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For young Nigerian protesters on social media and on the streets, #ENDSARS is as much an expression of a will to modernity as it is a yearning to be treated with dignity.
Nurses working in a South African COVID-19 clinic, based on a train, which travels to reach different communities.
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When it comes to leadership and innovation, there’s much that industrialised nations can learn.
Plastic pollution remains a topmost environmental concern
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Microplastics could pose a threat to the sustenance of aquatic biodiversity when ingested by animals.
Young Nigerians protesting against the excesses of a special police squad in the country.
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The dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad is the first step, but Nigeria needs a complete reform of its police.
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Despite same-sex relations being criminal, social media is a space to come out and speak back to homophobia for the Nigerian tweeters in the study.
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye, holding a placard, leading a protest in Lagos.
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Religion has often been a key motivation for philanthropy and economic fairness. Africans in the diaspora champion this.
Julius Malema, leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), arrives at Parliament wearing a hard hat and overall to show solidarity with coal mine workers.
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From red berets to full-on cosplaying, leaders across the continent have a robust relationship with fashion.
Mother and Child Centre (MCC) Isolo is one of the specialised public hospitals that pregnant women in emergency situations try to reach in Lagos.
A new study explores the challenges that pregnant women in megacities such as Lagos face in emergency situations and how the options vary depending on their socioeconomic status.
Sixty years after independence, Nigeria has yet to achieve its potential.
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Sixty years after political independence, it is clear that Nigeria has not fulfilled its huge potential, but with a supportive public culture it can transform that into success.
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The shrinking of Lake Chad contributes to instability in the countries which sit around its expanse.
Where children are concerned, all actions must be in their best interests.
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Localising the child’s right act across the country will guarantee the application of child right laws to all children.
Lagos only gets about 10 percent of its electricity needs, leaving its 20 million inhabitants to their own devices.
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Nigeria’s unreliable power supply comes with a triple challenge of social, economic and environmental costs.
An unregulated economy leaves the economically disadvantaged at the mercy of the rich and powerful
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Lack of competition regulation created outright dominance of a few players in some industries.
Eko Atlantic city in Lagos is described as the largest real estate project in Africa and dubbed the “Dubai of Africa”.
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To achieve sustainable, functional buildings, architects in cities like Lagos need to consider local realities.
Trucks like this are used to convey inmates to the prison in Lagos State, Nigeria. Over 70 percent of inmates in Nigeria have not appeared in court and haven’t been sentenced.
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The proportion of prisoners awaiting trial in Nigeria is disturbing, and prolonged imprisonment can have a damaging effect on their mental functioning .
A Nigerian Navy unit on patrol, looking for illegal oil refineries in the Niger Delta region near Port Harcourt.
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Mismanagement of funds appears to be the biggest challenge confronting the Niger Delta peacebuilding programme.
Nigerian scientists are working to better understand coronavirus.
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There are over 1,000 lineages of SARS-CoV-2 circulating around the world. Nigerian scientists have found seven in the country and this is important.
Nigerian women use nudity to turn traditional ideas of protest on their heads.
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Nigerian women have successfully used their naked bodies as an instrument of power, rather than shame, to protest injustice.
A Fulani herdsman tends to his cattle at Kachia grazing reserve, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
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Beyond the struggle for land and water, new triggers of conflict between farmers and herders have emerged in northern Nigeria.
A rice farm in Nigeria.
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The Nigerian ministry of agriculture and rural development needs to focus on the adoption of modern rice processing techniques.