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Nigerian billionaire leaves his imprint in cement
LAGOS, Nigeria —The chaotic color of the megalopolis cascades past the window of his silver Mercedes SUV. A police escort with a flashing blue light clears the road ahead. Restless and irritated, the billionaire is in his bubble. With a slim,...
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Gas for 37 cents? Why fuel costs more or less elsewhere
World NowNigerian oil prices. Why oil price vary so much among countries.... -
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Live review: Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 at California Plaza
Pop & Hiss Seun Kuti may be in only his late 20s, but when he stood on the outdoor stage at Grand Performances in downtown Los Angeles on Friday night, his alto sax held tight against his body, surrounded by 13 remarkable...... -
Book review: 'On Black Sisters Street'
Los Angeles TimesIn Chika Unigwe's novel "On Black Sisters Street," the snow-covered streets of Antwerp, Belgium, are a beacon of freedom to the four disadvantaged African women who serve as the book's protagonists. Recruited in Lagos, Nigeria, by a fat slug of a sex...Tags: Belgium, Politics, Prostitution, Refugee, Book
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On eve of Nigerian elections and the opening of 'Fela!' in Lagos, Femi Kuti talks politics, legacy, and music
Pop & HissFemi Kuti makes something more than music. His dozen or so album releases and hugely popular concerts (“one of the more powerful live shows on Earth,” according to the Onion) are imbued with the weight of family legacy and Kuti’s...... -
Femi Kuti talks Nigerian elections, the music of his father and 'Fela!' in Lagos
Pop & HissJust a few weeks ago, Nigeria celebrated a relatively peaceful election, with incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan and his People’s Democratic Party emerging victorious in a process unmarked by the violence and rioting that has scarred polls in the... -
The Find: Veronica's Kitchen in Van Nuys
"Fufu Land!" blares the sign over Veronica's Kitchen, a newly minted Nigerian place at the back of a mini-mall on busy Sherman Way in Van Nuys.
Fufu is West Africa's staff of life. And like rice in Asia or bread in Europe, the doughy starch balls come in...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Western Africa, Foods and Beverages, Restaurants, Alcoholic Beverages
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African Catholics Seek a Voice to Match Their Growing Strength
Times Staff WriterLAGOS, Nigeria — A fierce competition for souls is on in Lagos. In this sprawling capital that seems glued together out of scraps of rusted iron, plywood and torn posters, the immortal combat is being waged on faded billboards so closely planted...Tags: Death, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Family, Protestantism
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'I Will Eat Your Dollars'
As patient as fishermen, the young men toil day and night, trawling for replies to the e-mails they shoot to strangers half a world away. Most recipients hit delete, delete, delete, delete without ever opening the messages that urge them to claim the...Tags: Crimes, U.S. Secret Service, Tourism and Leisure, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., British Airways Plc
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The booming, broken `New York of Nigeria'
Away from the noise and hustle and stink, the shriek of energy, the never-ending buzz that is Lagos, a man reclines on a gravestone, serenely reading a book. His name is Immortal, and he sells life insurance. He says he is waiting for an angel. "I...Tags: Road Transportation, Politics, Western Africa, Death, Regional Authority
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Nigerian Cyber Scammers
Times Staff WriterFESTAC, Nigeria — As patient as fishermen, the young men toil day and night, trawling for replies to the e-mails they shoot to strangers half a world away. Most recipients hit delete, delete, delete, delete without ever opening the messages that...Tags: Crimes, U.S. Secret Service, Science and Technology, Tourism and Leisure, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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