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Protests in Nigeria continue

Protests in Nigeria continue

A former Vice President of Nigeria protests the results of recent presidential elections

Focus on Africa · BBC World Service

March 7, 202332m 23s

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Show Notes

Former Nigerian vice President, Atiku Abubakar leads a 'black uniform' march by his party, PDP, to the headquarters of the electoral commission INEC. The Presidential candidate said the February 25th poll was compromised and his party demands a re-run after saying they'll challenge it in courts.

Also, a BBC investigation exposes a major trade in heroin on the Seychelles Islands, but also what could be the biggest heroin epidemic for a nation globally.

Plus, FESPACO ends in Burkina Faso with Tunisia winning the grand prize and a film by a Burkinabe director on the scourge of jihadism in the country coming second.

Those stories and more in this podcast with Bola Mosuro.