On a humid afternoon in Lagos, a shoot for a comedy skit is under way on a set that looks more like a small film production. Dozens of people mill …
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The ‘Jolene doctrine’: retired US army general likens Trump foreign policy to Dolly Parton song
The retired US army general who once led Nato forces in Afghanistan says the bellicose foreign policy Donald Trump has pursued during his second presidency can be summed up as …
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At least 65 Nigerian soldiers killed in jihadist raids in country’s north-east
At least 65 Nigerian soldiers have been killed in jihadist raids across the country’s north-east in the last two weeks, as the west African state battles to contain one of …
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‘The optics are terrible’: wedding guest list in spotlight as violence grips swathes of Nigeria
It has been described as Nigeria’s wedding of the year – and it is only February. This month, five sons and five daughters of the junior defence minister Bello Matawalle …
Armed assailants on motorbikes killed at least 32 people and burned houses and shops during raids on three villages in north-west Nigeria’s Niger state early on Saturday, local officials and …
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‘At 2am, it feels like someone’s there’: why Nigerians are choosing chatbots to give them advice and therapy
On a quiet evening in her Abuja hotel, Joy Adeboye, 23, sits on her bed clutching her phone, her mind racing and chest tightening. On her screen is yet another …
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A snakebite death is the latest high-profile tragedy in Nigeria: they all connect to map a system in collapse | Cheta Nwanze
The death from a snakebite of singer Ifunanya Nwangene in an Abuja hospital last Saturday, allegedly after a frantic and failed search for antivenom, sent a familiar shudder through Nigeria. …
Nigeria will deploy an army battalion to a district in the west of the country where suspected jihadist fighters killed 170 people in attacks in two villages in the region …
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Gunmen have killed at least 162 people in west Nigeria attack, says Red Cross
Gunmen have killed at least 162 people in a village in Kwara state in western Nigeria, a Red Cross official has said, making it one of the deadliest attacks in …
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Death of Nigerian singer after snakebite highlights crisis of ‘preventable’ fatalities
In a last message to her friends, Ifunanya Nwangene wrote: “Please come.” The 26-year-old singer and former contestant on The Voice Nigeria had been bitten by a snake while asleep …


