and yet the people who lay the goods is not benefit in anything so nigeria nigeria is political client and late has benefited from oil but the poor masses of nigeria citizens have only got some power and that includes many people from the niger delta where the oil comes from tourism a particularly talked about cooperation is regarding the war on terror while i was talking whether tom polo case because vince cable the head of the liberal democrats was business secretary then for the panel and was. no any connection they all deny any wrongdoing what is the relationship between bihari and so-called warlords in nigeria and boko haram which is what your resume was referring to with our strategic defense partnership with nigeria well i mean is the president of nigeria so he has a responsibility to secure the country against terrorists and he says he's been very successful that he has tried but whether his best has been good enough is another question because boko haram continuance. so i talk nigerians and we continue to have terrorism in other ways and you don't in any relations between the

of national security in nigeria ninety nine percent of the security chiefs in nigeria come from one part of the country so it is obvious that the guy in principle is parochialism they come from behind or is part of the country they are not diversified nigeria is a big and complex country and for you to have all the intelligence you need you need to have people from different parts of the country doing the americans think do you think the cia would support your candidacy we have a we have a declassified eighty three documents in the cia like this man back in eighty three well i cannot comment on the operations of intelligence agencies but i can tell you my focus is on what the people of nigeria think the people of nigeria do not think i had about the performance of the president mohammad to government today they believe it's a fairly oh and there's a groundswell of opinion that the risk called all politicians have failed us it's sixty years of independence and the jury has got nigeria's citizens of gotham bora bora where us the country has a lot of potential as everyone knows some of

and there's plenty of will in nigeria.ofounded by iyinoluwa aboyeji and run in nigeria by seni sulyman, is a rigorous training program that teaches coders and engineers with the goal of creating no less than a continent-wide ecosystem of high value software developers. >> shalom: my mom has like a mobile shop, something like what's in computer village. that's where i grew up, like, she would sell mobile phones and they'd fix it there, and she just used to run that. >> blessing: i tried looking for a job, but the jobs i got, i said, "no, i don't want to be a salesperson, i don't want to be a secretary." so that's why i got into programming. >> anthony: shalom and blessing are trainees in the program, people who will someday rewrite the way africa works. >> seni: as you can see, there are a lot of issues in nigeria today. the average nigerian is struggling for just food, water, clothing, shelter. we all believe that this will change, and we all believe that we will change that. in the u.s., for every software developer that'

plus the dangers of being gay in nigeria. my friend i breathe in suffering for what they know nothing about the scene i am just. i don't know what to see as in the thing is just a few people. but seriously i'm thumbs through depraved three got in d.c. shoot. being gay in this african country can ruin your life. i'm brian thomas thanks for being with us and welcome to the show it is being called a political thunder bolt a limb ackles parliamentary party has defied the wishes of the chancellor by voting to oust her longstanding ally hold her counter as us leader this came as a complete surprise both for the chancellor and for the political establishment here in germany michael's opponents believe it could mean her time as chancellor this coming to an end. only one hundred and twelve votes for a close ally to anglo-american and lead off a party's parliamentary bloc for thirteen yes words as one hundred twenty five votes for his opponent i think i was a rather low profile m.p. known for his budgetary expertise he's now the new le

of shell in nigeria in the one nine hundred ninety s. breaking news also look to the widow of environmental activist dr barron incurable common rate of cancer we were courtesy of amnesty international so the prison one they call me all. you have to become is. i took it and i wonder. is this true that you guys already kill most of our lives. and some of them were doeth unlimited thore what happened before mao's mind. then tory prime minister john major called the executions judicial murder and supported nigeria's expulsion from the commonwealth but today shell and nigeria are all good again we already have very good cooperation between. here and across a range of. defense security trade relations and we have. to work together to step up. the feds. well joining me now is someone who could be nigeria's next president kingsley magali he's a former undersecretary general of the u.n. and deputy governor of the central bank of nigeria kings the thanks for coming on the show to raise a mate in nigeria just in the past few weeks most populous cou

