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Bola Tinubu is the new chair of ECOWAS - the burning issues that face the Nigerian president

Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was elected as chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on 9 July 2023. He took over from President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau.

The Conversation

Climate and violence hobble Nigeria's push to rely on its own wheat after the hit from Russia's war

Nigeria is trying to make Africa’s largest economy reliant on its own wheat production

The Independent UK

Africa at the Women’s World Cup football: Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco and Zambia could cause upsets

Morocco and Zambia are making their Fifa Women’s World Cup debut in 2023. South Africa must recover their morale after a pay dispute and Nigeria once again leads the charge for the continent.

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Nigerian petrol prices reach record high after subsidy removal

The removal in May has triggered skyrocketing fuel prices in Africa’s largest oil producer.

Al Jazeera

World Cup 2023 fixtures from England vs Haiti to route to the final

England will go into the World Cup as one of the tournament favourites after winning the Euros

The Independent UK

FIFA Women’s World Cup start date, fixtures and full schedule

The 2023 World Cup kicks off this weekend with England one of the favourites after summer success at the Euros

The Independent UK

They Eat Our Sweat - new book exposes daily struggles of transport workers in Lagos

Daniel E. Agbiboa’s book They Eat Our Sweat: Transport Labor, Corruption, and Everyday Survival in Urban Nigeria explores the world of drivers of minibuses (danfo) and motorcycles (okada) in Lagos, the economic capital of Nigeria. Agbiboa is assistant professor of African and African American studies at Harvard University. His research…

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2023 World Cup: Getting to know Team Nigeria

Meet Nigeria's women's national team.

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Afrobeats superstar Wizkid: ‘I’m here to steer the new generation – we’re the kings now’

Ahead of his huge gig in London this month, the ‘Star Boy’ talks about how music saved his life, how he sometimes feels like God and how his mum made him a go-getter

Evening Standard

Latest blasphemy killing highlights Nigeria’s problem with religious extremism

Police are yet to make arrests after a butcher was stoned to death by a mob for perceived insult to Islam

The Guardian - UK

Suspended Nigeria central bank governor charged after weeks in detention

Nigeria’s secret police say charges have been filed against the suspended central bank governor more than a month after he was taken into custody

The Independent UK

Nigerian leader plans $10 monthly handout to poor households after gas subsidy ends

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has told federal legislators that his government plans to pay $10 every month to poor households to ease the hardship caused by his administration’s removal of subsidies for gasoline

The Independent UK

Nigerians are rattled by prices that just keep going up. How are they coping?

When the government ended its fuel subsidy in May, the cost of gas, food and public transport all jumped. On buses, customers double up in seats — "lapping' they call it — to split a fare.

WEKU

Nigerian court orders gov’t to release or charge central bank chief

Government lawyers say they secured a lower magistrate court order to hold Godwin Emefiele during investigation.

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The Independent UK

The inspiration behind Australia’s shot at home World Cup glory

Group B preview: The co-hosts Australia are joined in the ‘group of death’ by Canada, Nigeria and the Republic of Ireland

The National (Scotland)

Leon Balogun's return to Rangers confirmed by club

The Nigerian international returns to Ibrox after a year away from the club at QPR in the English Championship.

Dynamite News

6 killed, 14 injured in southern Nigeria road accident

At least six people were killed, and 14 others sustained varying degrees of injuries following a road accident involving multiple vehicles in Nigeria's southern state of Enugu on Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Daily Record

Cyriel Dessers ready for Rangers rough stuff after Serie A school of hard knocks steeled him for Scotland

The new Nigerian striker is used to playing the pain game against tough opponents in Italy.

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The Conversation

Nigeria’s growing population can be an advantage, with better data and a policy focus on young people

Nigeria’s population is currently estimated at over 222 million, with the median age - the age at the midpoint of the population - 18.1 years. This poses challenges and opportunities. Akanni Akinyemi explains in this interview with The Conversation Africa that better data and greater focus on its huge young…

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Nigeria's president Tinubu named as new chair of Ecowas

West African heads of states have chosen Nigeria's newly elected President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead the Ecowas regional bloc for the next year, replacing Guinea-Bissau's leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo.

The Guardian - UK

Anger and accusations as Nigeria’s World Cup preparations unravel

Coach Randy Waldrum has accused the Nigerian federation of failing to pay wages, while players have threatened a boycott

WEKU

New malaria vaccine offers a ray of hope to Nigeria. There's just one thing ...

The country's toll makes up nearly a third of the world's 619,000 malaria deaths each year. Now Nigeria has approved a new vaccine. Will it get into the arms of those who need it most?

The National (Scotland)

Dessers backed for Rangers success as league 'not as strong'

Nigeria hero Garba Lawal has backed new Rangers signing Cyriel Dessers to score for fun in Scotland.

Al Jazeera

‘I knew it was a risk’: A Nigerian migrant sex worker in Ghana

How one woman made a desperate cross-border sacrifice to build a better life for her family and get them out of poverty.

Al Jazeera

World Population Day: What will the world look like in 2050?

By 2050, after India and China, Nigeria is expected to become the world’s third most populous nation.

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