede to escape. One rescue worker told the BBC a local tracing centre had been formed to find missing relatives.
"People are looking for family members. Parents are looking for children," he said, as firefighters fought the blaze with sand and water.
Discarded school bags and sandals littered a school whose pupils tried to flee. Witnesses said the ground around the explosion was so hot that shoes melted.
One local resident, injured in the fire, described the blast.
"I was just doing sewing work when I saw everything just got exploded. I just picked up my baby and started running - it was the heat," she told the BBC's Network Africa programme". "At least 100 people, many of them children, have been killed in an oil pipeline... more
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At least 100 people have been killed by an explosion on an oil pipeline in a northern suburb of Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city, Red Cross officials say.
According to the humanitarian group, the explosion was caused by road construction machinery piercing a pipe carrying refined fuel through a village on the outskirts of Lagos on Thursday.
Sule Maicube, the Red Cross official, told Al Jazeera that the flames from the fire spread through nearby homes and a school.
He said: "At least 20 people have now been taken to hospital."
"The fire occurred in a residential area, and it is still continuing. The [surrounding] buildings are in flames."
The fire has raged for at least seven hours.
Sarah Simpson, a journalist speaking from Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta, said that very little has changed regarding the country's attempts to avoid disasters that can occur around oil pipelines.
She said: "Investment and money has not been put into making these pipelines safer."
Witnesses said local people were trying to help the fire service to put out the blaze, using sand and water.
Pipeline fires are common in Nigeria. More than 400 people died in two pipeline explosions in Lagos in 2006, and at least 40 died in December last year.
Some fires are started when residents attempt to take oil from damaged or sabotaged pipelines.At least 100 people have been killed by an explosion on an oil pipeline in a northern... more
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By next year, more than half the world's population will for the first time in history be living in cities. Current's Mariana van Zeller tours Lagos, Nigeria, the world's fastest-growing "Megacity."By next year, more than half the world's population will for the first time in... more
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