also coming up a worldwide push to eradicate extreme poverty fall short g w reports from nigeria where the number of people living on less than two dollars a day is on the rhine. plus he wanted to help his family leave the war in syria d.w. goes to the prison where hakim and is now serving seven years on charges of terrorism the two thousand. thanks for joining us i'm mary and i haven't seen. the outer edges of hurricane florence have reached the u.s. east coast lasting coastal towns in the states of north and south carolina with strong winds and heavy rain the hulking storm has weakened to a category one hurricane with maximum sustained winds at one hundred fifty kilometers per hour but it's florence's size that has forecasters worried at it as it slowly pushes inland where than six hundred kilometers across it could linger for days and dump about a meter of rain and vast areas and with the storm yet to even make landfall the region is already seeing signs of the flooding promise to come. to the north carolina coastline was first to feel the impact of hurricane florence . passed the s

i mean as in that out mohammed she's one of the very few nigeria who openly say she's career she has become an activist for the rights of the community is that. think positive about the law in two thousand and fourteen it's put us on the table and it's allowed us to tell our stories instead of having other people tell our stories but everything else has been negative like like the spike in abuse of people the criminalized association to criminalize action of just not fitting into gender norms there is one change there were twenty fourteen there are now less people in nigeria who deny in public that homosexuality even exists but how many are willing to accept it as normal as in the wants to do a test yourself if you knew about somebody sexuality like if i had a girlfriend well actually i do have a girlfriend well you still sell me a shrew or you choose not to sell issue to me yeah. it can be a simple as that some people just want to go about their business but i wasn't such a reaction is rare it's the first time she's experienced acceptance in public in nigeria. you're watching the ne

traveled to nigeria the country with the world's largest number of extremely poor people. a lot of poverty we are passing by people who live in inhumane surroundings need to tour seen one family they were evicted from their heart just like pence of thousands of others in recent years in lagos bus col a father of five was already poor before the eviction but he says at least he had a livelihood. now we don't have a no no real house no boat fishing no business during the day we can stay here to prepare one meal but at night we have to sleep outside in the rain and this is something no human being should experience. today smeal tomato soup and this part of our must future several families in the neighborhood. this is just one family an estimated eighty seven million people that's roughly half of nigeria's population are thought to be living on less than one dollar ninety cents per day nigeria has overtaken india as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty. these young men and women are newly minted volunteers in their slums they are being traine

nigeria is a huge market.eds is the right of political leadership for huge potential to be realized. speaking of investors, we have one on set and i know he has a question for you. >> we have seen some pressure on the local currency. we have seen some devaluations the last few years. i am wondering what you think of the current fx regime and whether it would be more beneficial for nigeria to move towards a floating fx rate. >> i believe it will. for that happen -- for that to happen, have to put fundamentals -- we have multiple exchange rates. there is no transparency in the fx regime, which is one of my concerns and the concerns of many investors. we will have to move to a floating regime. i suspect the central bank will not do that at this time for political reasons. nejra: to be clear, because you mentioned the multiple rates, would it be better to have a single rate? >> i think so. i think it would be better to have a single rate in the marketplace. that is what i have always advocated. the problem is the

and there we are looking at nigeria in particular.half full or half empty? welcome, jim 0via, the chairman and founder of one of africa‘s biggest banks — zenith, of nigeria — with more than $16 billion in assets and operating around africa and here in the uk. welcome to the programme. you were politely listening to our introduction where we describe some of the challenges and issues and what some say about the outlook for africa. but you are here with a message that you want to get across to those watching. actually there is enormous opportunity. thank you for inviting me. my objective is to change the narrative of africa, the perception of african countries in africa as a continent, that africa has always been a continent of military coups and corruptions and economic wars. but that has to change. and you need to get a copy of this book! nothing we could do to stop you there! africa, rise and shine. the narrative had to change. around 30 years ago, truly, many african countries were under military rule. but only two years ago, in 201

nigeria certainly wasn't spades if you look at the stock market at death time and twenty to canoas dive it lost seventy percent of its value largely contributes to the fact stats of the banking sector logic control the stock market at the time there was a massive capital flight people taking their money of foreign investors to try to take all their money from and nigeria also we all know of course that this country is highly dependent on oil revenues that also made a huge slave adult war spot at the same time at that time that year was such a developing country that it wasn't just the oil saxo but there was another sector that making sure that there's an absorbance all of this chicken down in fact and that is the non oil sector the agricultural sector was picking up some speed so all around the g.i. did not slip into recession it was a slowdown of the economy growth but no recession it could pick up pace again just a few years later and funny speaking about spooked investors the financial crisis put at least a temporary stop to risky investments now is that one of the reasons why china

