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Nigeria begins hearing presidential election challenge next week

Nigeria's election tribunal will on Monday start hearing opposition petitions challenging president-elect Bola Tinubu's victory in the disputed February presidential vote, court records showed on Friday.

Reuters · May 5, 2023

How UK police busted Nigerian senator’s organ harvesting plot at the last minute: ‘It was like a movie’

The 21-year-old victim was plucked from the streets of Lagos and promised a better life – but the reality was much different, as Thomas Kingsley reports

The Independent UK · May 5, 2023

Victim hits back as Nigerian politician jailed for UK organ trafficking plot: ‘My body is not for sale’

The judge told the defendants: ‘You each played a part in that despicable trade’

The Independent UK · May 5, 2023

Raiders add DL David Ebuka Agoha as part of NFL International Pathway Program

Nigerian EDGE David Ebuka Agoha joins Raiders

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 4, 2023

Nigeria's fuel subsidy: it's time to kill it and spend the money in ways that benefit the poor

Nigerians are being hit from all sides by a combination of factors that are making their lives increasingly difficult. These include rising cost of living which is reflected in double-digit inflation, stagnant wages, non-payment or the late payment of salaries, a cash crunch and fuel scarcity.

The Conversation · May 4, 2023

Nightmare in Sudan: African expats struggle to find way out

Nigerian law student Umar Yusuf Yaru was relaxing in his apartment when he first heard gunfire last month in his Khartoum neighbourhood.

Reuters · May 4, 2023

Nigerian niqab-wearing chef seeks to break stereotypes about Muslim women

(This May 4 story has been corrected to change the name of Muslim face veil in the headline and paragraph 1, reword paragraph 1 to clarify that not all Muslim women wear niqabs, and add explanation of hijab in paragraph 5)

Reuters · May 4, 2023

Asylum seekers whose applications fail are mainly deported to Britain, Nigeria or Pakistan

Exclusive: The Department of Justice revealed some people who are ordered to leave Ireland don’t alert the authorities about their departure after they receive a deportation order – so are not reflected in the numbers

Irish Mirror · May 4, 2023

Nigeria Evacuates Hundreds of Citizens from Hard-hit Sudan

Hundreds of Nigerians fleeing the fighting in Sudan were evacuated and brought back to the West African nation late Wednesday after days of delays that left many of them stranded in the desert and at the Egyptian border. More than 370 Nigerians, many of them students, arrived in the capital…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 4, 2023

Nigeria's elections faced five serious challenges - how to fix them before the next polls

Nigerians will see their new president-elect, Bola Tinubu, sworn in late May. A number of court cases are still being pursued against the election outcomes from votes cast earlier this year, but these aren’t expected to affect the inauguration.

The Conversation · May 3, 2023