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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 · Aug 9, 2022

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 · Aug 9, 2022

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

Ok British Museum, now u.

Pedestrian.tv · Aug 9, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2022

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 Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022

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 · Aug 7, 2022

Jackie Aina apologises for naming candle after Nigerian protest slogan

Sòro Sókè candle has been pulled from retailers

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2022

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 Hindu · Aug 6, 2022

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 Independent UK · Aug 6, 2022

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.

The Hindu · Aug 5, 2022