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The Latest Breaking News from Nigeria

The refugee trapped between Ukraine war and a Nigerian loan shark

The Nigerian national says she is facing turmoil at home and abroad.

Al Jazeera

‘A wonderful accomplishment’: success for cleanup of Nigeria’s deadly lead pollution

Children in the mining town of Anka were dying each day day at the height of the crisis, but now poisoning cases have been virtually wiped out

The Guardian - UK

Celtic and Nottingham Forest target to be rewarded for his outstanding season with Bristol City

Antoine Semenyo is expected to be named in Ghana's 27-man squad to take on Nigeria this month for a place at Qatar 2022

Bristol Post

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Nigeria: 100 million barrels of oil unaccounted for in 2019

Allegations of corruption have often been levelled against the Nigerian oil company.

Al Jazeera

Why the cost of food is not yielding to Nigeria's government policies

Nigeria has had a series of policies directed towards improving food supply at affordable prices. Policies have kept coming since the 1960s, including the National Accelerated Food Production Programme of 1972 and the most recent – the National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy of 2021 to 2025.

The Conversation

Xenophobia in South Africa: how family members influenced Nigerians to flee or stay

In early September 2019, xenophobic attacks escalated dramatically in two large South African cities, Johannesburg and Pretoria, as well as adjoining areas.

The Conversation

Review: 'Vagabonds!' by Eloghosa Osunde

FICTION: Through linked stories, Eloghosa Osunde's debut novel offers a scathing assessment of Nigeria's corruption and its laws criminalizing same-sex relationships.

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As sea levels rise, coastal megacities will need more than flood barriers

Many of the world’s poorest people live in regions most susceptible to flooding. In northeast India, some residents have been forced to rebuild their homes at least eight times in the past decade. In Africa, the continent’s largest city, Lagos in Nigeria, may become unliveable due to severe floods, while…

The Conversation

When I was writing 'Wahala' my aim was to write a brown 'Big Little Lies': Author Nikki May on 'Wahala' being adapted for the screen, her favourite books, and more

Anglo-Nigerian author Nikki May's debut book 'Wahala', which means trouble in Nigerian, was released in January 2022 and it became a huge hit among readers. So much so that the book will now be adapted into a TV series. In this interview with us, author Nikki May tells us more…

The Times of India

The coronavirus in Nigeria has its own family history: keeping track is vital

Nigeria recorded its first case of SARS-CoV-2 on 27 February 2020, and within five months at least one case had been reported in all states across the country.

The Conversation

Nigeria will have to dig deep to overcome entrenched patterns of poverty

India has just recently overtaken Nigeria as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty.

The Conversation

Ukraine recalls its peacekeepers to fight Russian forces

In tonight's show: Some 250 Ukrainian peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo prepare to return home to face Russian forces. Also, Egypt bans exports of staples such as wheat and flour in an effort to secure food reserves. The country depends heavily on wheat imports from Ukraine and Russia.…

France 24

Wins, missteps and lessons: African experts reflect on two years of COVID response

On 11 March 2020, just months after the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was first identified in China, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency of international concern. Over the next two years COVID-19 would go on to infect nearly half a billion people, killing over 6 million…

The Conversation

Michael Olise hasn't come to Patrick Vieira for international advice as winger's stock rises

The 20-year-old is eligible to represent England, France, Algeria and Nigeria through his heritage

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Al Jazeera

Fuel shortages disrupt domestic flight schedules in Nigeria

Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and oil producer, is experiencing fuel shortages on a massive scale.

Benzinga

Kewanuee Scientific Wins $17M Contract From Dangote Oil Refinery

Kewanuee Scientific Corp's (NASDAQ:KEQU) Indian subsidiary has secured a $17.3 million contract from Dangote Oil Refinery Company Limited for laboratory furniture and equipment. The Dangote Oil Refinery is a 650,000 barrels per day integrated refinery project under construction in the Lekki Free Zone near Lagos, Nigeria. The Dangote Oil award will be reflected…

Zenger

Ukraine: Nigerian Volunteer Fighters Required To Pay $1,000 For A Visa And Ticket

Meanwhile, Nigerians fleeing Ukraine face racial discrimination.

The Conversation

Nigeria needs a new constitution, not piecemeal adjustments

Nigeria’s Senate and House of Representatives voted on 1 March 2022 on 68 bills seeking to amend the country’s 1999 constitution. Each bill either seeks to amend parts of the constitution or introduce new legislation. The amendments were proposed by the senators and representatives. The chambers agreed separately on some…

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Daily Mirror

Justice Christopher dead: Nigeria's World Cup star who played against England dies aged 40

Former Nigeria international Justice Christopher, who represented his country at the World Cup in 2002 and played against Sven-Goran Eriksson's England, has died aged 40

The Conversation

Mistletoes, locust bean trees and birds work together in Nigeria's forest ecology

Mistletoes are found in a wide range of forest ecosystems. As parasites, they are a fascinating group of plants. They get their nutrition from host plants and are ecosystem engineers, making an impact along food chains.

The Guardian - UK

‘Their weapon is your shame’: toxic abuse from Nigeria’s loan sharks

Unemployment and inflation in Africa’s largest economy is driving the desperate to unscrupulous loan companies

The Conversation

Nigeria's 2022 census is overdue but preparation is in doubt

As Nigeria’s National Population Commission prepares for a national census scheduled for May 2022 – the first since 2006 – The Conversation Africa’s Wale Fatade asked demographer and social statistician Akanni Akinyemi what a census entails and how ready the country is for the exercise.

Reuters

Nigerian Yoruba activist released from prison in Benin

Nigerian activist Sunday Adeyemo, imprisoned in Benin since last year for allegedly plotting an insurrection in Nigeria, has been released under judicial supervision, one of his lawyers said on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Black Women Photographers on what International Women’s Day means to them

We hear from a some of the members of the Black Women Photographers collective, a group facilitating greater diversity in editorial photography

Reuters

Gunmen kill at least 62 vigilantes in Nigeria's Kebbi state

Gunmen ambushed and killed at least 62 members of a volunteer vigilante group in Nigeria's northwestern Kebbi state, the head of the group and a police spokesman said, in the worst violence to hit the state since mid-January.

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