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The lack of reliable electricity severely affects education and businesses in Nigeria

Authorities in Nigeria's northeastern city of Gwoza say at least 18 people have been killed and 30 injured, including 19 seriously, in coordinated attacks by suspected female suicide bombers

The Nigerian writer and film-maker’s last work explores the life story of the enslaved Samuel Àjàyí Crowther, in a novel of triumph over adversity

Moving around a lot as a child taught the 22-year-old to listen and absorb myriad musical influences. Now she’s combined them into a Grammy-nominated cocktail of R&B and Afrobeats and is ready to conquer Glasto

If I were to tell you that 2024 has already been a hugely significant year for West African food, then where would your mind immediately turn? Might it be Chishuru? The whirling firecracker of a West End restaurant where brilliant, Nigerian-born autodidact Adejoké Bakare (recently named Chef of the Year…

On 9 June 2024 the Lagos State government declared a cholera outbreak. Three days later, it announced that 324 suspected cases had been reported in the state, including 15 people who died and 40 who were discharged after treatment. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported that as…

Crimes that were previously associated with Nigeria’s northern region – like kidnapping for ransom and terrorism – appear to be spreading to the south-west region, including Lagos. Adewumi Badiora, an urban and community safety researcher, outlines urgent steps that must be taken to keep banditry and insecurity out of Lagos.

Proliferation of airport projects is at odds with concentration of air passenger traffic

A Nigerian could soon make it to space for the first time ever, via Jeff Bezos' aerospace company Blue Origin.