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Ezekiel Dimka on Umaru Dikko affair (1984)

Genre

Interview

Acting High Commissioner for Nigeria, Ezekiel Dimka, on the damage done to relations between Nigeria and Britain after the abduction of Nigerian government minister living in the UK, Umaru Dikko. He also...

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Sunday Supplement: interview and music programme - Ocean Sound - CD30 (1988)

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A series of programmes with interviews and music, transmitted from 16:00 to 17:00 on Ocean Sound North. The Light FM. Presented by Adam Harding and others where mentioned. CD30- Interview...

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Murtala Mohammed addressing Nigeria after takeover (1975)

Genre

Speech

Brigadier Murtala Mohammed speech in which he addresses Nigeria after his takeover from General Yakabu Gowon on 25/07/75.

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Graham Coveyduck jailed in Nigeria for nearly a year (1985)

Genre

News report; Press conference

Report on Graham Coveyduck, the British businessmen who was in jail for nearly a year. He was in Nigeria to conduct a fraud investigation and released when a coup overthrew the government. New head of state...

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Robert Maxwell on Nigeria’s proposed boycott of Commonwealth Games (1986)

Genre

Interview

Robert Maxwell is interviewed via telephone about the proposed boycott of the Commonwealth Games by Nigeria. The proposed boycott is in protest over the British Government’s failure to impose sanctions on...

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Terry Unday on Nigerian human rights violations (1995)

Genre

Interview

Interview with local spokesman Terry Unday on human rights violations in the oil-rich Ogoni region of Nigeria. Interviewer not heard.

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Yakubu Gowon on Umaru Dikko affair (1984)

Genre

Interview

Former Nigerian Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, talks about the damage done to relations between Nigeria and Britain after the abduction of Nigerian government minister living in the UK, Umaru Dikko. Female...

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John Major on Nigerian Commonwealth suspension (1995)

Genre

Press conference

Prime Minister John Major speaks at a press conference in New Zealand following Nigeria’s suspension from the Commonwealth due to human rights violations and the recent execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and others.

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Harold Wilson in 1966 on Rhodesia conference (1980)

Genre

Interview

Archive recording from 10/01/66 of an ITN interview with UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson, on the forthcoming meeting of Commonwealth prime ministers in Lagos, Nigeria, which aims to provide a possible...

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Held flight arrives from Lagos airport (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report

Sue Maskell reports on the passengers who had been stranded at Lagos airport, Nigeria, for two days, arriving back in the UK at Gatwick Airport. Includes comment from passenger Christopher Ralph; ground...

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