#Nigeria
🎶🎶 Kola Ogunkoya – Easy Motion Owambe
📨 Kola Ogunkoya is a Nigerian Afrobeat musician who uses the term "Afro Gbedu" to describe his style of music, which includes Jazz, Highlife, Jùjú, Funk and traditional Yoruba music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcrfubWgoec
Gbedu literally means "big drum" and is a percussion instrument traditionally used in [...]
🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/kola-ogunkoya-easy-motion-owambe/
Benin beklagt 34 Tote: Tödliche Explosion in Treibstofflager
@wiletha Palm oil company and #RSPO member SIAT uses "sustainable" #palmoil, yet pays farmers in #Nigeria €1.23 Euros per hectare per year for their land that was taken illegally from them. Fight #corruption and #Boycottpalmoil in the supermarket
Dozens killed in Benin after fuel depot explodes into flames
@Minocampbell3 Finished reading Purple Hibiscus. Whoa, what a tale of power abuses and violence hiding behind religion! An amazing first novel! Thanks again for the reminder.
#patriarchy #colonialism #Nigeria #books #bookstodon
A Spell of Good Things, by Ayobami Adebayo. You are a highly capable and independent young Nigerian doctor, which is maybe why the patriarchy feels the need to insert itself in your life in subtle and not so subtle ways. 4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈.
At least 20 students abducted in a new attack by gunmen targeting schools in northern #Nigeria
https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-student-abductions-bd2c9148352ff404cba862e1868f7d69
Libyans still counting their dead after colossal flood hit Derna | The Listening Post
The Nollywood pioneer seeking perfection in African storytelling
Women just can't win depending on what countries they're born it's worse or better but it's NOT PERFECT!
#Women #GenderEquality #Nigeria #Sexuality #GBV #SashaObama #Men #Abuse #SexualAssault #DomesticViolence #Africa #USA https://vocal.media/viva/nigerians-comments-about-sasha-obama-shows-why-nigeria-is-one-of-the-worst-countries-to-be-born-a-woman
popping in for #jukeboxFridayNight with some nneka (in case you hadn't heard). she's fierce as fook.
#nneka #nigeria #hiphop #soul #afrobeat #music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkDgnVJa7SU
('soul is heavy' - 2012)
In Nigeria, grief spills to the streets over death of Afrobeats star Mohbad
Visiting Ile-Ife, #Nigeria's ancient city of gods
https://www.dw.com/en/visiting-ile-ife-nigerias-ancient-city-of-gods/video-66802387
Terror in Nigeria: Studierende aus Universität entführt
In Nigeria gibt es immer wieder Entführungen - diesmal hat es Studierende getroffen. Islamisten wollen so die Bevölkerung einschüchtern, doch immer öfter stecken auch Banden dahinter, die Lösegeld erpressen wollen.
Radiojournalist ermordet: In #Nigeria ist der bekannte Reporter #HamisuDanjibga tot aufgefunden worden. Wie der Sender Voice of Nigeria erklärt, sei Danjibga entführt und ermordet worden. Die müssen Täter ermittelt und vor Gericht gestellt werden! https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/627275-nigerian-journalist-found-dead-three-days-after-declared-missing.html
King Sunny Adé - "Sunny Ti De" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVMgtCVF3Dw&list=PLQyJrF5MyQHqbFVUf0zqumJ6ogQfYwf8c&ab_channel=vorbis #King Sunny Adé #KingSunnyAde #juju #music #Nigeria
BREAKING NEWS: An unspecified number of female #students have been #abducted by gunmen at the Federal University, #Gusau in #Zamfara state, northwest #Nigeria
In the early hours of Friday, three private female hostels were invaded by the kidnappers in Sabon Gida community near the university. Local journalists told the #BBC Hausa that the gunmen began shooting indiscriminately before attacking the students' hostels around 3am.
v #BBCHausa
Thousands marched across #Nigeria on Thursday over the mysterious death of Afrobeat star Ilerioluwa Aloba, who was admitted last week in a #Lagos hospital for an unknown illness https://arab.news/686yz #Africa #news
Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist King Sunny Adé (born September 22, 1946) #KingSunnyAde #juju #musician #BOTD #Nigeria
Revealed: Ex-Nigerian gov’t official to share in $11bn gas scandal damages
Dozens released on bail: Will this turn out to be the latest example of homophobic Nigerian police making mass arrests of LGBTQ Nigerians, then failing to follow up in court?
