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How Esusu’s cofounders turned 326 rejections (and a long night out in the cold) into a unicorn

A system that forces people to go into debt to prove they can meet the obligations of their debt "just doesn't make sense," says Esusu co-CEO Wemimo Abbey.

Fortune

Wealthy Nigerian politician denies offering reward to prospective kidney donor

A street trader from Lagos was allegedly offered up to £7,000 in exchange for giving a kidney to Ike Ekweremadu’s sick daughter Sonia.

The Independent UK

Nigerian senator accused of ‘organ harvesting plot’ at Royal Free Hospital

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, are accused of a plot to harvest the organ of an impoverished street trader from the Nigerian capital of Lagos

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Factbox-The candidates contesting Nigeria's presidential election

Nigeria will elect a new president on Feb. 25 to take over from Muhammadu Buhari in a contest pitting the old guard against a third-party candidate seeking to upset the established political order.

Reuters

The Badoo ritual gang created fear in Lagos: here's what made victims vulnerable

Violent cult gangs are well known in Nigeria. Though there are no statistics on their numbers and impact, Lagos State in southwest Nigeria has more than 10 of these groups controlling different areas. They operate in neighbourhoods and their memberships cut across age groups. They control certain territories as their…

The Conversation

Can Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s ailing kingmaker, win the presidency?

Tinubu has a formidable political machinery & is credited with Lagos’s successes, but can he become Nigerian president?

Al Jazeera

Nigeria opens ‘game changer’ billion-dollar deep seaport in Lagos

Many of Nigeria’s existing seaports, inherited from the colonial administration, no longer function properly.

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Nigeria bets on Chinese-funded port to drive economic growth

Nigeria's president has marked the opening of a $1.5 billion, Chinese-funded deep seaport in the commercial hub of Lagos that authorities hope will help grow the West African nation’s ailing economy

The Independent UK

Nigeria opens 'game changer' billion-dollar deep seaport

Nigeria opened a billion-dollar Chinese-built deep seaport in Lagos on Monday, which is expected to ease congestion at the country's ports and help it become an African hub for transshipment, handling cargoes in transit for other destinations.

Reuters

Discovery of dead Brit on board his yacht in Algarve triggers police investigation

Police have launched an investigation after a British pensioner, believed to be aged around 80, was found dead on board his yacht at Lagos Marina in Algarve, Portugal

Daily Mirror

How men can help by becoming allies in the push for equality

As self-described misogynist, Andrew Tate, finds himself in jail, Annette Young talks to Sophie Gallagher, the UK author of 'How Men Can Help' about the dire need for men to become allies in making the world a more equal place. Also how Nepal is one of the most dangerous countries…

France 24

‘Communion with creatives’: Literary events flourish in Nigeria

New literary festivals are springing up in Nigeria, inspiring an evolving community of more book-loving Africans.

Al Jazeera

Nigeria dance carnival helps residents reclaim the streets

In a street in a poor neighbourhood of Lagos, a bare-chested young man, Gift Eze, holds his screaming partner, helping calm the rage within and stop him fighting.

Reuters

Suspected Brixton crowd crush marks dark chapter for rising afrobeats star Asake

The Lagos-based singer now has 3.2 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

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NGO asks Spain to halt possible return of Nigerian stowaways

A human rights organization is asking the Spanish government to halt the potential return to Nigeria of three men found traveling on an oil tanker’s rudder after an 11-day ocean voyage from Lagos, Nigeria to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands

The Independent UK

Nigeria stowaways who survived 11 days on ship rudder ‘must return home’

The ship set sail from Lagos on 17 November

Reuters

Nigeria's Lagos shortlists Mota-Engil, Chinese ventures for $2.5 billion bridge

A consortium led by Portugal's builder Mota-Engil and two Chinese ventures has been shortlisted by Nigeria's Lagos state to build a $2.5 billion bridge that is expected to relieve severe congestion in the mega city, an official said on Sunday.

Reuters

Nigeria artist transforms oil kegs into faces to reduce waste

Growing up, Nigerian artist Oluwajuwonlo Adeyemi saw her mother discard large plastic kegs of cooking oil she used for her catering business in Lagos.

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‘I think of suya and I’m on a Lagos beach with Mum’: celebrating Nigeria’s spice dish

Exploring the myths, mysteries and memories of west African barbecue

The Conversation

A dumpsite is no place for a child: study shows Nigeria's young waste pickers are at risk

The Olusosun landfill sprawls across 100 acres (40ha) in Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos. Initially situated at the outskirts of the city, it is now at the city’s centre due to urban encroachment. Olusosun is often described as Nigeria’s biggest landfill; it receives over one million tonnes of waste annually. Most…

Al Jazeera

‘The past glory is returning’: Ibadan’s nascent artistic revival

Oluwole Omofemi is just one of many rising artistic stars in Nigeria’s third-largest city.

The Conversation

“Nous avons tout perdu”. Les conséquences catastrophiques de la criminalisation des moyens de subsistance en Afrique de l'Ouest

Nous étions à Obalende : un quartier populaire animé, composé d'immeubles de bureaux, de magasins et de zones résidentielles, sur Lagos Island, au Nigeria. Pendant la journée, le quartier regorge de petits étals de marché où l’on trouve toutes sortes de choses, des fruits et légumes à l'électronique, des vêtements…

Daily Mirror

Mum barred from £1,000 flight to see daughter due to little known post-Brexit rule

Dora Imoniverha was barred from flying from Lagos in Nigeria to see her daughters Norwich in the UK by Dutch airline KLM because she did not have the right post-Brexit visa

The Guardian - UK

‘Totally damning’: Lagos motorcycle taxi ban leaves drivers destitute

Okadas have long been a way to beat the city’s famous traffic jams, but their links to crime and accidents have seen them ordered off the roads

Asharq Al-Awsat

Africa Awaits Promised Renaissance

On the eastern bank of the river Congo lies Kinshasa, Africa’s third largest capital city after Cairo and Lagos. Kinshasa had long been billed as one of the top cities that would lead Africa’s renaissance, which now appears even more out of reach than before due to massive debts and…

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