a different nigeria is there a way. i have every confidence that. may be possible. lummy mansour a he was five years old when the nigerian peacekeepers otherwise known as echo came to his area and you will see that everybody. in for the kids from the community in moore. or my studio. you don't leave me one and me to you my sister. will be dealing with my mind. soon one more you will be ninety minutes from. here can. you see that morning it. may not be. any more me you will see this morning with me in. the morning early going to be then we would be on my sisters and. i'm not time of the motions me more me mommy daddy and it was your. sister as. soon as she said no they said no to. me mommy you know you see that. you skipped it's me going up on mom so we. all need to move you can move in she she gets you into my system. oxidants you know just being honest. and it's a lot simple that's a life. long anymore anybody alive was your mom got. on my sister. you only feel sad about us again. in december one thousand nine hundred eight as the civil war raged in the provinces t

my nigeria is peaceful my name. is ablaze with this is can truly call a bell home and here is resilience adn al is just for us surprises that's my nigeria. when i think of my leisure i think of potential when i think of what a shot i think what is being what is not i think people need to do to get. some food they come to. tell me it's impossible i think the challenge. is much older than the underdogs. my name is and this is mine and share. my mind on al-jazeera. discover the stories you didn't know about. be a witness to life changing scenes. notice the changes that affect all of us. experience our world and be a part of it. refocus al-jazeera balcones international documentary film festival saturday from twenty first to twenty fifth september. is a popular filming location in france when it comes to stories about drugs crime and radicalization tired of negative stereotypes youth worker it's managerial it's reclaiming its image by putting its young residents behind the camera. the stories we don't often hear told by

world ripping through europe asia and finally hitting africa earlier i asked our correspondent in nigeria funny such are how badly african countries were impacted. christopher given the fact of course that this continent is made up of five fifty plus countries of course the effects are felt but the fact there are many faults you would have to zoom in really to each and every country with different political economic environmental makeup to say so to really get the detailed picture of what really happened here ten years ago now what we can say as a big picture if you'll remember of course the food crisis two thousand and seven to two thousand and eight so commodity prices were already volatile to begin with even before the global recession and that was through the reenforced but a collapse of lehman brothers the trickle down to a global recession that was especially felt very hard in sub-saharan africa but as i say if you zoom in into each individual country you will see a different effect a different consequence and dollar for example slipped right into recession as a result nigeria the c

reports from nigeria where the number of people living on less than two dollars a day is on the wrong. it's good to have you with us hurricane florence has reached the united states states of north and south carolina a picture of devastation is being created as we speak florence which was downgraded to a category one storm made landfall on the east coast of the u.s. battery the carolinas with strong winds and heavy rain the storm is moving slowly and is expected to dump rain on the coast well into the weekend hundreds of thousands of people have lost power storm surges are being reported and rescue crews are scrambling to save scores of people who ignored evacuation orders. what do you use my as waiter is on the ground force in elizabeth city in north eastern north carolina good evening to you miami did you know you guys where you are you were able to escape before blunt of the hurricane but this hurricane is massive what's the situation where you are. fran we're actually just about to start feeling the backside of the hurricane right where we are the wind is picking up the clouds are

reports from nigeria the number of people living on less than two dollars a day is on the run so. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us hurricane florence has made landfall on the u.s. east coast battering the states of north and south carolina with strong winds and heavy rain the storm is moving slowly and is expected to dump rain on the coast for hours hundreds of thousands of people have lost power storm surges are expected and rescue crews are scrambling to save scores of people who big nor evacuation orders . and on the other side of the world a super typhoon is barreling toward. as the northeastern philippines packing winds of well over two hundred kilometers an hour more than five million people are at risk from the storm massive evacuations are underway. preparations for the arrival of typhoon man qute a storm with winds as powerful as a category five hurricane thousands have been evacuated with many fairing what this storm will bring. about that but i'm scared i think this is a very powerful time from the more powerful in the recent months when my house that's w

nigeria can be a dangerous place for gay men and women men called engaging in homosexual acts in the north of the country can be stoned to death in the south attempts that same sex marriage can be punished with up to fourteen years in prison last month nearly sixty men were arrested for attending a suspected gay party in law goes our correspondent for the jars spoke to some of. well i'm looking. at. simple as that i'm a dancer james has watched this video clip many times the man in the video was at his birthday party he says but he was arrested before the party had even started it makes me angry because this is just him that's when i celebrated my bed and then i was accused. that was last month fifty seven people were arrested james who organized the party could flee but his life has been crushed he says my friend nine . i am just. i don't know what to say. like seriously depressed regarding this issue being gay in nigeria is not a crime but the country has one of the toughest laws when it comes to same sex marriage and public display of same gender affection a possible panel to up t

