A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay 20 million pounds to each family of 21 coal miners killed in 1949.
The colonial police, made up of Nigerians and Europeans, shot dead workers striking for better conditions.
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Nigeria court orders UK to pay £420m
A Nigerian court has reportedly ordered the UK to pay £420m to the families of 21 striking miners killed by security forces ...
Seventy-six years after the killing of 21 coal miners in Enugu during the colonial era, a Nigerian court has ordered the United Kingdom to pay £420 million in compensation, marking one of the most ...
''Dear Country’ is a theatrical expression that captures the Nigerian story beginning from the era of colonialism where the British government controlled and managed the entire affairs of the country ...
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Nigerian court orders Britain to pay £420 million to 21 coal miners killed by colonial administration
The judge held that the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Attorney-General had a constitutional duty under Sections 19(d) ...
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Court Orders British Govt to Pay £420m to 21 Coal Miners Killed in Enugu By Colonial Masters
Justice Anthony Onovo of the Enugu High Court, on Thursday, ordered the British Government to pay £20 million each to the families of the 21 coal miners killed in Enugu State in 1949 by the Colonial ...
In the early 1950s, as Nigeria approached independence from Great Britain, a vibrant literary culture developed in the vast and lively market of Onitsha, a city on the eastern bank of the Niger River.
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Why Nigeria must stand firm on reparations
I am Nigerian, and like many Nigerians of my generation, I did not grow up being taught to fully interrogate colonialism ...
''Dear Country’ is a theatrical expression that captures the Nigerian story beginning from the era of colonialism where the British government controlled and managed the entire affairs of the country ...
Introduction: Firearms in twentieth-century colonial Africa -- "This destructive implement of European ingenuity": firearms, the Atlantic world, and technology transfer in precolonial Nigeria -- All ...
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