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At least 25 people are missing after a boat capsized in Nigeria's northwest

At least 25 people are missing after a boat capsized Sunday on a river in northwestern Nigeria

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2025

Women’s basketball in Nigeria is on a winning streak: how to take it further

Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, won a fifth consecutive title at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on 3 August. The Conversation Africa asked Michael Gbemisola Aina, a technical commissioner of the Nigeria Basketball Federation who has researched basketball development in Nigeria, about what the win…

The Conversation · Aug 18, 2025

More than 40 missing after boat capsizes in Nigeria’s Sokoto

Officials say about 10 people rescued after accident in African country’s northwestern region.

Al Jazeera · Aug 18, 2025

US approves potential $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to bolster security

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to help improve security in the sub-Saharan country

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2025

Child malnutrition is a sign of conflict to come: Nigerian study links climate change, food and violence

The pathway from climate change to violent conflict is not simple. There are the obvious immediate effects of global warming like water scarcity and crop failure. But beyond these, climate stress can pave the road to violence through indirect channels – a gradual rise in food insecurity and growing social…

The Conversation · Aug 13, 2025

‘Health champions’: Local women lead the fight against polio in Nigeria

In areas where male health workers are unwelcome or mistrusted, female vaccinators have carved out a space to thrive.

Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2025

The polluted city struggling to enforce single-use plastic ban

Nigeria’s economic capital of Lagos is one of the world’s most plastic-polluted cities

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025

Soaring demand at food banks across Africa thanks to massive aid cuts

IN FOCUS: Food banks in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa say they are under increasing pressure, writes Nick Ferris – with aid cuts by Donald Trump’s US and other nations compounding the impact of the climate crisis and a spike in the cost of living

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

‘It’s not noise. It’s a message’: the misunderstood misfits of Nigeria’s underground rock scene

In a country that doesn’t always reward difference, defiant Nigerian musicians are reawakening their country’s rock and giving those on the margins the space to feel seen

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2025

How hot is your home? Nigerian study explores comfort levels in buildings

Global standards for heating comfort are largely based on cooler, northern hemisphere climates. How relevant are these benchmarks in low-cost housing in warmer African regions?

The Conversation · Aug 11, 2025