plus a global push to eradicate extreme poverty all short the reports from nigeria but the number of people living on less than two dollars a day is on the wrong. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us hurricane florence has made landfall on the east coast of the united states battering the carolinas with strong winds and heavy rain the storm is moving slowly and is expected to dump rain on the coast for hours hundreds of thousands of people have lost power storm surges are being reported and rescue crews are scrambling to save scores of people who big nord evacuation orders. you know because maya schrader is on the ground poorest in elizabeth city on the north carolina coast and joins us now why first of all what's the situation there right now. but as you can see we're being battered by very strong winds terry but the winds are really not the big concern here at least not the biggest concern the biggest concern is going to be the rain but we're in an area of the state that has not seen its share of rain yet that is mostly have been further south of us in north carolina and

plus also coming up in the next sixty minutes the perils of being gay or even pursue mitigate in nigeria what i'm looking good doing it they've done something i've come to power for example i've got i'm a gun cop. he was rounded up all the same along with other guests at a party report we were poured on how no jury is out of tune super gay people is ruining lives. and doctors say this man will die if he doesn't get a heart transplant within the next twelve months but he's in germany where there are fewer donors than in any other european country and we find out why. i am. thank you so much for your company everyone well we begin our broadcast with u.s. president donald trump who has accused china of interfering in america's upcoming midterm elections trump made the charge as he chaired a meeting of the u.n. security council in new york he offered no evidence to back up the accusation but said beijing didn't want him to win the election because of his tough line on trade china has denied this saying it did not and will not interfere in any country's domestic affairs and on north korea tru

my nigeria as if there is yes to every no. no ok i'm on my way i mean. i have been in the film industry had nollywood over twenty one years i have decided now to run for office in my state's question of our states for as seen in the house of representatives representing. the federal constituency. it's only been a. oh ok oh you do lead you move. well let's go. preparing for the closing ceremony of the african film festival. for one week filmmakers of cross the globe come together for a walk. about distributing. the closing ceremonies tonight at the cultural center and. getting ready i don't like eyebrows that look painted on you go which. is an ad so i've always been in the forefront of fighting for different causes that i feel i'm passionate about i feel that with who i am and my name i should be able to speak out and i really care about people and i want to do. i want to show that there is a way to do things that people can actually trust public servants and then leave on the promise is that the promise. is to. go straight. my first read. three months.

to nigeria now in the port in the mega city of lagos is one of the most important in west africa and one of the most chaotic one month ago nigeria's vice president ordered a seventy two hour security operation to clear up the traffic jams around the port but very little progress appears to have been made thousands of trucks still wait up to four weeks to get into the facility our correspondent chris reports from lagos. breakfast on the side of the road is nothing new for this truck driver. segment is stuck in yet another traffic jam near the port in lagos. that's five days we've been stuck here for five days nothing's moving it's very stressful it's the only thing we can do is eat sleep and wait. is well known for its traffic jams but in the past few weeks the situation has worsened you to strike at the port truck drivers often have to wait for a month to get in and the entry cost of a port for their vehicles has quadrupled. businessman kevin and burn oil has come to have a look at the situation for himself he exports goods from nigeria. normally to three years ago we could do two th

our reporter investigates why so many ships are abandoned in nigeria and why the government allows it to happen. i'm sorry so much good to have you with us chancellor angela merkel said there was no excuse for using nazi slogans and attacks on minorities in german society she was addressing parliament two weeks after demonstrations against migrants by right we extremists turned violent in eastern germany the larger. opposition party the far right a.s.d. accused tackle of ignoring the concerns of people worried about migration one member of the government accused of using fascist language. as angela merkel arrived in parliament today it was already clear that this wouldn't be a normal address to the bundestag at the forefront was the recent far right violence in eastern germany she started her speech with a strong call for a common togetherness against exclusion and incitement it's good. there's no excuse and justification for incitement partially use of violence to nazi hatred hostility towards people who look different in a jewish restaurant attacks on police and conceptual arguments

