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Tinubu, ex-governor of Lagos, in pole position for Nigerian presidency

When reporters asked Bola Tinubu last month if his health was good enough for him to serve as president of Nigeria, he responded that he wasn't applying for a job as a professional wrestler or as a cement mixer.

Reuters

Nigeria: Ruling party picks Tinubu for 2023 presidential ticket

The 70-year-old will slug it out against the opposition’s 75-year-old candidate to succeed 79-year-old President Buhari.

Al Jazeera

How nanotechnology can revive Nigeria's textile industry

Nigeria’s cotton production has fallen steeply in recent years. It once supported the largest textile industry in Africa. The fall is due to weak demand for cotton and to poor yields resulting from planting low-quality cottonseeds. For these reasons, farmers switched from cotton to other crops.

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Nigeria ruling party picks ex-governor of Lagos Tinubu to run for president

Nigeria's ruling party on Wednesday picked former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu as its candidate to run for president in elections scheduled for February 2023.

Reuters

Nigerians with disabilities seek inclusion in electoral process

People with disabilities in Africa’s largest democracy say they want to exercise their right to vote or be voted for.

Al Jazeera

Training local leaders in mediation can reduce violence: positive results in Nigeria

Violence and insecurity are plaguing the northern parts of Nigeria. Banditry, kidnapping and other forms of indiscriminate violence have risen sharply during the pandemic.

The Conversation

In Nigeria's disappearing forests, loggers outnumber trees

Deep in a forest in Nigeria's Ebute Ipare village, Egbontoluwa Marigi sized up a tall mahogany tree, methodically cut it down with his axe and machete, and as it fell with a crackling sound, he surveyed the forest for the next tree.

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NHS hiring more doctors from outside UK and EEA than inside for first time

Jeremy Hunt questions ‘morally dubious’ recruitment as thousands hired from poorer countries

The Guardian - UK

WNBA Commish: Australian Team Hasn’t Provided Liz Cambage Video

The league says it hasn’t been able to fully investigate Liz Cambage’s reported use of discriminatory language against Nigerian basketball players.

Sports Illustrated

There's violence every election season in Nigeria: what can be done to stop it

Violence is one of the recurrent features of Nigeria’s electoral history and democratic journey since independence in 1960. The country invariably sees an escalation of violence in the period before, during and after elections.

The Conversation

Infants among 22 worshippers killed in Nigeria church attack

A Nigerian emergency official says that two infants are among the 22 worshippers killed in an attack on a church in southwestern Nigeria that has shocked the West African nation

The Independent UK

Nigeria church attack killed 22 and injured 50 - official

Sunday's attack on St Francis Catholic Church in the Nigerian town of Owo killed 22 people and injured 50, an official from the National Emergency Management Agency said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Gun Attack on Church in Southwest Nigeria Leaves 21 Dead

Gunmen using explosives killed at least 21 people, including children, in an attack on a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria, local officials said, in violence that drew widespread international condemnation. The bloodshed at St.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Monkeypox: ‘This is an entirely new spread of the disease’

One thousand confirmed cases of monkeypox, a disease originating in Africa, have been recorded since early May across at least 30 non-endemic countries such as the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, France, the United States, Australia, United Arab Emirates and Israel. But what is this virus? Who is affected? And should…

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Nigerian civilians bear brunt of attacks by armed groups

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, faces a myriad of security threats — from Islamic State-linked militants in the north to separatist movements in the south

The Guardian - UK

Nigeria: town mourns more than 50 people shot dead in church during mass

Witnesses describe how attackers detonated explosives and shot at those who tried to flee

Reuters

Nigeria's Buhari has no preferred successor, spokesman says

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has no preferred candidate from the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) to succeed him, his spokesman said on Monday, a day before a convention to pick the party's flag bearer for elections early next year.

The Independent UK

UK is ‘horrified’ by ‘heinous’ Nigeria church attack, says minister

The comments came as Conservative MP Fiona Bruce raised an urgent question in the Commons on the killing of church worshippers.

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Reuters

Blood on the church walls - gruesome scenes after Nigeria attack

Streaks of blood on the floors and walls, sandals abandoned in a desperate rush to escape, a well-thumbed Bible lying among shards of glass.

Evening Standard

Survivors of massacre in Nigeria church tell of horror

Survivors have spoken out after at least 50 people including women and children were reportedly killed during an attack on a catholic church in Nigeria.

Daily Record

Joe Aribo shuts down Rangers transfer talk amid Aston Villa and Crystal Palace links

The attacker is currently away with Nigeria on international duty but is attracting interest from England

Football London

Rangers star Joe Aribo responds to transfer speculation amid Crystal Palace interest

Nigerian forward Joe Aribo has caught the attention of several Premier League clubs this summer following his exploits for Rangers, with Crystal Palace among those linked to a transfer

Al Jazeera

‘Last prayer’: Nigerian church massacre survivors recount ordeal

Locals blame nomadic herders, while experts say it could be Boko Haram offshoots expanding their sphere of influence.

Al Jazeera

Nigeria church attack: What, where and why?

Gunmen with explosives stormed a Catholic church in Ondo state and opened fire, killing at least 50 people.

The Independent UK

Gunmen at Nigeria church shot from both inside, outside

The gunmen who attacked a church during Sunday Mass in southwestern Nigeria opened fire inside and outside, killing at least 50 people

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