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Nigeria's 2022 census is overdue but preparation is in doubt

As Nigeria’s National Population Commission prepares for a national census scheduled for May 2022 – the first since 2006 – The Conversation Africa’s Wale Fatade asked demographer and social statistician Akanni Akinyemi what a census entails and how ready the country is for the exercise.

The Conversation

Nigerian Yoruba activist released from prison in Benin

Nigerian activist Sunday Adeyemo, imprisoned in Benin since last year for allegedly plotting an insurrection in Nigeria, has been released under judicial supervision, one of his lawyers said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Black Women Photographers on what International Women’s Day means to them

We hear from a some of the members of the Black Women Photographers collective, a group facilitating greater diversity in editorial photography

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Gunmen kill at least 62 vigilantes in Nigeria's Kebbi state

Gunmen ambushed and killed at least 62 members of a volunteer vigilante group in Nigeria's northwestern Kebbi state, the head of the group and a police spokesman said, in the worst violence to hit the state since mid-January.

Reuters

Migration routes: UN organisations call for collective effort to save lives

In tonight's edition: In a historic call to action, a dozen international organisations urge countries to do more to support the thousands of vulnerable people who head out on migration routes every year. Also, Nigeria is hit hard by a fuel crisis, despite being Africa's biggest oil producer. Finally, oyster…

France 24

Russian attacks leave thousands of international students as ‘hostages’ inside Ukraine, minister says

Students from countries including India, China, Turkey and Nigeria are trying to get out, says deputy prime minister

The Independent UK

Hailed as heroes – Scottish gardeners who rescued trio from Ukraine

Joe McCarthy and Gary Taylor were held at gunpoint by Russians before successfully evacuating Irish woman and Nigerian men

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Nigeria's fuel crisis: smaller, more flexible refineries aren't the full answer

Nigeria’s growing population of over 200 million people is facing an ever-growing fuel crisis despite its vast oil reserves.

The Conversation

The plight of African students stuck in Ukraine: 'We really need to go home'

As Russia opens humanitarian corridors from several Ukrainian main cities, hundreds of African and Indian students trapped in the eastern city of Sumy hope that they will finally escape the last 12 days of hell. Nigerian medicine student, Precious Olawale, described her traumatic experience to RFI.

Radio France Internationale

Leaving chaos for calm: Lagosian sculptor thrives in historic Ìlẹ́-Ìfẹ́ town

On a Saturday in internationally renowned sculptor Dotun Popoola’s studio, domestic tourists have made the three-hour exodus from Lagos to see his works and listen to him talk about his art.

Radio France Internationale

Russian war in world's 'breadbasket' threatens food supply

The Russian tanks and missiles besieging Ukraine also are threatening the food supply and livelihoods of people in Europe, Africa and Asia who rely on the vast, fertile farmlands known as the “breadbasket of the world.”

The Independent UK

African students say they faced guns, hostile guards as they fled Ukraine

Nigerian medical student Oduola Adebowale said he and some friends were trying to get on a train to flee Ukraine when the soldiers pointed guns at them and ordered them back.

Reuters

S2, EP13: Cyclone aftermath in Malawi; antimicrobial crop resistance in Kenya; Nigerian artist leaves city for tranquility

This week, Africa Calling podcast brings you audio-rich stories and voices from the African continent, with our African correspondents. In Malawi, those affected by Cyclone Ana are struggling to get back on their feet; from Kenya, farmers are combatting antimicrobial resistance in crops; and in Nigeria, an artist leaves the…

Radio France Internationale

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.

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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 Conversation

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.

Reuters

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.

AAP

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.

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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.

Al Jazeera

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

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Reuters

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.

The Conversation

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.

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