countries nigeria shot to come over with these countries and these neighboring countries of the juryare all are affected by the insurers it's been stooges you know book around but not only that of course also about the effects of climate change of poverty so that what was decided in berlin right now is of course very important that two billion u.s. dollars hopefully soon a grueling to go to countries that has a name but of course this is just a very small fraction what is needed given the fact that in this region fifty million people are living and ten million of them are directly affected by the named situation by the name problems so much much more needs to be done but not just by foreign. attendees entities of course domestically in these countries that are just many as well you know julia for example of whom was a lot of things have to change that people actually have a better perspective for example they don't even joyful her and radicalise funny fish are reporting from nigeria thank you. and staying on the continent the former democratic republic of congo warlord has announced

s ready for shop reports from all time in nigeria's open state. a typical sunday for some fourteen million nigerians. to. celebrate do stuff you can still go on while coming teams of people into one of the roughly five hundred pentecostal churches in the country and joining a service today in one of these mega churches just outside of lagos it's the third biggest one in nigeria already the church service today and as you can feel. it was . pretty big leave. the service rather quietly but people don't stay in their seats for long. the pastor calls himself a bishop here and he celebrated like a star david asked him a to growth place one hundred fifty million u.s. dollars and many of his followers you're in for that kind of well oiled up was prosperity gospel resonates with. those who have no plan that is are your. best crossroads will start you know should tell your son. the big donation baskets fill quickly the belief is the more you give during and after the church service the more you're going with. the church there are many more ways to spend mo

plus we take a look inside nigeria's pentecostal make a churches with packed services eager worship person and charismatic pastors are proving a huge hit with local issues the critics worry the focus on economic rather than spiritual salvation is distorting christianity's real message. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program monday's deal between turkey and russia to establish a demilitarized zone in syria's it led province has spared the region from a government offensive but even with an immediate military assault looking less likely civilians and it lives face harsh conditions. the families who have already fled to turkey receive harrowing messages from loved ones who remain in syria as the country's civil war grinds on is junia han reports from ray honey one of on the turkish side of the border. two days ago there were airstrikes here again this little one was hurt can you see it thank god it was nothing worse. than. a sees a sister fatima only on what's at the this one is a few days old lives in the village of duma gts in the town of re homeless across the border in turkey he fl

possibly take a look inside nigeria's pentecostal mega churches. that is all but. throws treasury. i'll tell you it's going to. proving a huge hit with locals but critics worry that the focus on economic rather than spiritual salvation is distorting christianity's real message. i'm still gail welcome to the program monday's deal between turkey and russia to establish a demilitarized zone in syria's province. appears to have sped the region from an all out government offensive despite this civilians in adlib still face harsh conditions and families who have already fled the region to turkey receive daily harrowing messages from the loved ones i left behind the w.'s julia han reports from a hanley on the turkish side of the border with syria. oh. two days ago there were airstrikes here again this little one was hurt can you see it thank god it was nothing worse. a sees a sister fatima only on what's at the this one is a few days old the man lives in a village a boomer gts in the town of re homeless across the border in turkey he fled it lives six years ago his sister remained behind.

nigeria has taken over india with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty. these young men and women are volunteers and their slums. they are being trained how to let others know what rights they have before they are evicted. the ultimate goal is to stop extreme poverty from spreading. >> i want to change the poverty level in my community and other communities. >> that means knowing how to mobilize other people that lawmakers do their job and solve the deteriorating situation in slums. she says eviction creates more extreme poverty. >> unfortunately the government is not working with those people to eradicate poverty and help them find a solution to the situation. instead, the government is putting in place policies that criminalize the livelihoods of the urban poor and demolish and destroy their homes. >> the government wants to turn waterfront slums into attractive property. it says they must be shut down because they are a breeding ground for crime and harmful to the environment. for half of the residents on the brink of extreme poverty, the slums are the

the owner sort of assholes nigeria's armada abandoned chips will just continue to grow. let's say look at some european football the champions league and the europa league are the only two continental club competitions in european football but starting in two thousand and twenty one there could be a third tier tournaments european club association chairman andrea told members meeting in croatia that the main aim of the new event would be to reduce the number of teams in the europa league from forty eight to thirty two that would be the same number as in the champions league and in the yet to be named new competition. in formula one former world champion kenny right can and will leave ferrari at the end of the season he will move to where ferrari will get twenty year old driver charles. this marks the end of reichen in second spell with ferrari the finn became world champion with the italian team in two thousand and seven this is the sixteenth season for the thirty eight year old and he's currently right third in the driver's stand. why is the dollars still the currency o

