A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay 20 million pounds to each family of 21 coal miners killed in 1949.

Justice Anthony Onovo of the Enugu High Court, on Thursday, ordered the British Government to pay £20 million each to the families of the 21 coal miners killed in Enugu State in 1949 by the Colonial ...

The judge held that the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Attorney-General had a constitutional duty under Sections 19(d) ...

Seventy-six years after the killing of 21 coal miners in Enugu during the colonial era, a Nigerian court has ordered the United Kingdom to pay £420 million in compensation, marking one of the most ...

Introduction -- The origins of European imperialism and the rise of militant Islam -- Background to the Scramble -- The French conquest of the Western Sudan -- The completion of the French occupation ...

More than 60 years after most African states gained independence, the legal infrastructure imposed by former colonial powers continues to exert outsized influence. Across the continent, outdated ...

The vast majority of Nigerian after the amalgamation in 1914 continued to live their lives as before without noticeable change traceable to the imposition of colonial rule. The most noticeable outcome ...