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#theguardian.com. × Where to start with: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The award-winning Nigerian author and Beyoncé-sampled essayist is back with her first novel in a decade, which makes now a great time to get to know her work

#theguardian.com. × ‘We are all Natasha’: senator’s sexual harassment claims roil Nigeria. Treatment of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who has been suspended from senate, shines light on women’s rights

#theguardian.com. × Around the world in 60 hours: Nigerian aims to set travel record with ‘low-mobility’ passport. Alma Asinobi wants to break Guinness world record for shortest time to visit seven continents

#theguardian.com. × Nigerian king faces Shell in London high court over decades of oil spills. King Okpabi, ruler of Ogale, says Shell has caused chronic pollution, while oil firm argues it is not responsible

#theguardian.com. × The Chimamanda effect: Nigerians delight at first novel in a decade from their beloved daughter. ‘Rock star’ author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Dream Count has been hotly anticipated by her fans

#theguardian.com. × Activists call for state of emergency over gender-based violence in Nigeria. Deaths of 22 women this year include a 240% rise in January, as rights groups say perpetrators are acting with impunity

#theguardian.com. × Innit innit boys and Super Eagles: how Nigerian Londoners found their identity through football – podcast. For the children of the Nigerian diaspora, displaced by war and split between two worlds, footballers from John Fashanu to Jay-Jay Okocha were a first glimpse of themselves in Britain’s mainstream. Wri

#theguardian.com. × Nigeria sues crypto giant Binance for $81.5bn in economic losses and back tax. Authorities blame crypto exchange, already facing four counts of tax evasion in the country, for currency woes

#theguardian.com. × Bashy, Darkoo and Odeal top winners at 2025 Mobo awards. There are two awards apiece for the UK artists, while Nigerian singer Ayra Starr also wins two at Newcastle-hosted ceremony for Black musical excellence

#theguardian.com. × Brother of British national held in Nigeria says UK has ‘turned its back’. Kingsley Kanu, brother of Indigenous People of Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu, calls on PM to defend British citizens

#theguardian.com. × Flies in hospital wards may be spreading drug-resistant bacteria to patients. Scientists in Nigeria found the insects carry infections resistant to last-resort antibiotics, adding to fears about superbugs

#theguardian.com. × ‘There is nothing here’: the island left behind by Lagos’s economic boom. Politicians in Nigeria hope the country’s largest city will one day look like Dubai, but on nearby Refuge Island people live without electricity

#theguardian.com. × Tiny Nigerian museum marking a forgotten British invasion pushes for recognition. Museum in Koko, Niger Delta, commemorates important exiled merchant prince Nanna Olomu – but it has no cooling and a termite issue

#theguardian.com. × ‘I was told books don’t sell here. I knew that wasn’t true’: the English teacher shaking up Nigeria’s publishing scene. After a brush with death pushed Othuke Ominiabohs to self-publish his novels, he realised there was a gap in the market for fresh African writing

#theguardian.com. × At least six people seriously injured on flight from Nigeria to Washington DC. Nigerian officials say a Boeing 787-800 belonging to United Airlines was forced to make an emergency return last Friday

#theguardian.com. × Innit innit boys and Super Eagles: how Nigerian Londoners found their identity through football. For the children of the Nigerian diaspora, displaced by war and split between two worlds, footballers from John Fashanu to Jay-Jay Okocha were a first glimpse of themselves in Britain’s mainstream

#theguardian.com. × Scores killed in central Nigeria after fuel tanker flips over and explodes – video. Those who died had scrambled to take the fuel, which has rocketed in price amid an economic crisis

#theguardian.com. × Seventy killed in central Nigeria after fuel tanker flips over and explodes. Those who died had scrambled to take the fuel, which has rocketed in price amid an economic crisis

#theguardian.com. × ‘I was crying, there was no anaesthesia’: the fight for legal and safe abortion in Nigeria. In a country where thousands die every year from unsafe procedures, and rape is shockingly high, campaigners must overcome strict laws and religious beliefs, as well as misinformation and stigma

#theguardian.com. × ‘To confront the anti-gay law is to trouble waters’: the young Nigerian novelist refusing to go by the book. Chukwuebuka Ibeh’s first novel, Blessings, about love in a hostile climate, was written after a life-changing encounter with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#theguardian.com. × Death and the King’s Horseman: the return of Wole Soyinka’s enduring mystery. The Nigerian Nobel laureate’s story of a royal servant condemned to kill himself after his master’s death has lost none of its enigmatic appeal

#theguardian.com. × From Igbo to Angika: how to save the world’s 3,000 endangered languages. With half of all languages predicted to die out in decades, activists are turning to online tools to preserve them

#theguardian.com. × The Long Wave: From the Met Gala to Afcon, 2025 promises to be a bumper year. New Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Michael Jackson biopic and more brilliant Black art and culture coming your way in the next 12 months

#theguardian.com. × Pharaohs, masks and bronze age boats: six standout new museums around the world in 2025. Openings across Africa and Asia offer new cultural experiences in stunning architectural surroundings

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