A woman gets her blood pressure checked at a camp for internally displaced people in Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria.
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There is a high burden of reproductive illnesses among Nigerian women but a lot of it hidden because of an unspoken rule of silence.
The cast of Fela! performs during the 64th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in 2010 in New York City.
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How do elements of Fela Kuti’s music get reproduced by today’s pop musicians?
Woman selling dried fish at the Benin City market.
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Although COVID-19 measures have had a negative impact on food supply in Nigeria, there are other factors responsible for the dramatic rise in food prices.
REDD+ goals suffer at the hands of other development aims.
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Conservation and development scheme REDD+ has manifested as a series of models, which increases its perceived success and enables it to continue despite not delivering on its wide-reaching promises.
High school students wear face masks as they wash their hands on August 3, the first day of partial resumption of classes in Lagos, Nigeria, since the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Nigeria’s management of the COVID-19 outbreak, and other future outbreaks, will require improved diagnostic capacity, effective testing and tracing, and massive investment in health infrastructure.
Young people’s lives in Niger Delta have not improved despite the setting up of development agencies
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Young people’s lives in the Niger Delta have not improved because development agencies have been hijacked by local leaders
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Nigeria must eschew nepotism and ethnic or religious sentiments in the war against terror.
A Nigerian newspaper stand. A survey found sexism rife in newsrooms in several countries.
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Eradicating sexism in newsrooms will benefit both men and women.
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About 19 million Nigerians have hepatitis but most of them don’t know it.
Commuters waiting at a bus stop in Lagos
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Some anti-corruption messages can encourage apathy and acceptance rather than inspire activism
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Fake drugs are doing the rounds in Ghana and Nigeria. What can be done about this?
Plastic bottles, containers and other waste washed up from the Lagos lagoon at one of the waterfront jetties
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Pollutants from industrial and domestic sources in the Lagos lagoon represent a cocktail of environmental contaminants.
Glass related artifacts excavated from Igbo Olokun, Ile Ife. Left: glass beads, Right: fragments of glass making crucibles.
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Africa has always contributed to global technological breakthroughs and economic systems.
A freedom march for Biafra held to mark the anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence in 1967 that sparked a brutal 30-month civil war in Nigeria.
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Fifty years after the Biafran civil war in Nigeria, the efforts of secessionist diplomats have recently come to light through the decryption of telexes sent from Portugal to Biafra during the war.
A fisher presents his meagre catch from a polluted creek in Ogoniland, Nigeria.
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Chronic pollution has robbed many young Nigerians of a stable future in the place where they grew up.
Akinwumi Adesina leads a bank that has the USA as its second largest shareholder.
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There is concern over the growing influence of non-regional players in decision making at the regional bank.
Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe
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Professor Akinkugbe made significant contributions in hypertension and renal medicine research. He was widely acclaimed as the authority on hypertension in African people.
Young Nigerians build stronger bonds from offline interactions and more bridges from online interactions.
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While the internet and social media have changed young Nigerians’ communication styles and even language, they have not reduced communication.
European football leagues’ popularity and increased internet access make football betting attractive among young people in Nigeria.
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What needs attention is the lack of opportunity that drives sports betting.
Civil rights groups protest bloody clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the central region of Nigeria.
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Clashes between farmers and herders in Nigeria have been bloody and protracted, with one side portrayed as victims. But as this study shows, both sides are victims.