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Instead, senior officials gave the Nigerian subsidiary permission to continue pumping.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
I’m very, very interested in that story, and so we got to research what it’s like being the child of Nigerian immigrants.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Until then, Nigerian Henrietta Henry, who describes her first ever visit to LAX as "hell," has one piece of advice for fans this summer: "Do your homework."
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
The daughter of a Spanish father and a Nigerian mother, Lopez was born in 2006 in the tight-knit working class Madrid neighbourhood of Vallecas.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
And I couldn’t imagine telling Big Ma her Bible and a book by a Nigerian writer had something in common.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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