mind nigeria. on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick look at the top stories now russia and turkey have agreed to set up a demilitarized zone in syria's a province to separate government forces and rebel fighters hours after that announcement syrian state media said its defense forces and intercepted a number of missiles fired at the city of latakia. sexual misconduct allegations of threatening the confirmation of the u.s. president's pick for the supremes court brett kavanaugh the woman behind the claims says she's willing to testify publicly. and hopes are fading that rescuers in the philippines will find any survivors buried on the landslides caused by typhoon monkhood. when all the stories are following more than one hundred people have died in flooding across ten states of nigeria heavy seasonal rains caused the rivers to burst that banks floods have spread across the country over the last two weeks a national disaster has been declared in four states and the nigerian government has approved twenty one million

traffic chaos in nigeria's largest city lagos lebanon hopes to boost its economy with cannabis. but we begin in germany home of klaus paid to hide the captain of the migrant rescue ship my flight after a spectacular rescue this summer of malta confiscated lifeline and charged rush. had a comfortable life and bavaria he has a nice house and. business but did not want to be complacent so he became a captain aboard a search and rescue ship in the mediterranean and that is now why he is facing legal proceedings in malta. this is not the new ones nor is it this is not a pleasant situation were to what i go to court with my head held records of i was there we didn't do anything wrong the good proton the contrary we see that people's lives and their lead led to responsibility for this book at the end of june and his crew aboard the ship lifeline rescued more than two hundred thirty refugees after that their own odyssey began the lifeline it was not allowed to dock anywhere and instead had to sail aimlessly for deniz it ended up in malta where the ship was impounded it was taken in for

is resilience adn is just form of surprises that's my nigeria. when i think of my life sure i think of potential when i think of potential i think what is being what is not i think people need to get control of and something that they come to. told me is impossible i think the challenge. is much older than the older adults. and this is my last year. my nigeria on al-jazeera. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together al-jazeera recounts the shocking story of the assassination of count ben a dot. the first u.n. envoy trying to bring peace to the middle east how is negotiations with him helped save thousands of jews from nazi concentration camps and how these mediation skills put him at the vanguard in the quest for peace in the middle east. killing the. on al jazeera. al-jazeera. hello and welcome to this al-jazeera news hour live from. team dennis coming up in the next sixty minutes russia says its military planes been shot down by syrian forces bu

reports from nigeria where the number of people living on less than two dollars a day is on the rise. he says he was trying to help his family flee the war in syria now armont is serving seven years in a hug area in prison after being convicted of terrorism. an unusual ward ceremony that celebrates the weird and wonderful in scientific achievement amongst the winners of doctors who proved the curative powers of the rollercoaster. and in sport with the international break over we look ahead to tonight's big but does make a football clash heavyweights morosi a daughter meant to kick off much stay three playing host to reigning german cup champions i'm track from fort. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. oregon florence has made landfall on the u.s. east coast a battering the states of a north and south carolina with strong winds and heavy rain storms moving slowly and is expected to. hundreds of thousands of people have lost power storm surges are expected to rescue crews are scrambling to save scores of people who have ignored evacuation orders. and on the other side of the world a

nigeria has become a graveyard for ships of all parts of the world.he legal way to get rid of them is to dismantle and recycle them, but that costs money. no one knows the exact number of ships contained below the water. the effects are felt more above, especially by fishermen. >> when we are working, our nets get tangled in the metal below. it damages the net a and we cant fish until we replacee them. fanny: coastal communities have already been hit hard by unemployment. the chief says the situation is untenable. >> when laws are enforced there should not be any kind of shipwreck on the waterways. they should be removed immediately. the laws are not strictly enforced. people feel very free to do what is wrong. fanny: so why aren't the laws enforced? i asked david, who for years has beenen trying to raise awareness of the problem, but he has saidd little succecess. >> corruptioion. we have huge amounts of money going intoto the b budget of the regulators. nobody seems to be doing anything about it. fanny: he demands to have ships removed after a 20 da

