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Nigerian police urged to be 'humane' as they tighten security

Nigerian police are to tighten security at schools and hospitals and conduct stop and search operations in a bid to stamp out increasing gang attacks, they said on Sunday, at the same time as being urged to be "professional and humane".

Reuters

Nigeria's next president faces a collapsing security situation: five things he can do

Election season in Nigeria is an interesting time. It is, expectedly, characterised by heated contestations and conversations that are inherently partisan.

The Conversation

My brother made it in Lagos — and taught me lessons about my life in London

The author Chibundu Onuzo reflects on her older brother's path to success after leaving the U.K. for their native Nigeria — and wonders whether she should consider joining him.

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Nigerian woman with foreign travel history makes it fifth monkeypox case in Delhi

Four persons, including two women, are admitted to the LNJP Hospital with monkeypox while one patient was discharged from the facility.

The Hindu

Nottingham Forest in £20m Emmanuel Dennis talks with Watford set to bank huge profit on Nigeria star

Watford are set to bank £20million by selling forward Emmanuel Dennis to Nottingham Forest.

Evening Standard

How Burna Boy set the world alight with his mixed brew of influences

Nigerian Afrobeats star Burna Boy burst onto the global stage in 2018 with a slew of irresistible hits on his third album, Outside, accompanied by mandatory fiendish good looks and charm. Grammy and BET awards helped firm up his status within a highly competitive global music industry.

The Conversation

Buried, murdered couple may have links to drug smugglers, say police

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The slain Vietnamese woman and Nigerian man recently found buried in Chok Chai district were lovers, and their deaths may be linked to transnational crystal methamphetamine trafficking, according to police.

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Berkane set to face Nigerian club in quest for third CAF Cup title

Johannesburg (AFP) - Moroccan club Renaissance Berkane will launch their bid for a record-equalling third CAF Confederation Cup title against Kwara United of Nigeria or AS Douanes of Niger.

AFP

Nigerian clubs out of luck in CAF Champions League draws

Johannesburg (AFP) - Hopes of Nigerian clubs making an impact in the CAF Champions League this season were dealt a double blow when the draws for the preliminary and last-32 rounds were made in Cairo on Tuesday.

AFP

Atiku Abubakar: Nigeria's perennial presidential candidate is back on the stump

Atiku Abubakar is the candidate for Nigeria’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party, in the 2023 presidential election.

The Conversation

Nigeria arrests suspects in Catholic church massacre -local TV

Nigeria has arrested suspects in an Islamist militant attack in a Catholic church that killed 40 people two months ago, Chief of Defence Staff General Leo Irabor told local media on Tuesday.

Reuters

Sequencing West Africa's "yam belt" for food security

Stacks of hairy yams line a market in Ibadan, where traders haggle over quality and price before loading them into cars for the last mile to Nigerian consumers. Nearby, a man navigates heavy traffic with a hand cart piled high with the tubers.

Reuters

A London Museum Is Returning Artefacts Stolen From Nigeria Better 125 Yrs Late Than Never

Ok British Museum, now u.

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'Bigger than me': Vikings with African heritage part of growing wave in NFL

Rookie linebacker Brian Asamoah's Ghanaian heritage is at the forefront of every step he takes during Vikings practices.

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Jackie Aina apologises for naming candle after Nigerian protest slogan

Sòro Sókè candle has been pulled from retailers

WEKU

A London museum agrees to return more than 70 pieces of looted Nigerian art

The Horniman Museum promised to repatriate a trove of artifacts, which include objects known as Benin bronzes, looted from West Africa during a British military invasion in 1897.

Reuters

London's Horniman Museum to return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

London's Horniman Museum said on Sunday it would return 72 artefacts, including 12 brass plaques known as Benin Bronzes, looted from Benin City by British soldiers in 1897 to the Nigerian government.

The Independent UK

UK museum agrees to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

A London museum has agreed to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th century from what is now Nigeria as cultural institutions throughout Britain come under pressure to repatriate artifacts acquired during the colonial era

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The Guardian - UK

London museum to return 72 Benin treasures to Nigeria

Horniman museum is first government-funded institution to hand back artefacts looted by British forces in 1897

The Independent UK

Museum to return ownership of looted items as ‘moral’ thing to do

The items were taken from Benin City by British troops in February 1897.

The Independent UK

Jackie Aina apologises for naming candle after Nigerian protest slogan

Sòro Sókè candle has been pulled from retailers

The Hindu

Commonwealth Games 2022 | Bhavina Patel wins gold, Sonalben bags bronze in para TT

Bhavina Patel from Gujarat, who had won a silver at Tokyo Paralympics, prevailed 12-10 11-2 11-9 over Nigeria's Ifechukwude Christiana Ikpeoyi to cap off a superb show at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

The Independent UK

Role of race contested in killing of Nigerian man in Italy

Black Italians marched through a well-to-do Adriatic beach town Saturday demanding that authorities reverse themselves and recognize the role of race in the brutal daylight killing of a 39-year-old Nigerian immigrant

The Hindu

Commonwealth Games 2022 | Para athlete Bhavina Patel storms into table tennis final, assured of a medal

The 35-year-old Gujarat paddler will take on Nigeria's Christiana Ikpeoyi in the final on Saturday.

Reuters

Nigeria asks Google to block banned groups from YouTube

Nigeria asked Google to block the use of YouTube channels and livestreams by banned groups and terrorist organizations in the country, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Thursday.

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