Codeine cough syrup is causing a plague of addiction across Nigeria. Sweet Sweet Codeine, BBC Africa 2018
Addicts are being clapped in chains because syrup has turned them into thugs. ibid.
People all over the world are addicted to cough syrup with codeine. It’s a medicine that has become a street drug. A sweet sweet strawberry taste that makes you high and hooks you. Over time it will kill you. ibid.
Codeine cough syrup is produced on an industrial scale. ibid.
So we are in the north-east of Nigeria where they are at war with one of the deadliest terror organisations that we’ve known in modern history … Boko Haram shot to notoriety with their mass kidnapping of schoolgirls. This sparked global outrage. But I was shocked to learn, Boko Haram are also turning young girls into suicide bombers. The Nigerian army is battling to contain this lethal hidden threat. Stacey Dooley Investigates: Nigeria’s Female Suicide Bombers, BBC 2019
Boko Haram are fighting to overthrow the government and replace them with an Islamic State. Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State in 2015. ibid.
Kidnapped women are collateral in their war. ibid.
Nollywood: Once ridiculed for its low budgets, questionable acting and terrible special effects, the Nigerian film industry now produces more films a year than Hollywood. And its movies are going global. With multi-million-dollar films screened on Netflix and massive viewing figures online, Nollywood has become big business. Reggie Yates Meets World s1e3, MTV 2019
After decades of saving into government pension schemes, when it’s time to connect, many Nigerians across the country get nothing unless they pay. But while some retired people sink into poverty waiting for their pension, others are raking it in … I want to find out why politicians are awarding themselves huge pensions while ordinary people are having to fight to get anything at all. Our World: Nigeria’s Retirement Hell, BBC 2021
No-one actually uses the word bribe but it seems that payment is expected. Payment to a government worker whose job it is to pay out pensions. ibid.
Nigeria: On Africa’s west coast, home to 220 million people, a fifth of Africa’s inhabitants and Africa’s largest economy. Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch II: Nigeria, BBC 2023