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| Oil War - Nigeria |
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June 2005
Nigeria's lucrative oil reserves may have
enriched its politicians but they've brought
little but misery to ordinary people. Now, a
rebel group is fighting for a share of the
profits. "I need help. I need help," begs a
woman, clutching her young children in
despair. Her home has just been demolished to
create luxury housing for foreign oil
workers. "The oil boom has turned into the
oil doom!" laments Pastor Lekia. Across the
Niger Delta, there's growing resentment at
the oil industry. "Corruption pervades the
whole place, starting with the way contracts
are awarded," complains lawyer Ledum Mittee.
"There seems to be some sort of collusion
between the oil companies and those in
power." But militia leader Asari Dokubo has
vowed to sever that link. He's fighting to
seize control of the oil and give it back to
the people. "We own the oil!" he proclaims.
"The thieves are the people in Abuja." And
across Nigeria, young men are flocking to his
call. Last September, he spooked the
international markets and forced the price of
oil to $50 a barrel by threatening to attack
foreign oil companies. The government was
forced to agree a truce but he's threatened
to rearm unless oil companies leave.
Nigerians no longer expect help from their
own government. It's militia leaders like
Asari who are winning their trust.
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Durée : 1358 s |
| Cults - Nigeria |
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July 2005
In Nigeria, University fraternities have
taken on brutal extremes. Students are being
murdered and defiled with impunity by vicious
cult members.
'It was a baptism of fire' recalls vice
chancellor of University Benin. 'They cut his
head open and flipped it -- like a cap, so
that the brain matter and everything
splattered around the building'. Over 80
Nigerian students have died in gruesome
attacks by cult members in the last two
years. No-one has ever been convicted.
Cultists are often found to be children of
prominent Nigerians and are often used by the
regime itself to intimidate, maim and kill
opponents. Cult leader, Meyer, explains how
he uses the police to exact revenge on his
opponents: 'We guide the police, pick them
out to get them killed'. Universities are
supposed to be the future of developing
nations but a vocal minority here are trying
to keep Nigeria in the Dark Ages.
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Durée : 820 s |
| Nollywood - Nigeria |
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April 2005
First there was Hollywood. Then came
Bollywood and now Nollywood. The Nigerian
film industry is the third biggest in the
world.
Up to a thousand movies are released in
Nigeria every year but the country still
lacks any cinemas. The movies are for the
home video market. It's a world where anyone
can be a star and the hottest place to do
business is Lagos market. As director Ralph
Nwadike states: "Nollywood is here to stay.
Bollywood watch out, Hollywood here we come."
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Durée : 1643 s |
| Nigeria |
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This video contains footage of Nigerian life
such as a traditional marriage, Lagos street
culture, tribal village gatherings, beach
life, and birthday parties.
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/nigeria_vi
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Durée : 1088 s |
| Oil Turmoil - Nigeria |
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March 1999
This beautifully-shot expose takes you to the
heart of the corporate/tribal struggle.
Nigeria's impoverished oil-producing
communities are outraged.
They see few returns from the myriad of oil
wells that pollute their villages. We see
forests destroyed by disastrous oil spills,
whilst Shell provides evidence to suggest
many spills are sabotage, in order to gain
compensation. But time has run out for the
beleaguered multi-national: Ijaw youths
issued the 'Kaiama declaration', demanding
Shell leave their land by December. The
deadline was ignored and the Ijaw have
relaunched a new bout of forced closures and
hostage-taking. Shell is powerless to defend
itself without calling in the corrupt and
vicious army. Wounded youths lie in crude
hospitals, victims of the army's defence of
the flow stations they fail to seize. Felix
Tuodolo, signatory of the Kaiama declaration,
says the crisis will continue:'We will keep
going down to those flow stations. Our blood
will flow.' He claims the Ijaw remain
unarmed, but reports of armed youths training
in the bush spell out a bleak future. Shell
says it is ready to negotiate, but it may be
too little, too late.
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Durée : 1226 s |
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