https://76crimes.com/2023/09/21/nigeria-69-gay-wedding-suspects-to-be-released-on-bail/
#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Nigeria #Africa
The governor of Lagos has promised to coordinate an investigation into the 27-year-old's death, including exhuming his body for an autopsy.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9wvk/mohbad-death-nigeria-autopsy
#MohBad #NIGERIA #nairamarley #samlarry #PROTESTS
Saving Nigeria's history - through the news | The Listening Post
Resistance to #antibiotics in northern #Nigeria: what #bacteria are prevalent, and which #drugs work against them https://blknewsnow.com/resistance-to-antibiotics-in-northern-nigeria-what-bacteria-are-prevalent-and-which-drugs-work-against-them/
Sorrow Tears and Blood are police regular trademark
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"Everybody run run run (Eh-ya!)
Everybody scatter scatter (Eh-ya!)
Some people lost some bread (Eh-ya!)
Someone nearly die (Eh-ya!)
Someone just die (Eh-ya!)
Police they come, army they come (Eh-ya!)
Confusion everywhere (Eh-ya!)
Seven minutes later
All don cool down, brother
Police don go away
Army don disappear
Them leave sorrow, tears and blood (Them regular trademark)"
"Sorrow Tears and Blood (run, run, run)"
(Fela Kuti. 1977)
#MMRplaylist #pouetradio #Africanbeat #JujuMusic #Nigeria #FelaRansomeKuti #acab
Kano University gives free #education to people with #disabilities https://von.gov.ng/kano-university-gives-free-education-to-people-with-disabilities/#:~:text=Tuition fee is free for,Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso.%E2%80%9D
#Nigeria #DisabilityInclusion #education #InclusionMatters #DisabledAndCapable
Kano University gives free #education to people with #disabilities https://von.gov.ng/kano-university-gives-free-education-to-people-with-disabilities/#:~:text=Tuition fee is free for,Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso.%E2%80%9D
#Nigeria #DisabilityInclusion #education #InclusionMatters #DisabledAndCapable
Interesting piece on the complicated politics of land tenure in #Nigeria, although I would have liked to hear more about how this is affecting smallholders as well as large-scale farmers https://www.theafricareport.com/321179/nigeria-45-year-old-land-law-discourages-potential-investors/
🥥 I'm NOT saying this is a #scam, but Eye'm also not saying it's NOT a scam:
Started getting toots from people in #Nigeria with lovely photos of car interiors and info about people there getting cars from the US.
Then an invite to inquire about getting one of those cars sent BACK to the US.
Dude, FYI, the trust was irreparably dinged by all your royalty who used to send us emails regarding the freeing-up of their seized funds if only we'd send them some of our favorite #dollars. 🥥.
Acc to a recent #WHO assessment, #Nigeria is facing a high risk of a #diphtheria outbreak at the national level
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2023-DON485#:~:text=Since%20epidemiological%20week%2026%2C%20ending,(LGAs)%20in%2011%20states.
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #A73B05 Tail: #N565RS Flt: #N565RS
Owner: #RiversStateGovernment
Aircraft: #Bombardier Global 5000
2023/09/19 14:18:29
#GL5T #Nigeria #EzenwoNyesomWike #Government http://riversstate.gov.ng
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=A73B05&showTrace=2023-09-19&zoom=7&lat=49.986374&lon=8.480506×tamp=1695125909
🚨 Green flood alert in Nigeria
On 14/09/2023, a flood started in Nigeria, lasting until 19/09/2023 (last update). The flood caused 4 deaths and 2304 displaced .
More details: https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=FL&eventid=1102219
A New Lines Magazine investigation:
#Nigeria ’s War With #Boko #Haram May Have Killed Thousands of Innocent People
Some 25,000 are #missing , many believed to be victims of #extrajudicial killings and clandestine mass burials by the army
https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/investigation-nigerias-war-with-boko-haram-may-have-killed-thousands-of-innocent-people/
#Borno #Maiduguri #BokoHaram
@DoctorsWithoutBorders is responding to an enormous #diphtheria outbreak in northern #Nigeria.
