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Conservative Anglican leaders meet in Nigeria, facing debate on a possible breakaway

Anglicans face a looming choice about whether their global church family can stay united

The Independent UK

‘The children are not safe here’: the Nigerian couple fighting infanticide

The long read: In a few isolated communities in central Nigeria, some babies are believed to be bad omens. Olusola and Chinwe Stevens run a thriving home for babies at risk. But what happens when the families want them back?

The Guardian - UK

Death of Nigerian singer after snakebite highlights crisis of ‘preventable’ fatalities

Ifunanya Nwangene died in hospital after being bitten in her Abuja home, raising questions about the availability of effective antivenoms

The Guardian - UK

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US strikes on Nigeria set 'deeply troubling precedent' for African governance

When the United States launched airstrikes on northern Nigeria in late December, it said it had taken out Islamic State jihadists – at Abuja's request – to stop them killing Christians. Yet experts have criticised Washington's claims that Christians are being massacred in Nigeria, a narrative promoted by the American…

Radio France Internationale

Trump’s framing of Nigeria insurgency as a war on Christians risks undermining interfaith peacebuilding

Nigeria “must do more to protect Christians,” a senior U.S. State Department official demanded on Jan. 22, 2026, during a high-level security meeting in the African nation’s capital, Abuja.

The Conversation

US to increase cooperation with Nigeria to pursue Islamic State militants

The United States military is expanding military cooperation with Nigeria as part of broader efforts to counter Islamic State-linked militants in Africa. US Africa Command says the Pentagon is also maintaining lines of communication with militaries in the West African countries of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali.

Radio France Internationale

Nigeria has jailed Biafra separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu: why it risks backfiring

The terrorism conviction and life sentence handed down by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, brings an end to a ten-year legal battle. But it opens up a larger political and security question for Nigeria.

The Conversation

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Commonwealth Games confirms host for 2030 centenary event

The Nigerian capital Abuja lost the battle to host the Commonwealth Games 100 years after the inaugural event in Canada

The Independent UK

Pete Hegseth Says War Department Preparing For 'Action' In Nigeria

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday replied "Yes sir" to President Donald Trump after Trump ordered the military to prepare for possible action in Nigeria to combat Islamist militants, accusing the government in Abuja of failing to protect Christians.

Benzinga

Nigeria’s plastic waste could enrich the fashion industry: here’s how

On any street in Lagos, Abuja or Port Harcourt, you’ll find abandoned plastic bottles lying around. Each year, about 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste are produced in Nigeria and much of it winds up in landfills or in the environment.

The Conversation

Nigeria Arrests Leaders Of Terror Group Accused Of 2022 Jailbreak

Nigerian officials said Saturday they had arrested the alleged leaders of a jihadist group behind a 2022 jailbreak in the capital Abuja that temporarily freed hundreds of inmates.

International Business Times

Nigeria sportswomen dominate again but pay remains an issue

Nigeria’s women lifted the AfroBasket and Africa Cup of Nations titles this summer, but pay remains a dirty word.

Al Jazeera

At least 6 people killed when a trailer crashed into vehicles and burst into flames in Nigeria

Police say at least six people died near Nigeria’s capital Abuja after a trailer crashed into halted vehicles and burst into flames

The Independent UK

Netherlands agrees to return 119 Benin statues to Nigeria

The Netherlands has agreed to return 119 Benin bronze statues to Nigeria, the Dutch embassy in Abuja announced this week. It becomes the first European nation to do so after Germany. The majority of these 19th-century African sculptures, however, remain in France and the UK.

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Lakurawa, the new armed group wreaking havoc on the Nigeria-Niger border

Strained relations between Abuja and Niamey have disrupted joint military patrols and allowed the armed group to expand.

The Independent UK

Why did at least 67 people die in Christmas charity stampedes in struggling Nigeria?

Stampedes during three Christmas charity events across Nigeria have left at least 67 people dead in the past week, many of them children

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Challenges Faced By Fulani Herders In Urban Nigeria

Challenges faced by Fulani herders in Abuja due to urbanization and climate change, seeking sustainable solutions.

The Independent UK

Cows obstruct Nigeria's capital as climate change and development leave herders with nowhere to go

As the population grows and development extends to rural areas where herders live and graze their cattle, they are now forced to move into the city center in search of pasture

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