Nigerian

Example Sentences

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A court has heard recordings of a former Nigerian oil minister allegedly confronting two oil tycoons from whom she is accused of accepting bribes, after their relationships had broken down.

From BBC

"I travelled on a bipartisan delegation to Nigeria and saw with my own eyes the horrific atrocities Christians face, and the instability the Nigerian government must combat," he said.

From BBC

She moved with her family from the historic Nigerian city of Zaria to Manchester when she was a one-year-old baby.

From BBC

A recent statement from the Nigerian presidency struck a conciliatory tone, mentioning the need to protect "vulnerable populations in Nigeria, particularly Christian communities."

From Barron's

"The Nigerian embassy said I'm not a Nigerian. The Lebanese embassy said they don't have any record of me. And Beninese? There's no record because I wasn't born there," he explains.

From BBC