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The King's Horseman, Nigeria's most famous play, is now a Netflix movie: what makes it a classic

Elesin Oba, the King’s Horseman is a new movie coming to Netflix. It is based on Nigeria’s most famous play, Death and the King’s Horseman, written in 1975 by Nobel Prize-winning author, activist and academic Wole Soyinka. Directed by the late Biyi Bandele, the film – in the Yoruba language…

The Conversation

‘A sense of relief’: the Nigerian project helping babies to be born free of HIV

Lafiyan Yara is reducing transmission by training women to spot underlying issues and carry out tests

The Guardian - UK

17 strikes in 23 years: a unionist explains why Nigeria’s university lecturers won’t back down

Lecturers at Nigeria’s public universities have been on strike 16 times since 1999. On 14 February 2022 they went back on strike to make it the 17th. Only 11 of Nigeria’s 59 state universities haven’t taken part in the current strike action. The Conversation Africa asked Dele Ashiru, a lecturer…

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Nigeria seizes donkey penises to be smuggled to Hong Kong

Nigerian officials say they have seized thousands of donkey penises that were about to be exported to Hong Kong

The Independent UK

Nigerian oil workers threaten to strike if govt doesn't stem theft

Members of a Nigerian oil workers' union are threatening to go on strike if the government does not do more to stem widespread oil theft they say is putting their safety at risk and has cut exports by hundreds of thousands of barrels.

Reuters

WTO head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: how trade can help beat inequality

In a recent study South Africa was identified as ranking first of 164 countries in the World Bank’s global poverty database. Underlying this inequality is its very high rates of unemployment. Professor Dori Posel spoke to World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala about why trade is important…

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Catfish stole £17,000 from woman who he says has now 'adopted him like a son'

Reformed fraudster Chris Bamibeli was attending university in Nigeria's Ekiti state when he started using a VPN and popular dating apps to target lonely older women in the US, UK, Canada and Germany

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US soccer teams sign equal pay deal after USWNT’s victory over Nigeria

The US soccer teams have formally signed the collective bargaining agreements struck in May with US Soccer that gives players on both sides equal pay

The Guardian - US

Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle spark U.S. women's soccer team to 2-1 win over Nigeria

WASHINGTON — The U.S. women’s soccer team has a long history of playing two-game home series against opponents and being tested more in the second game than the first. That was the case again Tuesday, as the Americans had to fight for a 2-1 win over Nigeria at Audi Field…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Nigeria's Rivers state police free 15 children abducted for trafficking

Police in Nigeria's Rivers state rescued 15 children who were abducted in order to be trafficked, police said in a statement on Tuesday.

Reuters

2 Nigerians held for cyber-looting Manjeri coop. bank

Fraudsters steal ₹70 lakh from four accounts of the bank

The Hindu

‘Accidental’ Nigerian military air raid survivors still in grief

Civilian fatalities from military air raids in conflict areas across northern Nigeria are a recurring problem.

Al Jazeera

'Kvaradona' Leading Upbeat Napoli's Charge against Liverpool

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is the name dancing around Napoli fans' lips thanks to a stunning start to life in Italy which has swept away the summertime blues ahead of Wednesday's visit of Liverpool. Kvaratskhelia has been nicknamed "Kvaradona" after scoring four times and setting up another goal in the first five…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Top cops' warning to drug mules after man who swallowed 1kg of cocaine is jailed

Nigerian Emeka Ugwu, 44, was jailed last month after admitting bringing cocaine worth £28,000 into Scotland.

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What Calvin Bassey keeps saying about Rangers to Ajax pals as team-mate seeks Champions League edge

The Nigeria international has hit the ground the running with the Eredivisie big-hitters and is now primed for a quick-fire reunion.

Chicago Sun-Times

After moving from Nigeria, Babanifesimi Opadele finds a home at Young

Babanifesimi Opadele figured he knew what he was getting into when he moved to the United States from Nigeria as a 10-year-old.

Reuters

Two killed in building collapse in Lagos, search for survivors on

Two people died after a seven storey building under construction collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos in the early hours of Sunday and rescue efforts were underway to find survivors, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency said.

The Guardian - US

Sophia Smith at the double as USA women breeze past Nigeria in friendly

Sophia Smith scored a pair of first-half goals and the US women’s national team beat Nigeria 4-0 Saturday as both teams prepare for next summer’s World Cup

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Goal ! Sometimes all it takes is one.

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. There’s the Bonus Question, Ollia’s “Happy Moment”, “Listeners Corner”, and The Sound Kitchen mailbag. All that, and the new quiz question, too. Just click on the “Audio” arrow above…

Reuters

Gunmen kidnap Nigerian worshippers attending prayers at mosque

Gunmen kidnapped dozens of worshippers attending Friday afternoon prayers at a mosque in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara, police and witnesses said.

Reuters

Nigeria's Ogoniland is dirtier than estimated despite landmark oil cleanup

Pollution in Nigeria's Ogoniland, which has been part of a landmark cleanup effort involving the United Nations Environmental Programme, could be worse than it previously estimated, a group monitoring the project said in a statement this week.

The Conversation

Environmental impact assessments don't work in Nigeria: here's why

Since 1972, when the first world conference on the environment was held, there have been various responses to environmental problems. One of these is the introduction of environmental impact assessments. These are vital in environmental decision-making. They ensure that environmental and sustainability issues are integrated into development planning.

The Conversation

Waste pickers in Lagos tell their stories about a dangerous existence

Lagos, Nigeria’s economic hub, with a population of more than 15 million, generates an estimated 12,000 metric tonnes of waste daily, which comes to about 4.3 million tonnes of waste annually. This ends up on the streets and in the city’s four officially designated landfills.

The Independent UK

Rescue operations end in Nigeria building collapse; 1 dead

Nigeria's emergency services says one person has died after a three-story building under construction in northwestern Nigeria collapsed

Al Jazeera

All you need to know about Nigeria’s ban on foreign models

The ban seeks to foster ‘local talent’ and grow the country’s advertising industry.

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