Transparency International: Nigeria must strengthen anti-corruption bodies

Global anti-corruption body Transparency International is participating in a workshop to follow up on the Nigerian government’s commitments made at the Anti-Corruption Summit in London on fighting corruption in the country. The Nigerian government must commit to a “serious crackdown on corruption, as well as transparency when it comes to how recovered stolen assets will be used,” Chantal […]

The Story of Benin City; the mighty medieval capital now lost without trace

This is the story of a lost medieval city you’ve probably never heard about. Benin City, originally known as Edo, was once the capital of a pre-colonial African empire located in what is now southern Nigeria. The Benin empire was one of the oldest and most highly developed states in west Africa, dating back to […]