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World Cup final 16: African performances mark a definitive moment in football

For Africa to have multiple teams go beyond the group phase to reach the Round of 16 in a World Cup is a milestone. The remarkable result at the 2022 men’s Fifa World Cup in Qatar – which saw Senegal and Morocco move into the knockout stage is Africa’s best…

The Conversation

Nigeria's $11 billion London trial will expose corruption, court hears

A British lawyer representing Nigeria in a London court case in which $11 billion are at stake said on Friday the trial would reveal corruption "on an industrial scale", not only of Nigerian officials but also of British lawyers.

Reuters

Human Rights Organizations Warn of Houthis' Obstruction of Girls Education in Yemen

Arab and regional human rights organizations warned that the Houthis in Yemen, the Taliban in Afghanistan, and Boko Haram in Nigeria obstructed girls' education. Coinciding with the UN's awareness campaign of "16 Days against Gender-Based Violence," the organizations held a seminar on "Girls' Education in the Islamic World" in Cairo.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Nigeria junior schools to teach in local languages, not English

The new policy is to promote the use of Nigeria’s 625 local languages, but implementation remains uncertain.

Al Jazeera

Three migrants arrived in Spain on tanker rudder seek asylum

Three migrants who arrived to the Canary Islands from Nigeria after enduring 11 days on a tanker rudder have asked for asylum in Spain, local authorities said on Wednesday.

Reuters

COVID deepened inequalities in HIV treatment: what we learnt in Nigeria

The 2022 World AIDS Day theme is Equalize. The reason for this focus is that HIV reflects economic and social inequity. People with low socio-economic status are worst affected by the epidemic. Also, the worst impacts of the HIV epidemic are found in the least developed countries and the most…

The Conversation

NGO asks Spain to halt possible return of Nigerian stowaways

A human rights organization is asking the Spanish government to halt the potential return to Nigeria of three men found traveling on an oil tanker’s rudder after an 11-day ocean voyage from Lagos, Nigeria to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands

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Growing number of nurses join UK register from 'red list' recruitment countries

Experts express fears that bolstering the NHS could leave nations like Nigeria and Ghana short on healthcare professionals

Wales Online

Increasing number of nurses join UK register from ‘red list’ countries

The NMC said that the UK should not exacerbate nursing workforce shortages in other countries.

The Independent UK

Italy, Russia and Ukraine: Which countries are missing from the World Cup?

Egypt, Nigeria and Chile just some of the other big names missing out in Qatar

The Independent UK

Stowaways make an 11-day 2,000-mile voyage clinging to ship's rudder inches from water

Three stowaways travelled from Nigeria to the Canary Islands on oil tanker Alithini II by sitting on the rudder with their feet just inches from the water for 11 days

Daily Mirror

Nigeria stowaways who survived 11 days on ship rudder ‘must return home’

The ship set sail from Lagos on 17 November

The Independent UK

Stowaways on tanker from Nigeria set for deportation from Spain

Two of three stowaways who were rescued in Spain's Canary Islands after enduring 11 days on the rudder of a fuel tanker from Nigeria have been returned to the ship with the aim of deporting them.

Reuters

Stowaways travel from Nigeria to Canary Islands on ship’s rudder

The three men rescued by the Spanish coastguard after 11 days at sea showed symptoms of dehydration and hypothermia.

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Stowaways survive 11-day voyage from Nigeria to Canary Islands perched on oil tanker’s rudder

The three men were taken to hospital suffering signs of hypothermia and dehydration

The Independent UK

Stowaways found on a ship's rudder in Spain's Canary Islands

Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service says it has rescued three stowaways traveling on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after the vessel sailed there from Nigeria

The Guardian - UK

‘I get this rush of sadness’: is a wave of youth migration threatening the Nigerian way of life?

Lack of opportunities, corruption and insecurity are driving younger people abroad – and is tearing the very fabric of the country’s culture

The Guardian - UK

Men survive 11 days on rudder of ship travelling from Nigeria to Canary Islands

The three stowaways were rescued by the Spanish Coastguard in Las Palmas on Monday

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Reuters

Spanish coastguard rescues three African migrants stowed away on ship's rudder

The Spanish coastguard said it rescued three migrants stowed away on the rudder of a ship that arrived in the Canary Islands from Nigeria.

The Independent UK

London museum returns looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria

There are questions about whether thousands of items which are held at institutions globally, including the British Museum, will ever be sent back.

The Guardian - UK

London museum returns looted Benin City artefacts to Nigeria

Six objects stolen by British soldiers in 19th century are handed over in ceremony at Horniman Museum

360info

To change corrupt behaviour, change the message

Telling people not to do something because everybody's doing it will often backfire.

Reuters

Nigeria's Lagos shortlists Mota-Engil, Chinese ventures for $2.5 billion bridge

A consortium led by Portugal's builder Mota-Engil and two Chinese ventures has been shortlisted by Nigeria's Lagos state to build a $2.5 billion bridge that is expected to relieve severe congestion in the mega city, an official said on Sunday.

Radio France Internationale

Paris exhibition celebrates Fela Kuti, the rebel king of Afrobeat

The Paris Philharmonie is paying homage to Fela Kuti, pioneer of Afrobeat – a musical current that emerged from Nigeria in a swirl of postcolonial enthusiasm, experimentation and political rebellion. A major exhibition traces the origins of Fela Kuti's pan-African activism and his lasting influence.

Al Jazeera

‘I was desperate’: Young job seekers scammed, abused in Nigeria

Predators and fraudsters are exploiting vulnerable unemployed Nigerians, and the costs are sometimes deadly.

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