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The Return of Arinzo review – families who hate each other clash in noirish Nollywood thriller
Published: April 28, 2026 06:00
Nigerian actor and director Iyabo Ojo’s entertaining but imperfect tale about warring clans unfolds across Nigeria, Ghana and TanzaniaThis Nigerian thriller unfolds mostly in the bustling city of Lagos but it makes excursions to Ghana and Tanzania and…
Gunmen kill at least 29 at football pitch in north-east Nigeria, governor says
Published: April 27, 2026 22:50
Attack in Adamawa state continues wave of violence across the country, including armed raid on orphanage in KogiGunmen have killed at least 29 people in north-east Nigeria, a state governor said on Monday, with local people saying the attackers targeted…
Weather tracker: Torrential rain in southern China leads to flooding fears
Published: April 27, 2026 09:29
Heatwaves reach 45C across India as unseasonably cold weather affects parts of central CanadaWidespread heavy rain is sweeping over southern China. By Wednesday, rainfall totals are expected to exceed 100mm across many parts of Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian,…
‘Astonishing’ discovery could help save children from deadly disfiguring condition
Published: April 25, 2026 09:00
A previously unknown species of bacteria found in patients with noma could be key to creating treatments for the neglected tropical diseaseThe “astonishing” discovery of a new bacteria could open the door to better ways to prevent, detect and treat a fatal…
‘Nobody knows what works. There’s a lot of panic’: can African pop get back to global success?
Published: April 22, 2026 09:10
Tracks by Rema, Burna Boy and more were streaming in the billions, but hits are drying up. Stars and analysts across the African music industry fret about how to change courseIn 2016, Afrobeats – the catchall term for a range of contemporary dance music…
How the US-Israel war on Iran is affecting African economies
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/apr/15/us-israel-war-iran-african-economies
Published: April 15, 2026 12:22
For some, the impact is already being felt but others remain in limbo over their energy security and are hostage to an unlikely de-escalationDon’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt remains a confusing situation, but the strait of…
Soaring rents and a four-hour commute: the misery of the Lagos housing crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/15/lagos-rent-crisis-wages-housing-growth
Published: April 15, 2026 10:00
The Nigerian megacity’s dynamic growth is outstripping its rental supply, and wages are not keeping up with rising costsEvery weekday before dawn, Oluwatobi Ogundipe leaves his small flat in Sango Ota, an industrial town in Ogun state, for a four hour…
Survivors ask why Nigeria bombed busy market in effort to target jihadist group
Published: April 14, 2026 11:10
Devastating attack killed up to 200 people, many of them civilians, with military saying it was a ‘precision airstrike’Survivors and observers have questioned the Nigerian military’s rationale for a devastating airstrike on a busy market that killed as…
Nigerian airstrike targeting jihadists reportedly kills at least 100 civilians
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/nigeria-airstrike-market-yobe-state-boko-haram
Published: April 12, 2026 17:16
Officials confirm misfire as Amnesty gives death toll after speaking to survivors of strike on market in Yobe stateA Nigerian air force strike targeting jihadist rebels hit a market in north-east Nigeria, killing more than 100 people and injuring many…
‘The water is no longer our friend’: how dredging is pushing Lagos Lagoon towards ecosystem collapse – photo essay
Published: April 8, 2026 10:00
Taking sand from the Nigerian city’s lagoon to supply a building boom harms more than fish – it affects the entire food chain, erodes coastlines and is depriving fishing communities of their livelihoodsBefore dawn, when the noise of Lagos’s danfo buses…