July 8, 2025
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Nigerian farms battle traffic, developers in downtown Abuja

ABUJA: Under the din of traffic from the highway bridge that cuts over his fields, Bala Haruna inspects corn, cassava and okra on his family farm.A pump pulls up water from a nearby stream and is diverted through trenches dug through cropland wedged between four-lane roads — fields which were here long before the nearby […]

‘No bra, no exam’: Nigerian university defends viral video of women being checked, says this will ensure ‘distraction-free environment’

A Nigerian university came under fire for checking whether female students were wearing bras. A Nigerian university has come under immense criticism after a video of a female staff member checking whether a female student was wearing a bra before allowing her into the examination hall went viral. Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ogun State defended […]

Finland charges Nigerian separatist with inciting terrorism

Representative Image (AI-generated) Finnish prosecutors on Friday said they had charged a man with inciting terrorism online who a media report identified as Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa.Finland’s National Prosecution Authoritysaid in a statement that it had charged “a Finnish individual in a case involving suspected public incitement to commit crimes with terrorist intent and […]