Diphtheria can kill half of people who are infected if they don’t receive proper treatment. Even with treatment, diphtheria is still fatal for 5%.
Responding to the outbreak has proven challenging due to a worldwide shortage of diphtheria antitoxin caused by dwindling production capacity.
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/nigeria-worsening-diphtheria-outbreak-requires-urgent-response #news #press #globalhealth
New Yorker: Diana Ejaita’s “Lines of Beauty” https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2023-09-25 #NewYorker #DisableInlineSignupUnit #Culture/CoverStory #Illustration #Fashion #Nigeria #Design #Style #Italy
Flooding submerges roads and neighbourhoods in Nigeria’s Lagos | AJ #shorts
@Minocampbell3 #AmReading Purple Hibiscus thanks to your reminder of her first novel and this interview https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-thought-her-writing-was-too-dark-for-kids-here-s-what-changed-her-mind-1.6957968 Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun were excellent reads.
🇺🇸 #America HAS ENOUGH HATRED DO NOT IMPORT IT FROM GHANA 💥#HateSpeech #GhanaNews #Ghana #Morocco #News #Africa #NorthAfrica #Arabs #Muslims #WestAfrica #Nigeria #Mali #BurkinaFaso #Conakry #Guinee #TheGambia #Gambia #Senegal #Islamophobia #Ghanians #Libya #Egypt 👇🏽#SaudiArabia #Oman #Tunisia #Somalia #BongoIdeas https://focusnewsafricacom.wordpress.com/2023/09/17/ghana-the-face-of-hate-bongo-ideas-islamic-slander-while-ghana-begs-for-arab-investors/
Nigeria: keep cocoa growers out of gorilla habitat! #AnimalRights #Nigeria #environment #wildlife #gorilla #cocoa https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1188/nigeria-keep-cocoa-growers-out-of-gorilla-habitat
West Africa News For the Week of 10 Sep. - 16 Sep. 2023 #WestAfrica #Benin #Ghana #GhanaNews #Nigeria #NigeriaNews #Mali #BurkinaFaso #Conakry #Niamey #ECOWAS #Afrique #Senegal #TheGambia #SierraLeone #Gambia #FocusNewsAfrica #Africa https://tinyurl.com/3mfzev95
#Aerotelegraph - United Nigeria Airlines: Nigerianische United Airlines will in die USA fliegen - https://www.aerotelegraph.com/nigerianische-united-airlines-will-in-die-usa-fliegen #united_nigeria #embraer145 #Airlines #nigeria #lagos
After heartache, trans woman rebuilds confidence through Qtalk app
https://76crimes.com/2023/09/11/qtalk-a-nigerian-trans-womans-tale-of-heartache-and-hope/
#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTrights #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Nigeria #Qtalk #trans #transgender
#Nigeria experiences a nationwide power outage
https://www.africanews.com/2023/09/14/nigeria-experiences-a-nationwide-power-outage/
I had no idea #Nigeria was struggling so much with their #electricity. This is terrible. And it makes me realise that as bad as #loadshedding is, it's not this bad yet.
https://techcentral.co.za/total-electricity-blackout-in-nigeria/231632/?utm_source=Mastodon
Thoughts and prayers (yes, I know) are with the people of Nigeria. :(
Nigeria hit by widespread blackout in 'total system collapse' #PowerGrid #nigeria
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Levels of power being generated fell to zero megawatts early on Thursday.
Some supplies have been restored but only a tiny fraction of normal consumption in Africa's most populous country.
Less than 50% of Nigeria's population has access to a regular power supply, with most people dependent on generators, inverters and other sources of electricity. Most homes and office buildings are not solely dependent on the national grid for power supply.
"""
Nigeria has a population equivalent to all of Western Europe. Now imagine if ALL OF WESTERN EUROPE lost power for a few hours.
Total collapse of the electrical grid in #Nigeria has caused widespread blackouts across the largest economy in #Africa. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/09/breaking-blackout-as-nigerias-electricity-generation-drops-93-5-to-273mw/
Holy shit. My country #Nigeria is a mess.
