Dele Giwa: Nigeria’s Journalist Assassinated by a Parcel Bomb

from True Crime with Reni · host Reni B-Alfred

October 1986. A journalist receives a parcel at his home in Lagos. Minutes later, an explosion shakes the country. Dele Giwa’s assassination with a parcel bomb remains one of Nigeria’s greatest mysteries; with fingers pointed at powerful figures, conspiracy theories, and a truth that’s never been fully uncovered. In this episode, we piece together the facts and the rumours, and ask: who really killed Dele Giwa?

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