Throughout his career, Hughes was eager to mentor and promote the work of writers abroad.
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To foreigners, he was a fellow traveler who recognized the plight of the oppressed.
Banners and candles are displayed during a ceremony commemorating the Biafran War
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Fifty years after the Biafran war, the massacre in Asaba in the south-south region of Nigeria is still a highly sensitive issue.
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For Nollywood to fully compete at the global level, it should adopt a smart, proactive approach.
What mattered most to mothers using Nigeria’s free maternal health services was that their babies were healthy.
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With the introduction of free maternal healthcare, Nigeria appears to have got more women using health facilities, but there are more hurdles to cross.
Nigeria has to include digital literacy in its primary school curriculum.
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Nigeria’s education system must embrace artificial intelligence technologies to join the fourth industrial revolution.
An activist poses for the camera outside Botswana High Court which ruled in favour of decriminalising homosexuality in June 2019.
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Predominant public sentiment remains largely anti-homosexual and overshadows constitutionally guaranteed rights in Africa.
Women smallholder farmers contribute significantly to the Nigerian economy.
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Nigeria needs to adopt gender specific strategies to financially include women smallholders in agriculture.
A Nigerian bride dances into her wedding venue for her big day.
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Hiring top-end event centres boosts people’s social status and made them feel more esteemed.
Street vendors sell their wares beneath a mural of musical great Victor Olaiya in Lagos.
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Victor Abimbola Olaiya took up highlife music in the late 1950s and combined it with the trumpet to improve on its texture and aesthetic quality.
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How to stay safe from the novel coronavirus which has reached Lagos, Nigeria.
Football continues to present a great chance for social mobility in Africa.
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Fame changes the bonds that some African footballers have with their home communities.
Giving young Nigerians information on sexual and reproductive health boosts their confidence in using condoms
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Sexually inexperienced Nigerian students are less confident in their ability to use condoms, increasing their susceptibility to infections and unplanned pregnancies at first sexual activity.
The government must harness analytical technologies developed by pharmaceutical scientists in Nigeria
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There are cost-effective solutions to the problem of sub-standard drugs in Nigeria and other low-income countries.
Serious lead poisoning cases are a growing problem on the continent.
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Unregulated and hazardous lead acid battery manufacturing and recycling plants are often adjacent to residential areas, agricultural and grazing lands.
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Nigerians can take pride in the recent addition of 29 words of Nigerian origin to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Alarmed by a rapid spread of Lassa fever, the Nigerian Academy of Science is calling on government to declare a health emergency.
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Concerned about rising cases and spread of Lassa fever, the Nigerian Academy of Science has called on government to declare it a national health emergency.
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Providing antiretroviral therapy without incorporating quality diets may not help to reduce illness and death related to HIV.
Proper nutrition is crucial for countries and individuals.
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Nigeria has an alarming number of stunted children. This can hold back the country’s long-term productivity if there is no intervention.
The new ban applies to citizens of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania.
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Immigrants from Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania constitute less than 1% of terrorism cases in the United States, and none of the cases in the last two years.
Ifeanyichukwu Uboh of Nigeria celebrates taking a wicket at the U-19 World Cup Cricket.
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Nigeria is not known as a cricketing nation, yet its Under-19 team qualified for the World Cup. What is secret of their sudden success?