Nationwide blackout across Nigeria after power grid collapse
Nigeria boat accident death toll rises as dozens remain missing
I just published a new post on my book blog, about Wole Soyinka's novel Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth. #nigeria #literature #fiction @bookstodon #bookstodon #book
https://outsideofacat.wordpress.com/2023/09/10/happy-people-all-around-wole-soyinkas-chronicles/
Sean Strickland upsets Israel Adesanya to take UFC middleweight title
Rivalry among Boko Haram factions compounds violence in northern Nigeria
Opposition supporters saddened as tribunal upholds President Tinubu’s win
Nigeria election tribunal upholds President Bola Tinubu victory
#Nigeria #Lagos #GrößteStadtderWelt
#ErsteStraßenbahnlinie #Eröffnung #Stadtplanung
Nigerianische Stadt Lagos eröffnet erste Straßenbahnlinie:
https://de.nachrichten.yahoo.com/sport/nigerianische-stadt-lagos-er%C3%B6ffnet-erste-085511919.html
Nigerian unions strike again to protest soaring costs after subsidy removal
Horrible. Potentially ten years in prison for the people *attending* a wedding.
CBC: More than 60 people are in jail in Nigeria in connection with an alleged gay wedding last week, which is illegal in the country, the police and their lawyer said on Monday. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nigeria-lgbtq-wedding-arrests-1.6956540
#LGBTQ #2SLGBTQIA #GayRights #QueerRights #Equality #EqualRights #Nigeria
Metro rail service starts in Nigeria’s Lagos, set to ease traffic
Nigerian court remands dozens in prison over alleged gay wedding - This is outrageous and must be stopped. I remind my mutuals that “Nollywood”, Nigeria’s film industry is a very big deal in the country. So let’s make sure to boycott Nigerian films and TV series currently offered on streaming services like #Netflix #Nigeria #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #humanRights https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerian-court-remands-dozens-prison-over-alleged-gay-wedding-2023-09-04/
#BBCNews - #Lagos #traffic jams disappear. But this isn't good news for #Nigeria
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66652771
RLM Arts poster catalog, p679: "Ken Saro-Wiwa" (1996)
Saro-Wiwa, a cultural worker and environmental leader, fought for Nigeria's Ogoni people in defense of their land and rights, challenging the Royal Dutch Shell Co. and military dictatorship. With eight others, he was hanged in 1995 by a military tribunal. Their spirit lives on.
Poster with his inspiring words: https://www.rlmartstudio.com/product/saro-wiwa/
Use code EDUCATE for 25% off thru 9/5/23.
#MastoArt #EnvironmentalJustice #Nigeria #FossilFuels #LandBack
The Nigerian rapper with a coat of many colours
I'm on Channels TV in #Nigeria momentarily to talk about all the Trump trials and tribulations. Livestream: https://www.channelstv.com/live
Nigerian police arrested more than 60 people celebrating a gay wedding in one of the country’s largest crackdowns on homosexuality. The West African nation enacted the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act in 2013, which has faced international criticism despite domestic support. Gay people can face up to 14 years in prison if charged.
🤬More than 60 people arrested at a gay wedding in southern #Nigeria
Arrests of gay people are common in Nigeria, where the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act carries up to 10 years in jail for gay individuals. #LGBTQ https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/60-people-arrested-gay-wedding-southern-nigeria-rcna102302
Cannabis is a heavily criminalised plant in Nigeria. It can get its growers, traders and users long prison sentences. The National Drug Law Enforcement Act prescribes an imprisonment of not less than 15 years for possession and use of cannabis. Yet its very illegality ensures high prices and makes it lucrative to grow.
Overall an amazing Women's World Cup. Think about all of the countries who achieved great things: #Jamaica, #Morocco, #Nigeria, #Colombia, and others who proved just how much progress the women's game has made globally in the last several years. This has been probably the most competitive women's tournament that has ever taken place.
The next World Cup will be in 2027, and I have no doubt the game will be elevated even higher still.
@evan It depends on the culture & person. I usually fist bump 🤜🏾🤛🏾 my friends, but I also do handshakes 🤝🏾 too.
