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Climate change: 3 key goals Nigeria must focus on at COP28

Global environmental stakeholders will converge in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, from 30 November to 12 December 2023 for the UN Climate conference known as COP28. The conference aims to continue negotiations to address the global climate crisis. Nigeria’s main agenda in the conference is climate finance needed for climate…

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Umaru Shehu: Nigerian public health giant who played a major role in polio eradication

Professor Emeritus Umaru Shehu, who died on 2 October 2023, was born in Yerwa (Maiduguri), Nigeria, in 1930. Widely regarded as one of the country’s early leaders in public health policy and practice, he was the first public health physician in the northern region and remained active all his life.

The Conversation

Burna Boy's London Stadium Show: Date and ticket information

The Nigerian star became the first African artist to headline a UK stadium with his sell-out show at the London Stadium in June 2023

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In Nigeria's Muslim North, Sharia Police Change Tack On Influencers

Tiktoker Murja Kunya once ran afoul of sharia police in Nigeria's northwest city of Kano, where "hisbah" units enforce Islamic law that runs alongside common law.

International Business Times

West Africa responds to huge diphtheria outbreaks by targeting unvaccinated populations

Authorities in several West African countries are trying to manage their huge diphtheria outbreaks

The Independent UK

Nigeria can defeat banditry by reconstructing the police system – criminologist

Security in Nigeria has degenerated in the last 10 years. Various non-state armed groups have emerged countrywide.

The Conversation

Nigerian workers’ wages diminish as inflation rises and gov’t revenue dips

Nigerian public sector workers may earn slightly more than they did years ago, but can afford fewer things than before.

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Joseph Boakai declared winner of Liberia's presidential election

In tonight's edition: Liberians have voted for change. Joseph Boakai has been declared the country's new president-elect with 50.64% of the vote. Also, with one month to go before general elections in DR Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi is gearing up to run against more than 20 candidates. Finally, students are…

France 24

Africa's flourishing art scene is a smash hit at Art X

It's Art Month in Nigeria — and a highlight is the celebration of art that is Art X, a wide-ranging fair that highlights "Black portraiture" as well as other creations from the continent.

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Former Nigerian central bank chief arraigned and remanded in prison for alleged fraud

The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has been charged with procurement fraud

The Independent UK

European Union Allocates 150 Billion Euros To Improve African Infrastructure Development

Through the Initiative Global Gateway Program, EU aims at enhancing infrastructure and digital economy to partner nations.

Zenger

British aid worker was unlawfully killed, coroner rules

Faye Mooney, 29, died from gunshot wounds in Nigeria but her death was not linked to terrorism, an inquest heard.

The Independent UK

Climate change and farming: economists warn more needs to be done to adapt in sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan African countries strongly rely on the agricultural and forestry sectors. Agriculture contributes up to 60% of some countries’ gross domestic product. But the sector is highly vulnerable to climate change because it relies heavily on climatic factors. This vulnerability is particularly marked in the region because of its slow…

The Conversation

Antibiotic resistance: microbiologists turn to new technologies in the hunt for solutions – podcast

The rise of drug-resistant infections is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. Antibiotic-resistant superbugs were estimated to kill 1.27 million people in 2019, and the UN projects that drug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million deaths a year by 2050.

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Rema review – brilliant bat-riding Nigerian star is a little too ambitious

There is no doubt that the Afrobeats ace is a phenomenal performer – but his high-wire artistry, splicing trap and rock’n’roll, proves baffling to his audience

The Conversation

'One-chance' in Lagos: how criminal gangs rob city commuters

“One-chance” is the name Nigerians use for a form of robbery that takes place in both public and private vehicles when people accept the offer of a ride. It is an organised crime, perpetrated by people who work together, using a strategy of hailing passengers into their waiting vehicle. They…

Al Jazeera

In Nigeria, youths seek ‘happy hours’ in laughing gas amid economic woes

Nitrous oxide, once used in clinical practice, is becoming a recreational drug of choice for Nigerian youths.

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Art X Lagos 2023: discover the artists to watch

Art X Lagos 2023, the 8th edition of West Africa’s biggest art fair, was bigger and better than ever

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Concrete versus asphalt for Nigeria's roads: which is better?

Nigeria’s new works minister, David Umahi, is pushing for the use of rigid pavement in road construction, as against the flexible pavement predominantly in use. This, as the minister noted, is due to the precarious state of flexible pavements in the country.

The National (Scotland)

Cyriel Dessers on African Cup of Nations call-up hopes with Rangers form

Rangers striker hoping to play for Nigeria at African Cup of Nations.

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Jihadists kill at least 11 farmers in northeast Nigeria

Jihadists have killed at least 11 farmers and several others are missing after an attack on rice fields in Nigeria's northeast Borno State, anti-jihadist militia and residents said Monday.

The Conversation

Nigeria’s women vice-chancellors: I know what it’s like to be one, and why there are so few

The secretary-general of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors in Nigeria recently disclosed that only 38 women have been vice-chancellors of universities in Nigeria since 1960, out of more than 720 in total. The Conversation Africa asked Ekanem Braide, the Nigerian Academy of Science president and a former vice-chancellor, why this is…

The Independent UK

Nigeria's government budgets for SUVs and president's wife while millions struggle to make ends meet

Nigeria’s lawmakers have approved the new government’s first supplemental budget, which includes huge allocations for SUVs and houses for the president, his wife and other public officials, sparking anger and criticism from citizens in one of the world’s poorest countries

France 24

Boko Haram attack on northeast Nigerian village leaves dozens dead

Extremists in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 37 villagers in two different attacks, residents said Wednesday, highlighting once again how deadly Islamic extremist rebels have remained in their 14-year insurgency in the hard-hit region.

The Conversation

Niger delta is rich in resources, but environmental destruction is pushing people into poverty

Nigeria’s Niger Delta region is rich in natural resources. Its vast oil and gas deposits are the mainstay of the country’s economy.

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