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Mixed reactions as Nigeria’s state oil firm goes private

For years, the oil firm has been plagued with financial transparency issues. Analysts say going commercial could fix it.

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Monkeypox patient missing from hospital

A Nigerian man with Thailand’s first confirmed case of monkeypox is reported to have fled a Phuket hospital.

Bangkok Post

Phuket search for missing monkeypox patient

A search has been launched for a Nigerian man after lab tests proved he has Thailand's first confirmed case of monkeypox, Phuket deputy governor Pichet Panapong said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

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Record breaker Oshoala and Senegal's Mané claim Caf player of the year awards

Aptly, on the eve of the women's Cup of Nations final between Morocco and South Africa, it was Nigeria's Asisat Oshoala who stole the show at the 2022 Caf Awards.

Radio France Internationale

Tunisia gears up for referendum that would consolidate President Saïed's powers

In tonight's edition: Tunisia is gearing up for a referendum that would consolidate powers in the presidency, with critics calling it a power grab. Meanwhile, Kenya’s presidential campaign has been hit by misinformation and fake news on social media. Finally, we enter into the last days of the Women's Africa…

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First monkeypox case reported in Phuket

Thailand has recorded its first case of monkeypox, and the infection was diagnosed in a 27-year-old Nigerian man who travelled from Nigeria to Phuket, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) reported on Thursday evening.

Bangkok Post

Votes for cash: the significance of vote buying in Nigeria’s democracy

The 2022 primary and gubernatorial elections in Nigeria brought to the fore the reality of vote buying.

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Morocco and South Africa tune up for tilt at Women's Africa Cup of Nations glory

A first continental crown awaits the winner of Saturday night's Cup of Nations final between Morocco and South Africa.

Radio France Internationale

Vahe Gregorian: ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ Christian Okoye sees a dream realized with NFL Africa initiative

Forty years ago this summer, Christian Okoye left Nigeria to attend Azusa Pacific on a track and field scholarship.

Tribune News Service

Calvin Bassey in 'no doubt' Rangers transfer exit confession as he gushes over Ajax's Champions League credentials

The Nigeria international left Ibrox for a record-breaking fee and is now looking forward to facing Europe's elite next season.

Daily Record

Nigeria hasn't been able to produce steel: remanufacturing could be the solution

Nigeria has pumped more than US$8 billion into Ajaokuta Steel Company, a project which began more than 40 years ago but has yet to produce one tonne of steel.

The Conversation

Calvin Bassey joins Ajax as Rangers transfer exit banks Ibrox club a huge record fee

The 22-year-old Nigeria international defender has completed a move to the Eredivisie champions.

Daily Record

Creepy Aberdeen care worker who sexually assaulted female work colleagues is struck off

Olaoluwa Olugbodi, originally from Nigeria, attacked his victims on several occasions between February 8 and March 16 2021 while working for north-east care firm Craigard Care.

Daily Record

Kidnapped Nigerian Catholic priest found dead, another escapes

A Nigerian Catholic priest abducted last week was found murdered on Tuesday while his colleague managed to escaped from his captors in the northern state of Kaduna, the local diocese said.

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The Conversation

Islam has a small presence in Nigeria's Igbo region: what a new Quran translation offers

A new translation of the Quran into the Igbo language was launched on 1 July 2022 at the Ansar-Ud-Deen Mosque in Abuja, Nigeria. According to the translator, Muhammed Muritala Chukwuemeka, the project to produce this Nso Koran began five years ago.

The Conversation

Morocco vs South Africa as women's football enters a new era

This weekend’s Women’s African Football Championship (Wafcon) final between Morocco and South Africa in Morocco marks a new era. With it women’s football in Africa has reached a second phase of its development.

Radio France Internationale

Spot of bother at Cup of Nations: the penalty taker's fear of the referee

In 1970, the Austrian writer Peter Handke published a psychological thriller cum crime novel Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty) which was turned into a film of the same name by the rising German arthouse director Wim Wenders.

Radio France Internationale

Morocco see off Nigeria on penalties to reach first final at Cup of Nations

Nigeria were reduced to nine players as they imploded on Monday night during a pulsating Cup of Nations semi-final defeat against Morocco in Rabat. Despite their self-inflicted wounds, the nine held on for the best part of an hour to force a penalty shoot-out after the match finished 1-1.

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Nigeria's large, youthful population could be an asset or a burden

With a population estimated at 206 million in 2020, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and seventh in the world.

Radio France Internationale

Morocco boss Pedros tells Cup of Nations team to emulate Nigeria's winning ways

Morocco boss Reynald Pedros urged his players to reach the Cup of Nations final to enhance their legend after becoming the first team from the country to qualify for the World Cup.

Reuters

Nigerian unions to protest shutdown of public universities due to strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will embark on two-day protest on July 26 to demonstrate against an eight-month shutdown of public universities across the country due to pay disagreements between the government and teachers, it said on Sunday.

Daily Record

Brendan Rodgers rinsed over Rangers transfer for Calvin Bassey as Ibrox fans all say the same thing

The Nigeria international is set to leave Ibrox for a bumper fee with a move to Dutch champions Ajax imminent.

The Conversation

Nigeria’s spiralling insecurity: five essential reads

In recent times, security – or, more accurately, the lack of it – has been one of the most prominent items on the news agenda in Nigeria.

Daily Record

Calvin Bassey Rangers replacements lined up as Gio van Bronckhorst reveals 'we have our list ready'

Ajax are set to complete a transfer for the Nigeria international and bank the Ibrox club a record fee.

Reuters

Two Catholic priests abducted in Nigeria, diocese says

Two Nigerian Catholic priests have been abducted in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna, the local diocese said, nearly two weeks after another priest was taken from his parish in the same state.

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