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The Latest Breaking News from Nigeria

Migrants returned on charter flight to Nigeria and Ghana

The move comes as part of Government plans to ‘restore order’ in the immigration system.

The Independent UK

The new CEO of the Philippines’ largest telco says his Nigeria and India experience taught him to 'never underestimate' any market

Carl Raymond Cruz, the new CEO of Globe Telecom, also admits his "bias" for Indian companies, thanks to their "rigor" and "operational intensity."

Fortune

‘I like pushing boundaries’: Yinka Shonibare on his landmark art show in Madagascar

The British-Nigerian artist explores colonialism and connection in his first major solo exhibition in Africa. Plus, a grime MC goes oyster farming

The Guardian - UK

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‘The devil wants this pattern of mass death repeated’: Actors Guild of Nigeria calls for better regulation after two actors die

After two actors died in Owerri, Imo State, AGN head Emeka Rollas drew comparisons to events last year, when popular Nollywood actor Junior Pope drowned

The Guardian - UK

Nigeria’s growing security crisis: 6 essential reads

Unidentified people attacked a community in Plateau State, Nigeria’s north central region, in mid-April, killing at least 52 residents. A similar attack in the same state claimed 48 lives earlier in the month.

The Conversation

Afro-Brazilian Carnival Celebrates Cultural Kinship In Lagos

Thousands of young and old descendants of formerly enslaved people donned elaborate costumes Sunday to bring the rhythm, vibrancy and colours of Brazil's Rio Carnival to the streets of Lagos in Nigeria.

International Business Times

In Nigeria’s floating slum, ‘The Herds’ tour spotlights climate change where it's felt the most

Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos

The Independent UK

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‘Performing is not some gigantic thing – it’s just me breathing’: Obongjayar on the journey from shyness to stardom

Ahead of the release of his spectacular second album, the Nigerian singer speaks of his recent songwriting epiphany and how he learned to best express his political rage

The Guardian - UK

‘I love my country but nobody is safe’: the plight of Cameroon’s exiles, trapped in Nigeria

English-speaking minority refugees caught up in clashes between the military and separatists are stranded in neighbouring country

The Guardian - UK

Herder-farmer clashes in Nigeria kill at least 56

Deadly clashes between nomads and farmers have multiplied recently in the Benue and Plateau states.

Al Jazeera

AP PHOTOS: Holy Week celebrations around the world

Christians are celebrating Holy Week with processions and reenactments in places like Jerusalem, Brazil, Nigeria, India, Mexico and Philippines.

The Independent UK

Nigerian Mixed-faith Families Sense Danger As Violence Flares

When the news came through of yet another massacre in the countryside in Nigeria's volatile Plateau state, local Christian Jamaima Haruna was terrified for her Muslim husband.

International Business Times

Attack by gunmen leaves at least 40 people dead in Nigeria, the country's president says

Nigeria’s president says that at least 40 people were killed when Muslim gunmen, believed to be herders, attacked a Christian farming community in the north-central part of the country, the latest in a spate of increasingly sectarian violence in the West African country

The Independent UK

A roadside bomb kills 8 bus passengers in northeast Nigeria

Authorities in Nigeria say eight bus passengers were killed and more than a dozen others wounded in a roadside bomb explosion

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Nigeria bans song critical of President Bolo Tinubu's economic policies

Authorities in Nigeria have barred radio and TV stations from playing Tell Your Papa – a song critical of President Tinubu and his administration’s economic policies.

Evening Standard

Victor Osimhen 'perfect' for Arsenal amid doubts over Alexander Isak transfer and Viktor Gyokeres 'agreement'

Nigeria international has enjoyed a fruitful spell in Turkey

The Independent UK

A song critical of Nigeria's president is barred from airwaves

Authorities in Nigeria have barred radio stations from playing a song critical of President Bola Tinubu and his administration’s policies

Dynamite News

Drug cartel exploiting student visas busted in Delhi; Heroin worth over Rs 1 crore seized

Two foreign nationals, identified as Humphrey Muwong (33) from Uganda and Chukwu Ebuka Umeh (36) from Nigeria, have been arrested and 700 grams of high-grade heroin worth over Rs 1 crore has been seized. Read further on Dynamite News:

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International Business Times

Cash-strapped Nigerians Turn To YouTube For Entertainment

"Love in Every Word", a movie by Nigerian filmmaker Omoni Oboli, racked up over 20 million views on YouTube in the first three months of this year, like many Nollywood productions.

The Independent UK

151 dead as Nigeria struggles with rapidly spreading outbreak

Local partners have described the recent rise in fatalities as ‘alarming’

The Independent UK

Nigeria struggles to rein in a widespread meningitis outbreak that has killed at least 150

Nigerian health authorities are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 151 people across the west African nation, mostly in remote parts of the northern region with children affected the most

Dynamite News

Suspected gunmen attacks kill 52 in Nigeria

The attacks since Wednesday night have caused panic across communities in the Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. Read further on Dynamite News:

International Business Times

Intercommunal Violence Kills Dozens In Central Nigeria

Suspected intercommunal violence in Nigeria's north-central Plateau state earlier this week has killed more than 40 people, officials told AFP on Friday.

Al Jazeera

Have Trump’s tariffs killed US-Africa preferential trade?

The AGOA framework that saw African countries export duty free to the US is as good as dead, experts say.

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP's story on safety concerns about Shell's fleet of oil production ships

A huge oil spill in 2011 from the Bonga, a floating oil production vessel off the coast of Nigeria owned by Shell, was one of the worst there in a decade

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