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Scholars explain how and why terrorists appear to be running rampant across Nigeria.
A classroom burnt during a typical outbreak of eco-violence in Okolo-Agatu, Benue State, north central Nigeria.
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Labels that emphasise the social identities of the contending parties not only impede efforts to comprehend their causes but also obscure their vast dimensions.
Nigerian star forward Asisat Oshoala has suffered injuries in Morocco.
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The thorny issue of testosterone testing has made news, not just the growing skills on the field.
Nigeria provides an excellent lens to look at the genetic diversity of African people.
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A new study hopes to produce a catalogue of human genetic variation and assess the burden of noncommunicable diseases in 100,000 adults in Nigeria.
Coastal communities in West and Central Africa were severely affected by COVID which brought many aspects of food and seafood supply chains to a halt.
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There is a need for better innovations and policies to help improve the fisheries sector in this region.
President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates Acting Chief Justice Ariwoola.
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Corruption in the Nigeria judiciary is pervasive and complex.
Women who have children over a long time lose more teeth.
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More attention should be given to the oral health of women during the reproductive years, in particular those who have many children.
Cashew apples.
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Nigeria can save money spent importing citric acid by producing it from cashew waste.
Plastic waste from land based sources pollute the beaches and other water bodies.
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Nigeria generates 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste yearly. Research and public enlightenment can help address the problem.
A truck carries lithium carbonate at a lithium mine in the Atacama Desert, Chile.
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For the moment the find in Nigeria simply points to the potential for lithium resource. Full exploration will be necessary.
Children queue for porridge in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe during the height of the COVID pandemic.
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A return to debt sustainability will create room for African policy makers to stave off risks to the post-pandemic recovery.
Widows in the northern Nigerian city of Kano.
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Widows in Nigeria are still exposed to harmful practices.
Grain warehouse destroyed by Russian attacks in Kopyliv, Kyiv province, Ukraine, May 28, 2022.
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Countries have used starvation as a war strategy for centuries, historically without being prosecuted. Three experts on hunger and humanitarian relief call for holding perpetrators accountable.
Long prices in Ghana’s Cape Coast have been soaring.
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Intermediary cities have a vital role to play in the economies of African countries.
The border crossing into Togo from Benin is a busy route for citizens.
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African states and their development partners must protect ECOWAS regional integration efforts.
A Nigerian women’s group demands sex workers’ rights at a protest.
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The study reveals a consistently biased and negative depiction of sex workers by news media in Nigeria.
Parents and relatives of abducted students demanding the release of their families who had spent 55 days in captivity as at March 12, 2021.
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Nigerians are at risk of kidnapping as the cost of committing this crime is far less than its benefits.
One of the first babies born in the year 2020 on 1 January 2020 in Lagos, Nigeria.
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The factors associated with death in mother and baby included low education in the mother, lack of antenatal care, referral from another facility.
Molecular research like that conducted at the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases in Nigeria is key to medical breakthroughs.
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Molecular research is expensive, but worth it because of the burden of disease that it could relieve.
Some Nigerian women displaying their voter cards at a polling units during one of the country’s elections. Photo:aap/
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Nigeria’s 23rd year of unbroken democratic rule will be celebrated on 12 June 2022.