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Nigeria's Jonathan can contest presidential elections next year, court rules

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan can run in next year's presidential election, a court ruled on Friday, clearing doubts over his eligibility and paving the way for him to return to national politics.

Reuters

African Development Bank to send emergency fertiliser to W Africa

A source told Reuters that emergency volumes will be sourced from Nigeria and Morocco.

Al Jazeera

At this year’s African Film Festival, ‘Visions of Freedom’ turns aspiration into possibility

This year’s festival featured films that interrogate race in France, reimagine artificial intelligence as an ally against social injustice, and show a Nigerian village’s struggle for water.

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Mexico vs Nigeria: Prediction, kick off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results - friendly preview today

The Jose Peseira era kicks off today as Nigeria face Mexico for an international friendly in the United States.

Evening Standard

Domestic violence and work status: which Nigerian women are most at risk

One in four women in Nigeria has experienced abuse from her intimate partner in her life. Globally, the figure is one in three women.

The Conversation

Super Afro Soul: the music of Orlando Julius, titan of Nigerian music

Highlife crooner and Afrobeat singer Orlando Julius Aremu Olusanya Ekemode died, according to his wife Latoya Aduke, in his sleep on 15 April 2022.

The Conversation

Calvin Bassey and the Rangers transfer clue hiding in plain sight as Steven Gerrard's intentions made clear

The Nigeria international's positional versatility is one of his calling cards and will likely challenge for multiple roles at any next club.

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Oil-rich Niger Delta still ‘land of misery’: Goldman Prize winner

Chima Williams was recognised for his role in helping oil communities win a 13-year-old case against Shell at The Hague.

Al Jazeera

Monkeypox is endemic in Nigeria. But surveillance isn't what it should be

There has been an outbreak of monkeypox cases in a number of countries that are not endemic for the virus. Monkeypox is caused by an orthopoxvirus that is closely related to the virus that caused smallpox. Monkeypox is an animal virus that occasionally infects humans after they are bitten or…

The Conversation

Oil hazards aren't the main worry of Nigeria's coastal residents: toilets are

Nigeria’s coastal areas are known to present environmental hazards and risks. Oil exploration and exploitation is one source of these hazards. Oil spillage, gas flaring, air and water pollution and agricultural land contamination are serious problems in the region, with implications for human and environmental health.

The Conversation

Monkeypox in the US: Where is the disease and will it spread?

Cases of the rare infectious disease have suddenly started to spread across the globe in recent weeks

The Independent UK

Militants kill at least 50 in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno

At least 50 people were killed by militants on Sunday around the town of Rann in Nigeria's Borno state, in the country's northeastern tip near the border with Cameroon, witnesses told Reuters by phone on Monday.

Reuters

Some militant arms in Niger came from West African state stockpiles - report

Significant proportions of weapons and arms seized from Islamist insurgents in Niger came from West African state stockpiles, suggesting authorities are struggling to secure arms stores in the region, a report said on Monday.

Reuters

Nigeria: Police discover severed head of missing legislator

The Anambra state governor has put up a 10 million naira ($24,000) reward for information on the killers.

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Monkeypox isn’t like HIV, but gay and bisexual men are at risk of unfair stigma

The first case of monkeypox in the current outbreak was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 7. The person in question had recently returned to the UK from Nigeria, where they are believed to have contracted the infection. Since then, further cases have been reported in over…

Daily Mirror

Airport shuts down after grim discovery of 'dead stowaway who fell from plane' on runway

The man's body was found on the tarmac of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria - with some theories suggesting he may have fallen from the wheel-well of a departing aircraft

Al Jazeera

How has Nigeria’s digital currency fared since its launch?

Adoption rates of the eNaira, Africa’s first official digital currency, have been low since its introduction in October.

The Independent UK

Monkeypox in the US: Where is the disease and will it spread?

Cases of the rare infectious disease have suddenly started to spread across the globe in recent weeks

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Beqa earns national call-up

NEWCASTLE Jets' player of the year Beqa Mikeltadze has capped a breakout first season in the A-League with a recall to the Georgian national team.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cairo Hosts Int’l Conference on Confronting ‘Emerging Terrorist Organizations’

Egypt’s Interior Ministry, in collaboration with Interpol, is hosting Monday a workshop on confronting emerging terrorist organizations and phenomena in the Middle East and Africa. The workshop is hosted by the Egyptian Police Academy until May 25. The participating countries include Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia,…

Reuters

Severed head of missing Nigerian lawmaker found in park -police

Police in Nigeria have discovered the severed head of a state legislator who went missing last week in the southeastern state of Anambra, where the government accuses separatists of carrying out a spate of killings and kidnappings, police said on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Monkeypox in the US: Where is the disease and will it spread?

Cases of the rare infectious disease have suddenly started to spread across the globe in recent weeks

Los Angeles Times

Monkeypox: Why LA is watching out for this rare but potentially serious illness

LOS ANGELES — An increase in the number of cases of monkeypox, a rare but potentially serious viral illness, in Europe and a single case in Massachusetts is attracting increased attention from health officials.

The Conversation

Nigeria's Dilomprizulike: artist who mesmerizes and befuddles in equal measure

Nigerian artist and lecturer Dilomprizulike, who curated, among other things, the Junkyard Museum of Awkward Things in Lagos, wages a continuous battle on two fronts. First, as an easily misunderstood human being and then as an artist making perplexingly noncommercial art.

Reuters

Nigeria plans healthcare fund for poor without schemes

Nigeria plans to set up a healthcare fund to cover up to 83 million poor people who cannot afford premiums for insurance schemes, President Muhammadu Buhari said at the signing of a universal health coverage law.

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