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Uju Anya on the Queen, Jeff Bezos and the family history behind her tweet

The professor sparked outrage when she wished the queen a painful death. She tells the Guardian about the UK’s role in the ‘slaughter’ her mother fled

The Guardian - US

Twenty bus passengers burn to death after horror crash in Nigeria

Only two badly burned people survived the accident at Lanlate in Ibarapa area of Oyo state

Evening Standard

Nigerian separatist leader challenges terrorism charges, court reserves ruling

Nigeria's Court of Appeal on Tuesday reserved judgment after separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu sought to have charges of terrorism and broadcasting falsehoods against him dropped, his lawyers said.

Reuters

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In Nigeria, finding value in waste recycling

Lagos (AFP) - Mounds of waste scattered along roads and vast landfills are a Nigerian eyesore.

AFP

How Nigerian students became 'change agents' in solid waste management

Nigerian cities aren’t managing solid waste effectively. Waste has to be managed all the way from generation to storage, collection, transport, recycling, treatment and disposal. But it is visible everywhere in the country’s cities, presenting a major socio-cultural and environmental challenge.

The Conversation

Five aides killed after gunmen attack Nigerian senator's convoy

Gunmen in Nigeria killed five aides including security personnel during an attack on the convoy of a Nigerian senator in southeastern Anambra state on Sunday evening, the senator's spokesman said on Monday.

Reuters

Ovarian condition that can cause missed menstrual periods and infertility is going undetected in Nigeria

Polycystic ovary syndrome is the most common gynaecological endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age. It affects between 4% and 20% of women globally and is influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Despite its prevalence, it remains a conundrum amongst clinicians and allied health professionals. The Conversation Africa’s Nigeria based…

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'Colonialism wasn’t the Queen’s fault': our Observers react to Elizabeth II's death

As the world reacted to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, our Observers in Commonwealth countries that were once British colonies had mixed reactions. While many said the British monarch played little a role in their day-to-day thoughts in the 21st century, her death brought out feelings that endure decades…

France 24

Napoli Striker Osimhen Out with Thigh Injury

Napoli striker Victor Osimhen will miss the Italian team's home fixture with Spezia on Saturday with a thigh injury, the Serie A club announced. In a statement, Napoli said that the Nigeria forward had hurt the femoral bicep in his right thigh, an injury suffered in the first half of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Niger Delta oil spills bring poverty, low crop yields to farmers

Industry insiders say six decades of oil exploration have made the Niger Delta one of the most polluted places on earth.

Al Jazeera

The King's Horseman, Nigeria's most famous play, is now a Netflix movie: what makes it a classic

Elesin Oba, the King’s Horseman is a new movie coming to Netflix. It is based on Nigeria’s most famous play, Death and the King’s Horseman, written in 1975 by Nobel Prize-winning author, activist and academic Wole Soyinka. Directed by the late Biyi Bandele, the film – in the Yoruba language…

The Conversation

‘A sense of relief’: the Nigerian project helping babies to be born free of HIV

Lafiyan Yara is reducing transmission by training women to spot underlying issues and carry out tests

The Guardian - UK

17 strikes in 23 years: a unionist explains why Nigeria’s university lecturers won’t back down

Lecturers at Nigeria’s public universities have been on strike 16 times since 1999. On 14 February 2022 they went back on strike to make it the 17th. Only 11 of Nigeria’s 59 state universities haven’t taken part in the current strike action. The Conversation Africa asked Dele Ashiru, a lecturer…

The Conversation

Nigeria seizes donkey penises to be smuggled to Hong Kong

Nigerian officials say they have seized thousands of donkey penises that were about to be exported to Hong Kong

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Reuters

Nigerian oil workers threaten to strike if govt doesn't stem theft

Members of a Nigerian oil workers' union are threatening to go on strike if the government does not do more to stem widespread oil theft they say is putting their safety at risk and has cut exports by hundreds of thousands of barrels.

The Conversation

WTO head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: how trade can help beat inequality

In a recent study South Africa was identified as ranking first of 164 countries in the World Bank’s global poverty database. Underlying this inequality is its very high rates of unemployment. Professor Dori Posel spoke to World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala about why trade is important…

Daily Mirror

Catfish stole £17,000 from woman who he says has now 'adopted him like a son'

Reformed fraudster Chris Bamibeli was attending university in Nigeria's Ekiti state when he started using a VPN and popular dating apps to target lonely older women in the US, UK, Canada and Germany

The Guardian - US

US soccer teams sign equal pay deal after USWNT’s victory over Nigeria

The US soccer teams have formally signed the collective bargaining agreements struck in May with US Soccer that gives players on both sides equal pay

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Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle spark U.S. women's soccer team to 2-1 win over Nigeria

WASHINGTON — The U.S. women’s soccer team has a long history of playing two-game home series against opponents and being tested more in the second game than the first. That was the case again Tuesday, as the Americans had to fight for a 2-1 win over Nigeria at Audi Field…

Reuters

Nigeria's Rivers state police free 15 children abducted for trafficking

Police in Nigeria's Rivers state rescued 15 children who were abducted in order to be trafficked, police said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Hindu

2 Nigerians held for cyber-looting Manjeri coop. bank

Fraudsters steal ₹70 lakh from four accounts of the bank

Al Jazeera

‘Accidental’ Nigerian military air raid survivors still in grief

Civilian fatalities from military air raids in conflict areas across northern Nigeria are a recurring problem.

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Kvaradona' Leading Upbeat Napoli's Charge against Liverpool

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is the name dancing around Napoli fans' lips thanks to a stunning start to life in Italy which has swept away the summertime blues ahead of Wednesday's visit of Liverpool. Kvaratskhelia has been nicknamed "Kvaradona" after scoring four times and setting up another goal in the first five…

AFP

African players in Europe: Nigerians among the goals

Paris (AFP) - Nigerians Kelechi Iheanacho and Umar Sadiq were among the Africans who scored in the major European leagues at the weekend.

Daily Record

Top cops' warning to drug mules after man who swallowed 1kg of cocaine is jailed

Nigerian Emeka Ugwu, 44, was jailed last month after admitting bringing cocaine worth £28,000 into Scotland.

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