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Nigeria commences US extradition of officer linked to $1.1m fraud

Nigerian authorities had previously been accused of shielding the senior police officer from the law at home and abroad.

Al Jazeera

Sumy: more than 500 international students trapped in Ukrainian town battered by shelling

Students, mostly Nigerian, stranded in town 40km from the northeast border which has become a war zone

The Guardian - UK

Emeka Anyaoku: portrait of a skilled diplomat who graced Nigeria, Africa and the globe

Few Nigerians have distinguished themselves to their compatriots and the world so much and for so long as Chief Emeka Anyaoku.

The Conversation

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More than 200 gunmen killed in Nigeria security operation -official

At least 200 gunmen were killed in the past three days in Nigeria's central-northern state of Niger during a security operation to clear armed gangs from the area, a state commissioner said on Thursday.

Reuters

Hosts Opals draw tough FIBA World Cup pool

The Opals will have their work cut out in the FIBA World Cup in Sydney, drawn in a tough pool against France, Canada, Japan, Nigeria and Serbia.

AAP

Nigeria organises airlifts for its citizens trapped in countries bordering Ukraine

The Nigerian government has chartered three jets from local carriers Max Air and Airpeace in an effort to bring back home their citizens stranded in Poland, Hungary and Romania, according to Nigeria’s foreign ministry.

Radio France Internationale

Nigerian women protest parliament rejection of pro-equality bills

The women were demonstrating against a parliamentary vote discarding five bills to grant Nigerian women more autonomy.

Al Jazeera

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Analysis: Can Nigeria’s new electoral law inspire a new era?

For years, Nigeria’s president repeatedly rejected amendments to the electoral law and his approval may not change much.

Al Jazeera

Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu review – looking for love

History repeats in this story of two gay British-Nigerian friends exploring race and masculinity

The Guardian - UK

Nigerian Senate rejects diaspora vote, special seats for women

Nigeria's Senate on Tuesday voted to reject changes to the constitution to allow citizens living abroad to vote in national elections, while a provision to allocate special seats for women to increase their political representation failed to pass.

Reuters

Future evolution: from looks to brains and personality, how will humans change in the next 10,000 years?

READER QUESTION: If humans don’t die out in a climate apocalypse or asteroid impact in the next 10,000 years, are we likely to evolve further into a more advanced species than what we are at the moment? Harry Bonas, 57, Nigeria

The Conversation

The challenges of governing Lagos, the city that keeps growing

From its historical origins as a fishing village and the site of a pepper farm, to today’s bustling metropolis, Lagos has evolved into a complex agglomeration of people, settlements and vested interests.

The Conversation

Analysis: Can African gas replace Russian supplies to Europe?

A lack of infrastructure, not capacity, could hurt the continent’s plan to supply gas to Europe in Russia’s stead.

Al Jazeera

Boko Haram and ISWAP are kidnapping children to train as soldiers and merciless killers

At the age of 14, Halima Audu, was held captive at a Boko Haram camp where she witnessed several girls being sent to detonate explosives in crowded places such as markets. She said even a nine-year-old girl was sent on a suicide mission.

Radio France Internationale

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Saudi Crown Prince, Nigerian President Discuss Bilateral Ties

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, held telephone talks on Monday with President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari. Talks focused on bilateral relations and opportunities of cooperation between the Kingdom and Nigeria and ways to develop them.

France 24

‘Pushed back because we’re Black’: Africans stranded at Ukraine-Poland border

Nigeria and South Africa have expressed alarm at reports that their nationals are being stopped from leaving war-torn Ukraine. At Lviv train station, in western Ukraine, FRANCE 24 met several African students who say they were pushed back at the Medyka border crossing with Poland.

The Guardian - UK

Nigeria condemns treatment of Africans trying to flee Ukraine

Government says citizens’ access to Polish border impeded amid growing reports of discrimination

Reuters

Nigerian floating slum braces for more storm damage

When his boat capsized during a storm last year, Nigerian fisherman Tanti Leon clung to its upturned hull with his children and wondered if he should give up trying to fish in the waters around Lagos's flood-prone shanty town of Makoko.

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Al Jazeera

Nigeria urges respect towards Africans at Ukrainian border

Increasing reports cite how African citizens are being blocked from crossing into Poland from Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

African students in Ukraine face discrimination as they try to flee fighting

The Nigerian government has called on Ukrainian border officials and those in neighbouring countries on Monday to treat its citizens equally after reports that Africans were being discriminated against while trying to flee from the Russian invasion.

The Conversation

Nigeria's pandemic lockdown measures were hard on informal workers

During the first wave of the pandemic in Nigeria, security forces were mandated to enforce lockdown and stay-at-home orders. Intended as public health measures, these controls inflicted collateral damage.

Al Jazeera

The Nigerian students caught in the Russia-Ukraine war

Students scramble to leave Ukraine as the conflict intensifies, reaching new cities.

The Conversation

Nigeria's plastic pollution is harming the environment: steps to combat it are overdue

A key theme at this year’s United Nations Environment Assembly in Kenya is plastic pollution. It will be returning to a theme from 2018 World Environment Day. The evidence for the prevalence and consequences of plastic pollution has been building up and the assembly needs to lead action on this…

The Hindu

Techies, a Nigerian among 28 held for peddling and abusing ganja in Hyderabad

The arrested were part of three different gangs from Hyderabad

Radio France Internationale

Armed raiders kidnap five MSF aid workers in northern Cameroon

Armed raiders have kidnapped five people working for the French medical NGO Médecins sans frontières (MSF) in the Far North Region of Cameroon.

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