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Lagos ex-governor wins Nigeria ruling party's nomination

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's ruling APC party has picked former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu as its candidate for the 2023 presidential elections. Buhari cannot run again, as he will already have served two presidential terms. Also, Belgium's King Philippe expresses his "deepest regrets" to DR Congo during a landmark…

France 24

More than 50 feared dead in Nigeria church attack, officials say

Among the dead were many children, one official said. The presiding priest was abducted as well.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lagos ex-governor wins Nigerian ruling party's nomination

A former governor of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, has been nominated to be the ruling party’s presidential candidate in next year’s presidential election

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Calvin Bassey's soaring Rangers reputation sees bullish Nigeria captain fires back at international sceptics

The defender ended the season in top form at Ibrox and lifted the Scottish Cup.

Daily Record

Tinubu, ex-governor of Lagos, in pole position for Nigerian presidency

When reporters asked Bola Tinubu last month if his health was good enough for him to serve as president of Nigeria, he responded that he wasn't applying for a job as a professional wrestler or as a cement mixer.

Reuters

Nigeria's ruling party picks candidate for 2023 election

Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress or APC party on Wednesday picked former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu as its candidate for the 2023 election to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, who steps down after two terms.

AFP

Nigeria: Ruling party picks Tinubu for 2023 presidential ticket

The 70-year-old will slug it out against the opposition’s 75-year-old candidate to succeed 79-year-old President Buhari.

Al Jazeera

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How nanotechnology can revive Nigeria's textile industry

Nigeria’s cotton production has fallen steeply in recent years. It once supported the largest textile industry in Africa. The fall is due to weak demand for cotton and to poor yields resulting from planting low-quality cottonseeds. For these reasons, farmers switched from cotton to other crops.

The Conversation

Nigeria ruling party picks ex-governor of Lagos Tinubu to run for president

Nigeria's ruling party on Wednesday picked former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu as its candidate to run for president in elections scheduled for February 2023.

Reuters

Nigerians with disabilities seek inclusion in electoral process

People with disabilities in Africa’s largest democracy say they want to exercise their right to vote or be voted for.

Al Jazeera

Training local leaders in mediation can reduce violence: positive results in Nigeria

Violence and insecurity are plaguing the northern parts of Nigeria. Banditry, kidnapping and other forms of indiscriminate violence have risen sharply during the pandemic.

The Conversation

In Nigeria's disappearing forests, loggers outnumber trees

Deep in a forest in Nigeria's Ebute Ipare village, Egbontoluwa Marigi sized up a tall mahogany tree, methodically cut it down with his axe and machete, and as it fell with a crackling sound, he surveyed the forest for the next tree.

Reuters

NHS hiring more doctors from outside UK and EEA than inside for first time

Jeremy Hunt questions ‘morally dubious’ recruitment as thousands hired from poorer countries

The Guardian - UK

WNBA Commish: Australian Team Hasn’t Provided Liz Cambage Video

The league says it hasn’t been able to fully investigate Liz Cambage’s reported use of discriminatory language against Nigerian basketball players.

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There's violence every election season in Nigeria: what can be done to stop it

Violence is one of the recurrent features of Nigeria’s electoral history and democratic journey since independence in 1960. The country invariably sees an escalation of violence in the period before, during and after elections.

The Independent UK

Infants among 22 worshippers killed in Nigeria church attack

A Nigerian emergency official says that two infants are among the 22 worshippers killed in an attack on a church in southwestern Nigeria that has shocked the West African nation

Reuters

Nigeria church attack killed 22 and injured 50 - official

Sunday's attack on St Francis Catholic Church in the Nigerian town of Owo killed 22 people and injured 50, an official from the National Emergency Management Agency said on Tuesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gun Attack on Church in Southwest Nigeria Leaves 21 Dead

Gunmen using explosives killed at least 21 people, including children, in an attack on a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria, local officials said, in violence that drew widespread international condemnation. The bloodshed at St.

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Monkeypox: ‘This is an entirely new spread of the disease’

One thousand confirmed cases of monkeypox, a disease originating in Africa, have been recorded since early May across at least 30 non-endemic countries such as the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, France, the United States, Australia, United Arab Emirates and Israel. But what is this virus? Who is affected? And should…

The Independent UK

Nigerian civilians bear brunt of attacks by armed groups

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, faces a myriad of security threats — from Islamic State-linked militants in the north to separatist movements in the south

The Guardian - UK

Nigeria: town mourns more than 50 people shot dead in church during mass

Witnesses describe how attackers detonated explosives and shot at those who tried to flee

Reuters

Nigeria's Buhari has no preferred successor, spokesman says

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has no preferred candidate from the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) to succeed him, his spokesman said on Monday, a day before a convention to pick the party's flag bearer for elections early next year.

AFP

Gun attack on church in southwest Nigeria leaves 21 dead

Lagos (AFP) - Gunmen using explosives killed at least 21 people, including children, in an attack on a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria, local officials said, in violence that drew widespread international condemnation.

The Independent UK

UK is ‘horrified’ by ‘heinous’ Nigeria church attack, says minister

The comments came as Conservative MP Fiona Bruce raised an urgent question in the Commons on the killing of church worshippers.

Reuters

Blood on the church walls - gruesome scenes after Nigeria attack

Streaks of blood on the floors and walls, sandals abandoned in a desperate rush to escape, a well-thumbed Bible lying among shards of glass.

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