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As it happened: A hectic sprint opener at the Volta ao Algarve

Gerben Thijssen beats Marijn van den Berg to the line after a quiet 200km stage 1

Cycling News

Inside Nollywood: tracing Nigeria’s film history

With plans afoot for a new Lagos museum to preserve Nigeria’s film history, we hear from the collection’s curator

Wallpaper

Empireworld review: A conversation-changing look at the British Empire's worldwide legacy

Sathnam Sanghera wants to play a game with you. He’s visiting a school where the boys wear “spotless white shirts” and “dark-blue blazers”, there’s a Latin motto, an official crest, a house system, and a stirring school song that contains the lyrics “always play the game!” Is he somewhere in…

Evening Standard

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Lagos Styrofoam, Plastics Ban Brings Applause And Concern

From trash-strewn pavements to street vendors packing meals in polystyrene containers, plastic waste is a constant menace in the urban landscape of Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital and the continent's most populous city.

International Business Times

Vuelta a España 2024 stage 16 preview - Primož Roglič aims for repeat 'reconquest' of race lead at Lagos de Covadonga

September 3, 2024: Luanco-Lagos de Covadonga, 181km

Cycling News

Economic downturn punctures joy of festive season in Nigeria

Festivities have been muted this December in Nigeria as a cost of living crisis reaches new heights.

Al Jazeera

Party paupers: Nigeria’s financial crisis puts the brakes on ‘Detty December’ celebrations

Lagos loves to wine, dine and dance in the month leading up to Christmas, but soaring prices and rampant inflation mean would-be revellers are staying home

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Egusi stew is the ideal comfort food

How a meaningless fight introduced me to purposeful food

Salon

Finding a fix: Nigerian women lead drive to upcycle plastics

In Nigeria, where plastic pollution is still a huge problem, there is a rise of women-led schemes focused on fixes.

Al Jazeera

China-Africa relations in 2023: key moments and events to remember

In a year when headlines have been dominated by conflict in Europe and the Middle East, and geo-economic tensions between China and the West, China-Africa relations were, in comparison, a steady and stable norm.

The Conversation

Nigerian workers’ wages diminish as inflation rises and gov’t revenue dips

Nigerian public sector workers may earn slightly more than they did years ago, but can afford fewer things than before.

Al Jazeera

Africa's flourishing art scene is a smash hit at Art X

It's Art Month in Nigeria — and a highlight is the celebration of art that is Art X, a wide-ranging fair that highlights "Black portraiture" as well as other creations from the continent.

WEKU

'One-chance' in Lagos: how criminal gangs rob city commuters

“One-chance” is the name Nigerians use for a form of robbery that takes place in both public and private vehicles when people accept the offer of a ride. It is an organised crime, perpetrated by people who work together, using a strategy of hailing passengers into their waiting vehicle. They…

The Conversation

Adidas Lagos champions the city’s ‘resilient, adaptable and go-getter resolve’

Adidas Lagos by Tosin Oshinowo opens its smart retrofit of a 1970s building

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In Nigeria, youths seek ‘happy hours’ in laughing gas amid economic woes

Nitrous oxide, once used in clinical practice, is becoming a recreational drug of choice for Nigerian youths.

The Guardian - UK

Tremor by Teju Cole review – snapshot of a restless mind

The Open City author traces a grieving teacher’s itinerant life in an enlightening autofictional novel sometimes hampered by its earnestness

The Independent UK

Africa’s fashion industry is growing to meet global demands but needs more investment, UNESCO says

A UNESCO report released during Lagos Fashion Week notes Africa’s fashion industry is growing rapidly to meet demand but that inadequate investment still limits its potential

France 24

Lagos Fashion Week: A celebration of African and Nigerian fashion

As Africa's cultural heavyweights gather in Lagos for its 13th iconic Fashion Week, we speak to the event's founder about a unique UN study that lines the continent up as a major influence on the future of fashion. Also, the march of progress in Dakar tramples over the Senegalese capital's…

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Death on duty: State negligence leads to exodus of Nigerian doctors

For years, Nigerian doctors fled overseas, seeking better pay. Now, they say they are doing so to avoid dying on duty.

The Independent UK

Nigerians remember those killed or detained in the 2020 protests against police brutality

Many Nigerians are remembering the victims of the historic protests in 2020 against police brutality, with Amnesty International reporting that at least 15 of the protesters are still being detained and tortured

The Guardian - UK

Tremor by Teju Cole review – art, history and violence

Cole’s second novel packs in centuries of artworks and continents of human experiences, in a dazzling reflection on colonialism, aesthetics and contemporary life

Al Jazeera

‘Suffering and smiling’: Festivalgoers decry state of affairs in Nigeria

Festival attendees say the late Fela Kuti’s criticism of Nigeria’s government is still relevant decades after his death.

The Conversation

Nigeria wants to revamp its railway network. Four things it needs to do to succeed

Nigeria’s railway network serves only a small portion of the country. The country is 923,770km², with a railway network of 3,505km colonial narrow gauge and 669km modern standard gauge. Egypt, not that much larger than Nigeria, has a network of 6,700km.

The Guardian - UK

Over the Bridge review – intricate Nollywood drama takes on corruption in Lagos

This gritty tale is undermined by melodramatic touches, but Ozzy Agu shines in the lead role and debut director Tolu Ajayi shows flair

The Independent UK

A nurse is named as the prime suspect in the mysterious death of the Nigerian Afrobeat star Mohbad

Police in Nigeria have identified a nurse as the “principal suspect” in the mysterious death of a Nigerian Afrobeat star which triggered dayslong protests demanding justice

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