In #Japan 🇯🇵 & some places in #Nigeria 🇳🇬 (amongst my Yoruba tribe), bowing is how you greet someone. Sometimes we do the #Wakanda 🙅🏾♂️ salute for fun (only to other folks from #Africa). 😂
If my friends are super geeky & into #StarTrek, then we do the Vulcan 🖖🏾 greeting.
A Week of #News In #Africa that you can all ignore because NONE of you NOT even #Africans care about the news ALL over Africa just in your own little BOX. #WestAfrica #news #Africque #Mali #BurkinaFaso #Niger #Niamey #Nigeria #ECOWAS #Ghana #Ghananews #newpapers #Mali #benin #togo #Senegal #SieraaLeone #TheGambia 👉🏽https://tinyurl.com/5n92sttw
For The Record: this chart is less than a year old: https://www.sbmintel.com/2022/09/chart-of-the-week-military-operations-in-nigeria/
I believe that #Nigeria intervening in #Niger is a fool's errand when we have so many problems (which have gotten worse) in our backyard.
What is worse is that ALL our security issues have economic undertones.
Charity begins at home.
I knew that Chloe Kelly's penalty to put England through against #Nigeria was an absolute rocket, but it turns out that it was in fact the fastest ever recorded at the Women's World Cup, clocking in at 111kph. This was even faster than any goal recorded in last season's #EPL! 😮
@wwc #WWC #WWC2023 #FIFAWWC #MastodonFC #Lionesses #England #ENGvNGA #ChloeKelly
How We Used Machine Learning to Investigate Where #Ebola May Strike
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ProPublica spent months teaching a computer to analyze past Ebola #outbreaks linked to #deforestation.
What we found reveals a weakness in the way that governments and #PublicHealth experts are preparing for future #pandemics.
#MachineLearning #Disease #Outbreak #Pandemic #Nigeria #Africa #Spillover #News #Research
Acc to TRT ' #Niger 's junta revokes military deals with #France
The military junta has also recalled the country's #ambassadors to France, the #US and neighbouring #Nigeria '
http://www.trtafrika.com/africa/nigers-junta-revokes-military-deals-with-france-14328294
Niger coup leader defiant as Nigeria cuts power, ECOWAS threatens force
Sheesh! There has been lots of flooding in the news lately (from the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸, #Pakistan 🇵🇰, #Nigeria 🇳🇬, #Japan 🇯🇵, #Australia 🇦🇺, etcetera), but I am surprised see #China 🇨🇳 on the list in #Beijing of all places.
I guess that reveals how little I know about the city overall.
👉🏾 Beijing records heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years, causing severe flooding and 21 deaths https://apnews.com/article/china-beijing-rainfall-floods-1a8f968799bd539d11f3421010b8f2a9
#BBCNews - #Niger #power #blackouts blamed on #coup #sanctions
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66383119
The power shortages are a result of #Nigeria cutting supplies to its northern neighbour, Niger's electricity company #Nigelec says.
The West #African trading bloc #Ecowas has imposed sanctions on Niger over the coup but has not said if these include #electricity supplies.
Ecowas defence chiefs are meeting in Nigeria to discuss the Niger crisis.
#NigerCoup
Nigeria, Australia seal Women’s World Cup last-16 spots
Geographic definitions of the #Sahel region vary. Commonly, it stretches from #Senegal on the Atlantic coast, through parts of #Mauritania, #Mali, #BurkinaFaso, #Niger, #Nigeria, #Chad and #Sudan to #Eritrea on the Red Sea coast.
Now add to this map, the latest military coups (incl. Wagner/Russia or not):
- Burkina Faso (since January, 2022)
- Chad (since April, 2021)
- Guinea (since September, 2021)
- Mali (since August, 2020)
- Niger (since July, 2023)
- Sudan (since October, 2021)
Outrage in #Nigeria over #Lagos mass burial
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-66073084?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=64be61bce3a72e6ac4244069%26Outrage%20in%20Nigeria%20over%20Lagos%20mass%20burial%262023-07-24T15%3A40%3A10.346Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:5351f008-d0d2-4c4a-9c4c-e93eba9a0bff&pinned_post_asset_id=64be61bce3a72e6ac4244069&pinned_post_type=share
#Lekki
