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Hair Shaving, Bathing Naked: Travails Of A Nigerian Widow

March 28, 2020 3:00 pm

Lagos, Nigeria — For many years, Rose’s clothing store was the destination of choice for Lagos women in search of a new outfit for a party or occasion.

She traveled regularly to textile hubs in Turkey to source high-quality fabrics for her clients and her children helped out in the family business on busy days during December festivities.

The small store in Oshodi — in the heart of the bustling Nigerian city — did a booming trade until personal tragedy struck the businesswoman in 2015.

Doctors diagnosed Rose’s husband with chronic kidney failure that eventually led to his death two

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Late High Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs and wife, Mrs Seinye O. B. Lulu-Briggs

Briggs: Widow Urges Family Unity As Report Vindicates Her

February 12, 2020 5:12 am

Widow of late Nigerian industrialist, nationalist and philanthropist, High Chief Dr. O. B. Lulu-Briggs, Dr. Mrs. Seinye O. B. Lulu-Briggs, the matriarch of the O. B. Lulu-Briggs family, while thanking God for her vindication following the release of her husband’s autopsy report, has called for unity among family and community members as well as friends of the family in order to accord her late husband a befitting burial.

The widow’s call was contained in a statement made available to the media following the final release of the filed autopsy report conducted on her husband in Accra, Ghana, which showed …

Esther Kiobel, an Ogoni widow sues Shell in ICC

February 13, 2019 2:16 am

Esther Kiobel is testifying in court in The Hague, demanding compensation from the Netherlands-based firm.

She is among four women who accuse Shell of being complicit in the hanging of their husbands by Nigeria’s military in 1995. Shell denies the allegation.

The activists led mass protests against oil pollution in Nigeria’s Ogoniland.

The protests were seen as a major threat to then-military ruler Gen Sani Abacha, and Shell. They were led by author Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was among nine activists hanged by the military regime.

Their executions caused global outrage, and led to Nigeria’s suspension from the Commonwealth for more …