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Bushman review – amazing real-time evocation of a Nigerian’s life in 70s America

Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam plays a lightly fictionalised version of himself in David Schickele’s restored 1971 film reflecting on race and nationality

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2024

Tejumola Adenuga contemplates the future of creativity in Nigeria

Inside Tejumola Adenuga’s solo exhibition, ‘FUTURE, PAST', at Art Twenty One in Lagos

Wallpaper · Jul 9, 2024

Surviving breast cancer: Nigerian women share their stories

“I believe I will still beat it again.” These are the words of a Nigerian woman, Didi, who feared a recurrence of her cancer – but saw herself as a survivor.

The Conversation · Jul 8, 2024

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Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi review – a wild weekend in New Lagos

Dirty secrets abound in a feverish novel exposing the seedy underbelly of a Nigerian city

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2024

Nigeria claims it has degraded Islamic extremists. New suicide bombings suggest they remain potent

Recent suicide bombings in northeastern Nigeria have raised questions about the country's claim that it has degraded the Islamic extremists whose insurgency since 2009 has killed more than 35,000 people directly and displaced more than 2 million

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2024

Nigeria’s migration policy: lots of laws but no coherence and poor implementation

Nigeria’s migration policies are extensive on paper. Designed to address both emigration and immigration, they reflect the country’s role as a migration hub in west Africa.

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2024

Women football players in Africa have overcome enormous barriers – new book tells the story

Women’s Football in Africa, the first in-depth book on the subject, traces the history of women’s soccer from initially being banned through to today’s growing numbers of fans and broadcasting potential. It’s a story of triumph despite enormous barriers – among them sexism, abuse, homophobia and religion. We asked its…

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2024

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Can Senegal’s Faye play peacemaker and help a splintered West Africa bloc?

Experts say ECOWAS’s tensions with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso could roll back years of regional diplomacy.

Al Jazeera · Jul 3, 2024

Nigeria meets Spain: Nifemi Marcus-Bello unveils the Selah lamp 2.0 in a new collaboration with Caliper

Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Caliper's Selah lamp 2.0 is made of galvanized steel with a hand-crafted patina Corian lampshade, an update to the designer's first edition

Wallpaper · Jul 3, 2024

Former cryptocurrency company plans reality TV competition to pick next Blue Origin spaceflight crew

A reality television series may follow a company's efforts to send the 1st Nigerian and others to space aboard a Blue Origin vehicle.

Space · Jul 2, 2024

The Road to the Country: novelist Chigozie Obioma on Nigeria’s brutal civil war, love and redemption

Chigozie Obioma is the Nigerian author of the novels The Fishermen (2015) and An Orchestra of Minorities (2019), both shortlisted for the Booker Prize for their unique, folkloric tales of Nigerian life in decades past. Like them, his 2024 novel The Road to the Country is “tinged with fable and…

The Conversation · Jul 2, 2024

‘Our first sexual encounter was a mess. We were so anxious, neither of us could get an erection’: This is how we do it in Nigeria

In Nigeria, where homosexuality is illegal, Chibuzo and Ekele reveal the risks of some very dangerous liaisons

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

Nigeria Weekend Suicide Bomb Attack Toll Climbs To 32

The death toll from multiple suicide bombings in the northeastern Nigerian town of Gwoza over the weekend has risen to 32, the country's vice president Kashim Shettima said Monday.

International Business Times · Jul 1, 2024

Nigerian designer Femi Ajose brings original Lagos looks to Paris

Up-and-coming designers showcased their work in Paris this week at Africa Fashion Up, an event that celebrates young creatives from across the continent. Nigerian stylist Femi Ajose told RFI how he revisits local heritage and materials to create sustainable, contemporary designs.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 1, 2024

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The Conversation · Jul 1, 2024

Boko Haram and western education: the surprising views of some Nigerians who left the insurgency group

The world has come to associate the insurgency in north-east Nigeria with the slogan “western education is forbidden”. This is how “Boko Haram” – the name given to the insurgents – is commonly translated from the Hausa language into English.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

Rat soup, snails and oracles: why Nigeria’s traditional midwives still have a vital role to play

Doctors may not always agree with their methods, but in Lagos state, traditional birth attendants are helping to connect women and their babies with modern maternity treatments

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

Child malnutrition crisis in Nigeria amid rural violence and soaring food inflation

MSF says it is overwhelmed in country where 31.8 million people are suffering from hunger

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2024

Millions in Nigeria have little to no electricity. It's straining businesses and public services

The lack of reliable electricity severely affects education and businesses in Nigeria

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The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2024

Suspected female suicide bombers kill at least 18 in Nigeria, authorities say

Authorities in Nigeria's northeastern city of Gwoza say at least 18 people have been killed and 30 injured, including 19 seriously, in coordinated attacks by suspected female suicide bombers

Al Jazeera · Jun 30, 2024

At least 18 killed, dozens injured in Nigeria suicide attacks

Suspected female suicide bombers target a wedding, a funeral and a hospital in the restive Borno region.

Dynamite News · Jun 30, 2024

Nigeria: At least 18 people killed, 48 others injured in bomb blasts in Borno

At least 18 people were killed and 48 others were injured in bomb blasts in Nigeria's northeast Borno state citing the state's emergency services. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2024

At least 18 dead in suspected suicide bomb attacks in Nigeria

Suicide bombers separately attacked a wedding, a funeral and a hospital, government said

Bomb Blasts In Borno State Kill 18, Injure 48

Bomb blasts in Borno state, Nigeria, result in 18 deaths and 48 injuries at a wedding, hospital, and funeral, highlighting ongoing security challenges.

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2024

Yorùbá Boy Running by Biyi Bándélé review – a historic hero

The Nigerian writer and film-maker’s last work explores the life story of the enslaved Samuel Àjàyí Crowther, in a novel of triumph over adversity

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024

‘I’m literally a superstar!’: the irresistible confidence of Nigerian singer-songwriter Ayra Starr

Moving around a lot as a child taught the 22-year-old to listen and absorb myriad musical influences. Now she’s combined them into a Grammy-nominated cocktail of R&B and Afrobeats and is ready to conquer Glasto

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