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Nigeria’s currency redesign and withdrawal limits: questionable policy and bad timing

The Central Bank of Nigeria launched new banknotes in November 2022. The new notes came into effect on 15 December 2022.

The Conversation

Murder, kidnapping and arson: Nigerian pirates switch targets from ships to shore

More security around the country’s coast means attacks on commercial vessels have dropped – but small fishing communities are facing brutal assault

The Guardian - UK

Nigeria elections: Edited video of presidential hopeful Peter Obi goes viral

Less than a month ahead of presidential elections in Nigeria, some social media users are sharing a doctored video of candidate Peter Obi, in which he allegedly exaggerates poverty statistics in his favour during his time as governor of Anambra State. We tell you more in this edition of Truth…

France 24

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Nigeria presidential hopeful Obi pledges to fight corruption

A leading Nigerian presidential candidate is pledging to fight the endemic corruption that has stifled growth for many years

The Independent UK

Nigeria's university system needs radical reform: student loans for more than 100 million people might be a good place to start

Amid strikes by Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities, one thing is clear: the current funding model for the country’s public universities is broken. The government’s new Higher Education Bill aims to fix it.

The Conversation

Who is Terem Moffi? Lorient’s Nigerian striker profiled after West Ham make £20m bid

West Ham United have made a £20million bid to sign striker Terem Moffi from Ligue 1 side Lorient and here is a look at the 23-year-old who is flying in France this season

Football London

Catholic priest burned to death, another shot in north Nigeria

Gunmen burned a Catholic priest to death and shot and injured his colleague in northwest Nigeria on Sunday, police said, the latest violence raising concerns about security ahead of an election next month.

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Nigeria's female bouncers show their strength fighting stereotypes

Emem Thomas employs women of a certain weight and shape to her Dragon Squad security team, creating a safe space for plus-size women to excel in a traditionally male-dominated field.

ABC News

How men can help by becoming allies in the push for equality

As self-described misogynist, Andrew Tate, finds himself in jail, Annette Young talks to Sophie Gallagher, the UK author of 'How Men Can Help' about the dire need for men to become allies in making the world a more equal place. Also how Nepal is one of the most dangerous countries…

France 24

Nigeria's female bouncers show their strength fighting stereotypes

For years, Emem Thomas' body drew snarky remarks from slimmer classmates in southern Nigeria that shattered her confidence and natural affability.

Reuters

Armed men kidnap 32 passengers from Nigeria train station leaving several injured

Armed men attacked the station in Igueben town in Edo State, abducting an unknown number of people waiting to board, said Chidi Nwabuzor, the police spokesman for Edo State, in a statement

Daily Mirror

Gunmen kidnap 32 people from southern Nigeria train station

Gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles have abducted more than 30 people from a train station in Nigeria's southern Edo state, the governor's office said on Sunday.

Reuters

Five key elections coming in 2023

Argentina, Nigeria and Turkey will hold crucial elections, with inflation, corruption and democracy on the ballot

Salon

Nigerian cruise to TikTokCore: five new music genres to listen to in 2023

Will 2023 be the year for Jersey drill or Nigerian cruise? We look at the new pop genres about to burst through to the mainstream

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Six climate breakthroughs that made 2022 a step toward net zero

The damage caused by climate change over this past year was at times so immense it was hard to comprehend. In Pakistan alone, extreme summer flooding killed thousands, displaced millions and caused over $40 billion in losses. Fall floods in Nigeria killed hundreds and displaced over 1 million people. Droughts…

The Conversation

Nigeria has a coastal litter problem: it's time to clean up

Bottles. Plastic bags. Surgical facemasks. These are just some of the 29,029 items we found along the 180km Araromi coastline Nigeria in nine months while studying marine litter. The litter weighed in at a hefty 465.54kg.

Daily Mirror

Pele once 'stopped a war' as temporary ceasefire was called to welcome Brazilian hero

Brazil legend Pele passed away aged 82 on Thursday following a battle with cancer - leaving millions of people to mourn the loss of one of football's greatest ever stars

The Independent UK

‘I think of them’: Abducted Nigerian schoolgirls remembered

On April 14, 2014, fighters for the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram stormed a school in the Chibok community of Nigeria's Borno state and abducted 276 girls who had been preparing for science exams

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The Independent UK

At least 14 dead and 24 injured after car slams into crowd at Nigeria’s popular biker carnival

Disturbing photos on social media show bodies lying at the carnival venue

Al Jazeera

At least seven people killed as car rams into carnival in Nigeria

Dozens also injured when driver ‘loses control’ of vehicle and smashes into crowd in southeastern port city of Calabar.

Daily Mirror

Car crashes into crowd at large street party leaving seven dead and many injured

Thousands had gathered to watch a bikers' parade at the Calabar carnival in Nigeria on Tuesday when a car ploughed through leaving bodies scattered along the road

The Conversation

Nigeria insecurity: 2022 was a bad year and points to need for major reforms

2022 has been an eventful year in Nigeria. For one thing, it’s been the precursor to the country’s general elections, which are due to be held in the first quarter of 2023. That’s a massive endeavour on its own. What is more, electoral campaigns and related activities are happening against…

Al Jazeera

‘Communion with creatives’: Literary events flourish in Nigeria

New literary festivals are springing up in Nigeria, inspiring an evolving community of more book-loving Africans.

Reuters

Nigeria dance carnival helps residents reclaim the streets

In a street in a poor neighbourhood of Lagos, a bare-chested young man, Gift Eze, holds his screaming partner, helping calm the rage within and stop him fighting.

The Conversation

Afrobeats in 2022: global mobility, election songs, placemaking albums – and Tems

More than Nollywood films, Afrobeats is arguably Nigeria’s strongest cultural export since the turn of the millennium. It is a hugely dynamic music category that incorporates a range of moods, languages, styles, and existing genres. To understand its impact, a cultural connoisseur has equated good Afrobeats music with well-made, smoky…

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