resort is one of nigeria's top tourist district. but in the shadow of the mountain some nigerians continue an ancient tradition with child protection workers say condemns young girls to a life of slavery and sexual exploitation. i couldn't richard is a missionary who rescues girls who have been sold off for so called money marriages the money goes to buy outrightly you know an uncle can even be trucked a girl before she's born and a man will wait it will if it takes forty years in the new in demand days the brothers can still go to get their brothers money wife if there are hundred homes in back of it you would have hardly ten that do not have one or two more name marriage money marriage practice going on there so you have over ninety percent of families involved in this kind of marriage history twenty one young women in the past nine years community leaders say the practice was banned years ago that he was there but there it is. right in one thousand. and one a woman talking about it was not done people come out to say i am looking

hello there we've had some deadly floods in nigeria recently and in case you're not familiar with the geography for two main rivers that are causing problems at the moment the revenue which is a huge river because across mali there been through before eventually going towards the sea through nigeria we also got the fall smaller river bed new which is still a very significant river and the two of them join and it's at this confluence where we're seeing some of the worst of the conditions in this particular town here that's called major flooding thanks to both of those rivers overflowing their banks now at this time of year a lot of rain in nigeria isn't exactly unusual it rains very very heavily particularly between july and september but what's happening at the moment is the sun is heading towards the economic so it's heading towards the equator and the showers are following it so in about five days whereas the so we're almost exactly there and the showers are now beginning just to pull a bit further towards the south and as they do so now bring that heavy heavy rain with them but i t

and they wrote back and said well they only had jurisdiction on the territory of nigeria so we were confronted with a problem how to obtain redress we decided the first course of action that was compelling was the one that sought the sierra leone government to do what a state should do which is to protect the fundamental constitutional rights of its citizens and as one of the relief sought in that claim is for the state to start a proper accountability process because the state in charge of law enforcement they have international standing to make requests to to other states and so they are in a privileged position. this is going to be disclosed for all of us i didn't sign off going to be only a student. government initially what i agreed to work on the suit being got this case against in nigeria let me i don't think. it is a syrian government you should run for if you have to go for women and soldiers. it is our hope that it that in this process that there be criminal investigations and criminal cases further down the line in relation to the perpetrators that appear on the videos th

now to nigeria where the population is booming now according to the u.n. it looks set to surpass the population of the united states by twenty fifty becoming the third largest country in the world well let's take a look at its extraordinary growth rate now according to the united nations the population in one thousand nine hundred fifty it stood at roughly thirty eight million here you see it at one thousand nine hundred fifty now today that figure has jumped all the way to one hundred ninety one million you see here two thousand and seventeen and by twenty fifty the number of nigerians is projected to double and then keep rising that's fueling this growth is nigeria's most populous city lego's according to some estimates its population has jumped from one point four million in one nine hundred seventy to twenty one million today and let's take a look at some satellite images that show this growth a little more clearly here's lagos in the first of all in one thousand nine hundred four school science we don't have that but let's take a look at how it grows

mind nigeria. on al-jazeera. the russian orthodox church has deep pockets and the opposite sponsor may bear its crucial role in putin's grip on power with some elevating the former k.g.b. officer to saying to president putin is our leader that given to all the good people in power investigates how often it's attempted elimination by the soviet union religion has returned to the hall the russian state the orthodox connection on the. back the critical top stories russia and turkey have a great setup a demilitarized zone in syria's province to separate government forces and rebel fighters after that announcement syrian state media said its defense forces and intercepted a number of missiles fired at the city of latakia. sexual misconduct allegations of threatening the confirmation of the u.s. president's pick for the supreme court the woman behind the claims says she's willing to testify publicly but donald trump says brett kavanaugh his nomination is still on track. and rescuers in the philippines is searching for

nigeria has become a graveyard for ships from all parts of the world the legal way to get rid of themis to dismantle and recycle them but that costs money no one knows the exact number of ships to the water the facts are felt more especially by fishermen. who are working are nets get tangled in the metal below. and we can't fish until we replace the net. result almost and tina it's coastal communities thank you rita have already been hit hard by unemployment chief raymond gold is a community manager and the situation is untenable. when laws are enforced there shouldn't be any kind of shipwreck on our waterways they should be removed immediately. are not strictly enforced people feel very free to do what is wrong so why all those laws enforced i asked david who for years has been trying to raise awareness of the problem but he's had little success. because. of money going into the budget of the regulators and nobody seems to be doing anything about it he demands to. have ships removed after a twenty day notice period to help save the environment. it helps. to be broken it destroys our