Toye Olori

/IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS/ NIGERIA: Religious Leaders Give Thumbs Down To Cremation

The Lagos State Government has quickly back- pedalled on plans to make cremation mandatory, following a virulent outcry from religious leaders and other quarters.

NIGERIA-CULTURE: Thumbs Down To Cremation

By Toye Olori

The Lagos State Government has quickly back- pedalled on plans to make cremation mandatory, following a virulent outcry from religious leaders and other quarters.

/IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN 07/ NIGERIA: Taking a New Look at Neglected Minerals

By Toye Olori

Nigeria's government has been moving to generate investor interest in its solid minerals and curb illegal mining in the sector which, for years, had been virtually abandoned to unlicensed miners.

NIGERIA-ECONOMY: Taking a New Look at Neglected Minerals

By Toye Olori

Nigeria's government has been moving to generate investor interest in its solid minerals and curb illegal mining in the sector which, for years, had been virtually abandoned to unlicensed miners.

NIGERIA-TRANSPORT: Two-Wheeled Taxis Take Over

By Toye Olori

About two decades ago, the chaotic state of public transport in Nigeria provided musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti with material for one of his many hits.

/DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 08/ NIGERIA: Flourishing Market For Second- Hand Goods

By Toye Olori

The bustling Nigerian markets have become one-stop shops for extremely cheap, second-hand goods.

NIGERIA-ECONOMY: Flourishing Market For Second-Hand Goods

By Toye Olori

The bustling Nigerian markets have become one-stop shops for extremely cheap, second-hand goods.

NIGERIA-EDUCATION: Cults take over University Campuses

By Toye Olori

Nigeria's university campuses have been taken over by radical student cults, who even resort to beating up, maiming and terrorising members of rival groups to assert their power.

NIGERIA-MEDIA: Underground Radio Takes on the Military

By Toye Olori

It's hardly likely that the Nigerian government officials frequently heard on state-run radio here will get much time on 'Radio Democratic International Nigeria' (RDIN) or that they will want to.

NIGERIA-POLITICS: Diplomatic Games Before Atlanta/repeat/

By Toye Olori

If Nigeria's pro-democracy groups have access to Washington's ear, they would be urgently advising that Nigeria be banned from this year's Olympic games in the U.S. city of Atlanta.

NIGERIA-POLITICS: Diplomatic Games Before Atlanta

By Toye Olori

If Nigeria's pro-democracy groups have access to Washington's ear, they would be urgently advising that Nigeria be banned from this year's Olympic games in the U.S. city of Atlanta.

NIGERIA-CHILDREN: Crackdown on Informal Workers

By Toye Olori

The packets of popcorn he was trying to sell littered the roadway in Lagos as sympathisers took 12-year-old Uche to a nearby hospital for doctors to attend to his fractured limb.

/RELIGIOUS BULLETIN 2/ NIGERIA: God Provides, But His Ways Are Mysterious

By Toye Olori

"Do you desire a wife, a husband, wealth, success and promotion at work? Meet Reverend... at Success '96 and your desires will be met."

NIGERIA-POLITICS: Increasing Opposition to Local Government Poll

By Toye Olori

Opposition to local government elections due in two months time has been growing in Nigeria, with many here viewing the poll as a futile exercise given the political climate in the West African nation.

NIGERIA-POLITICS: Detainees Unbowed

By Toye Olori

Civil rights campaigner Sylvester Odion- Akhaine endured 348 days in solitary confinement before his release on New Year's eve, along with a number of other political prisoners, by Nigeria's military government.

NIGERIA-POLITICS: Detainees Unbowed

By Toye Olori

Civil rights campaigner Sylvester Odion- Akhaine endured 348 days in solitary confinement before his release on New Year's eve, along with a number of other political prisoners, by Nigeria's military government.

NIGERIA-MEDIA: Abiola’s Newspaper Back On The Streets

By Toye Olori

"You missed me because I was severely Abachalised," explains a cartoon man in plaster on the back page of the 'Concord', an independent newspaper which hit the streets Tuesday after an 18-month ban.

NIGERIA-MEDIA: Abiola’s Newspaper Back On The Streets

By Toye Olori

"You missed me because I was severely Abachalised," explains a cartoon man in plaster on the back page of the 'Concord', an independent newspaper which hit the streets Tuesday after an 18-month ban.

CULTURE-NIGERIA: Town with Vibrant Past Yearns for Brighter Future

By Toye Olori

For now it is a sleepy provincial town of just 80,000 people, but Lokoja in northern Nigeria looks back on a vibrant past as the country's capital.

NIGERIA-POLITICS: Calls for Tougher Action

By Toye Olori

Nigerians called Monday for tougher action against their country's military rulers following the Commonwealth's decision to suspend it in protest against the execution of nine minority rights advocates.