More4 News from Nigeria
Updated on 29 October 2007
More4 News's Andrew Thomas with five days of reports from one of Africa's most vibrant nations - rich in national resources and burgeoning creativity but blighted by corruption.
Nigeria: corruption in the Delta
On the trail of dirty money, from London to the Nigerian oilfields.
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Nigeria: film making in Nollywood
The first ever professional film studio in Nigeria is vast, a sign of a booming industry known as Nollywood, with Nigeria the film production powerhouse of Africa.
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Nigeria: brides' fat camp
On a ceremony in which men require brides-to-be to bulk up before marriage. In Nigeria, brides go to 'fat camp' to ensure they are big enough on their big day.
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Nigeria: Lagos in a jam
Lagos - a city where traffic has reached breaking point. In less than two decades, the city's population has exploded from two to 15 million. And that growth has come at a cost.
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Nigeria: Kuti's music of hope
Femi Kuti has followed in the footsteps of his legendary father to become Nigeria's most outspoken musician. We met up with Femi to get his thoughts on the country he's made his home. .
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Nigeria: anywhere but here?
Blog: There is just one travel guide-book to Nigeria, writes Andrew Thomas. In its opening chapter it describes the surprisingly good air connections to the country - five jumbos fly between London and Lagos a day alone.
But if that implies a flood of tourists to Africa's most populous country, don't - the guidebook warned - be fooled. Nigeria is well-connected not because the world wants to visit, but because Nigerians want to be anywhere else but there. This - remember - is written in the guide-book.
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