#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 Ebo Taylor, Ghanaian highlife pioneer and guitarist, dies age 90. Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history
#Showbiz #Nigeria × #Ghana #Africa #music
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.09.2026 In Nigeria’s Woro, massacre leaves a community devastated and in ruins. Residents say armed men kidnapped dozens of women and children after killing of about 200 people in Kwara State.
#Nigeria × #Africa
#bbc.com. #Feb.08.2026 Ifunanya Nwangene's tragic death highlights Nigeria's snakebite problem. The crisis is compounded by a critical shortage of affordable, properly stored antivenom.
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#bbc.com. #Feb.07.2026 King Charles to host Nigeria's first UK state visit in 37 years. President Bola Tinubu and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu will be guests at Windsor Castle from 18 to 19 March.
#Politics #Nigeria × #Africa #Bola Tinubu
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.07.2026 Is Nigeria’s security situation worsening, or is there progress?. More than 200 people have been killed in attacks, but the abducted Christians have been freed.
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#bbc.com. #Feb.06.2026 Kwara attack survivors in Nigeria: 'They sent a letter asking to preach. Then they massacred us'. Armed jihadists devastate a community that refused to convert to their hard-line interpretation of Islam.
#Islamic #Religious #Nigeria × #Africa #USA #North America
#bbc.com. #Feb.06.2026 Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners in Iva Valley, Enugu. The colonial police, made up of Nigerians and Europeans, shot dead workers striking for better conditions.
#Nigeria × #United Kingdom #Africa #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.06.2026 A snakebite death is the latest high-profile tragedy in Nigeria: they all connect to map a system in collapse | Cheta Nwanze. Anthony Joshua and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie went through terrible experiences; now a young singer has died. The events are all linked to a national crisis, says Cheta Nwanze
#Nigeria × #Africa
#bbc.com. #Feb.05.2026 Muslims killed 'over rejection of extremist ideology' in Nigeria. At least 78 bodies have been buried, while it's feared that more than 170 people were killed altogether.
#Nigeria × #Africa
#theguardian.com. #Feb.05.2026 Nigeria sends troops to villages attacked by jihadist fighters. President says army will ‘checkmate barbaric terrorists’ who attacked Woro and Nuku in Kwara state, killing 170 people
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#aljazeera.com. #Feb.05.2026 Christian group says all abductees taken in Nigeria’s Kurmin Wali released. Nigerian government yet to confirm that 166 villagers and churchgoers who were kidnapped last month are now back home.
#Christian #Religious #Nigeria × #Africa
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.05.2026 Gunmen kill nearly 200 people in Nigeria. Nearly 200 people have been killed in gunmen attacks across Nigeria’s Kwara and Katsina states.
#Nigeria × #Africa
#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.05.2026 In northwest Nigeria, U.S. confronts a growing terrorist threat. Post reporters ventured to northwest Nigeria, where fighters affiliated with the Islamic State are on the offensive despite December airstrikes ordered by President Trump.
#Islamic #Religious #Nigeria × #Africa #USA #North America
#theguardian.com. #Feb.05.2026 ‘The children are not safe here’: the Nigerian couple fighting infanticide. The long read: In a few isolated communities in central Nigeria, some babies are believed to be bad omens. Olusola and Chinwe Stevens run a thriving home for babies at risk. But what happens when the f
#Nigeria × #Africa
#nytimes.com. #Feb.04.2026 Gunmen in Nigeria Kill More Than 160, Aid Official Says. Nigeria Attack Leaves More Than 160 Dead
#Nigeria × #Africa #USA #North America
#bbc.com. #Feb.04.2026 Nigeria gunmen in deadly attack on Kwara villages as US military team's deployment confirmed. Shops and homes were torched in an attack on two villages in the western state of Kwara, a lawmaker says.
#Nigeria × #Africa #USA #North America
#theguardian.com. #Feb.04.2026 Gunmen have killed 162 people in west Nigeria attack, says Red Cross official. Government blames ‘terrorist cells’ for attack in Woro village, one of country’s deadliest in recent months
#Nigeria × #Africa
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.04.2026 Gunmen kill over 30 people, burn homes in remote Nigeria village. Armed men burn homes, shops in Woro, a remote village in north-central Kwara State bordering Niger State, authorities say.
#Niger #Nigeria × #Africa
#theguardian.com. #Feb.04.2026 Death of Nigerian singer after snakebite highlights crisis of ‘preventable’ fatalities. Ifunanya Nwangene died in hospital after being bitten in her Abuja home, raising questions about the availability of effective antivenoms
#Nigeria × #Africa
#bbc.com. #Feb.03.2026 Makoko demolitions: Shanties in Lagos Lagoon in Nigeria bulldozed and burnt. Residents suspect the demolitions are aimed at gentrifying the waterfront in Nigeria's biggest city, but officials deny this.
#Nigeria × #Africa
#bbc.com. #Feb.01.2026 Ifunanya Nwangene: Aspiring Nigerian singer dies after snakebite in Abuja. Ifunanya Nwangene, a former contestant in The Voice Nigeria, died after not getting the antivenom she needed.
#Showbiz #Nigeria × #Africa #music
#aljazeera.com. #Jan.30.2026 Chronicle of a mass kidnapping: The day Nigeria’s Kurmin Wali changed. After gunmen abducted a quarter of the people in a village in Kaduna State, many who remain are now leaving for good.
#Nigeria × #Africa
#bbc.com. #Jan.30.2026 Fela Kuti to receive Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award. Almost 30 years after he died, the Nigerian will posthumously receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.
#Showbiz #Nigeria × #Africa #Grammy Awards #music
#wikipedia.org. Nigeria. Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 sq mi). With a population of more than 230 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world
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