A health employee gives a malaria injection to a child during the official ceremony for the launch of the malaria vaccination campaign for children aged between zero and eleven months in Abobo a district of Abidjan,

Kemi Badenoch has doubled down on her harsh comments about Nigeria despite being called out by the West African nation’s vice president.

Kemi Badenoch has stood by her past comments about Nigeria, after the vice-president of the West African country accused her of denigrating it. The Conservative Party leader, who was born in the UK but mostly raised in Nigeria, has repeatedly described growing up in fear and insecurity in a country plagued by corruption.

Kemi Badenoch, leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, has reaffirmed her controversial remarks about Nigeria, rejecting criticisms from Vice-President Kashim Shettima. The British politician,