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In Nigeria, Tech Workers And Farmers Bring AI To The Fields

With a few taps on his phone, Dandam Nangor knows exactly what temperature his greenhouse is at, when to water his crops and even the pH of the soil.

International Business Times

Nigeria chief denies squad tampering amid Rangers star's absence

Nigeria chief denies squad interference amid omission of Rangers' Cyriel Dessers.

The National (Scotland)

Kenya based content moderators mourn Nigerian colleague who 'was desperate to go home'

Technology workers in Kenya have held a vigil for a colleague who died in unclear circumstances after she was unable to travel to her home in Nigeria for two years

The Independent UK

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Former Rangers flop in Nigeria squad but Cyriel Dessers misses out

Despite his excellent form for Rangers, Cyriel Dessers has missed out on a Nigeria call-up.

The National (Scotland)

US funding cuts may affect Nigeria’s fight against terrorism. Here’s how

The United States decision to cut international aid funding will affect Nigeria in various ways. One is in the fight against terror groups like Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province operating in the country and across the Sahel region of west Africa. Over the years, the US has…

The Conversation

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new book Dream Count explores love in all its complicated messiness

Award-winning Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new novel Dream Count has landed. It’s been over a decade since Adichie published her previous novel, Americanah, following on global successes for Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus.

The Conversation

How drones killed nearly 1,000 civilians in Africa in three years

Use of unmanned aircraft has surged across Africa, often resulting in mass civilian deaths, new report finds.

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Nigeria Moves Gingerly To Tame Africa's Biggest Crypto Market

Nigerian authorities are warily moving to regulate Africa's largest cryptocurrency market in long-delayed efforts to create legal certainty in a field still fraught with fraud and volatility.

International Business Times

Fraudster plotted to seize woman's London home by falsely claiming she had died, High Court judge rules

A High Court judge concluded fraud and forged documents had been used to try to seize control of the property

Evening Standard

No disease is deadlier in Africa than malaria. Trump's US aid cuts weaken the fight against it

Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa

The Independent UK

Nigeria Seeks To Cash In On Soaring Cocoa Prices

Booming cocoa prices are stirring interest in turning Nigeria into a bigger player in the sector, with hopes of challenging top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana, where crops have been ravaged by climate change and disease.

International Business Times

Around the world in 60 hours: Nigerian aims to set travel record with ‘low-mobility’ passport

Alma Asinobi wants to break Guinness world record for shortest time to visit seven continents

The Guardian - UK

Nigerian king faces Shell in London high court over decades of oil spills

King Okpabi, ruler of Ogale, says Shell has caused chronic pollution, while oil firm argues it is not responsible

The Guardian - UK

Nigerian Senate suspends female senator who made sexual harassment claim

Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan suspended for six months after making an accusation against Senate President Akpabio.

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The Conversation

#BringBackOurGirls: Hashtags alone will not safeguard women’s lives and rights

It has been a little over a decade since 270 female students were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Nigeria by the extremist armed group Boko Haram. While, many of the girls escaped, were rescued or were released in exchanges, many others remain missing or feared dead.

Evening Standard

'Rihanna loves me!': Ayra Starr on fame, faith, and having the most fabulous fans

It’s hard for the Nigerian singer and double Mobo winner to stay humble with fans like these

The Conversation

Nigeria reduces inflation rate, but the cost of living remains high – here’s why

Nigeria recently rebased its consumer price index (CPI) from 2009 to 2024, leading to a significant drop in the reported inflation rate from 34.80% to 24.48%.

The Conversation

Nigeria’s 2025 budget has major flaws and won’t ease economic burden

There are doubts as to whether Nigerian president Bola Tinubu’s N54.99 trillion (US$36.6 billion) 2025 budget will lay a solid foundation for addressing some of the country’s current economic challenges.

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Evening Standard

Author William Boyd explains how Nigerian Civil War experience shaped his work

The novelist, who wrote Jame Bond novel Solo, moved to Nigeria with his family in 1964, three years before the Biafran War began.

The Conversation

Ayo Adebanjo: Nigerian nationalist and social justice crusader

Ayo Adebanjo, who has died at the age of 96, was one of Nigeria’s foremost federalists, a pro-democracy activist and a social justice campaigner.

The Conversation

Nigeria’s killer fuel tankers: accidents and explosions are common – how to stop them

Fuel tanker explosions and accidents are common in Nigeria, often caused by the poor state of roads and badly maintained vehicles. A government spokesperson said in February 2025 that 300 people had died from fuel tanker explosions in the four months from October 2024 to January 2025. But nobody is…

The Guardian - UK

Activists call for state of emergency in Nigeria over gender-based violence

Deaths of 22 women reported this year include 240% rise in January, campaigners say, as abusers act ‘with impunity’

The Independent UK

India bans drugs blamed for opioid crisis in West Africa

Aveo Pharmaceuticals is accused of illegally exporting banned combination of tapentadol and carisoprodol to Nigeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast

Radio France Internationale

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.

The Guardian - UK

Ben Okri: ‘Is A Tale of Two Cities the greatest English novel? Meet me in a pub to discuss’

The poet and novelist on having his heart broken by Animal Farm, imagining Ibsen and Chekhov characters as Nigerian, and ditching physics for Plato

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