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‘If I could be teleported to any beach, this would be it’: readers choose their favourite European beaches

Seaside idylls from Île de Ré to eastern Crete feature as our tipsters report that even popular destinations such as Menorca and Sicily have their quieter spots

The Guardian - UK

Noisy, performative and unapologetically non-European: Nigeria welcomes a museum like no other

The John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Lagos ‘pops with colour and sound’ in a dazzling departure from the colonial model

The Guardian - UK

‘The model loved the departure from traditional portraiture’ – Kamzy Nuel’s best phone picture

The vibrant colours of Lagos take centre stage in this bold image by the Nigerian photographer

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Jump for joy! How cheerleading conquered the world, from Lagos to Ho Chi Minh City

It has gone from the sidelines of American sport to become a competitive global phenomenon that might one day make the Olympics. We meet the international teams bringing the cheer

The Guardian - UK

Michael Palin In Nigeria: release date, destinations, episode guide, trailer, interview and everything we know

Michael Palin In Nigeria on Channel 5 sees the Monty Python star take a 1300-mile journey across Nigeria.

WhatToWatch

Young Nigerian Lives Dream Of Being A Ballet Dancer

After one viral video in 2020, Nigerian Anthony Madu went from pirouetting on the dusty streets of Lagos to dancing in the corridors of a prestigious British dance school.

International Business Times

Palette to paycheck: the Lagos gallery helping children make a living from their art

The Children’s Art Gallery supports young Nigerian artists from low-income families, helping them sell their work around the world and build a better life

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Travelling alone as a black woman? It doesn't get harder than this

Pelumi Nubi is roadtripping from London to Lagos. She tells Ayan Omar why she’s on a mission to empower other black women to explore the world too

Evening Standard

Afrobeats and modernism: how the concrete ‘ruins’ of Lagos become a stage

We explore the relationship between Afrobeats and modernism in Lagos, as the Nigerian capital’s concrete structures become a stage for the music genre

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Lagos Gets Sci-Fi Treatment In New Disney+ Series

A new animated Disney series set in a futuristic Lagos has won over its first viewers with a Sci-Fi play on life in the Nigerian megacity.

International Business Times

Volta ao Algarve: Gerben Thijssen fastest in opening sprint stage to take first leader's jersey

A messy bunch sprint opens five-day race in Lagos

Cycling News

As it happened: A hectic sprint opener at the Volta ao Algarve

Gerben Thijssen beats Marijn van den Berg to the line after a quiet 200km stage 1

Cycling News

Inside Nollywood: tracing Nigeria’s film history

With plans afoot for a new Lagos museum to preserve Nigeria’s film history, we hear from the collection’s curator

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Empireworld review: A conversation-changing look at the British Empire's worldwide legacy

Sathnam Sanghera wants to play a game with you. He’s visiting a school where the boys wear “spotless white shirts” and “dark-blue blazers”, there’s a Latin motto, an official crest, a house system, and a stirring school song that contains the lyrics “always play the game!” Is he somewhere in…

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International Business Times

Lagos Styrofoam, Plastics Ban Brings Applause And Concern

From trash-strewn pavements to street vendors packing meals in polystyrene containers, plastic waste is a constant menace in the urban landscape of Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital and the continent's most populous city.

Cycling News

Vuelta a España 2024 stage 16 preview - Primož Roglič aims for repeat 'reconquest' of race lead at Lagos de Covadonga

September 3, 2024: Luanco-Lagos de Covadonga, 181km

Al Jazeera

Economic downturn punctures joy of festive season in Nigeria

Festivities have been muted this December in Nigeria as a cost of living crisis reaches new heights.

The Guardian - UK

Party paupers: Nigeria’s financial crisis puts the brakes on ‘Detty December’ celebrations

Lagos loves to wine, dine and dance in the month leading up to Christmas, but soaring prices and rampant inflation mean would-be revellers are staying home

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Egusi stew is the ideal comfort food

How a meaningless fight introduced me to purposeful food

Al Jazeera

Finding a fix: Nigerian women lead drive to upcycle plastics

In Nigeria, where plastic pollution is still a huge problem, there is a rise of women-led schemes focused on fixes.

The Conversation

China-Africa relations in 2023: key moments and events to remember

In a year when headlines have been dominated by conflict in Europe and the Middle East, and geo-economic tensions between China and the West, China-Africa relations were, in comparison, a steady and stable norm.

Al Jazeera

Nigerian workers’ wages diminish as inflation rises and gov’t revenue dips

Nigerian public sector workers may earn slightly more than they did years ago, but can afford fewer things than before.

WEKU

Africa's flourishing art scene is a smash hit at Art X

It's Art Month in Nigeria — and a highlight is the celebration of art that is Art X, a wide-ranging fair that highlights "Black portraiture" as well as other creations from the continent.

The Conversation

'One-chance' in Lagos: how criminal gangs rob city commuters

“One-chance” is the name Nigerians use for a form of robbery that takes place in both public and private vehicles when people accept the offer of a ride. It is an organised crime, perpetrated by people who work together, using a strategy of hailing passengers into their waiting vehicle. They…

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Adidas Lagos champions the city’s ‘resilient, adaptable and go-getter resolve’

Adidas Lagos by Tosin Oshinowo opens its smart retrofit of a 1970s building

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